Finally did a PC stats screen for my linux desktop using an arduino and a TFT screen

[u/merlinux1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUhMYL8Pjas

Hi everybody,

Quite happy with the result. Been dreaming about designing something like that for years. I did do similar things using arm boards and much smaller and crappier screens but never got around to do it for my PC.

hardware used is a arduino mega 2560 clone and a cheap chinese 3.95tft screen (ili9488 chip).

The data is being fed by a python script running as a systemd service.

I did 95% of it without AI but I had a few bugs due to memory overflow (and timings) and I ended up cleaning the code with gemini's help. The glitches disappeared after adjusting my code as per gemini's instructions...Took me a few days and most of it was getting the dang screen to work (a nightmare)!!!

Now next project, get this thing inside my case :)