MeteoBus Source on GitHub
For the Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-1.75

MeteoBus

Current weather, a 3-day and hourly forecast, an animated rain radar and the next departures at your RTC bus stops (Québec City) on a round AMOLED screen. Install it straight from this page.

  • No API keys
  • Updates over Wi-Fi
  • English, French, Inuktitut

Install the firmware

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Weather

Install in five steps

  1. Plug it in

    Plug the board into this computer with a USB-C data cable.

  2. Connect

    Click Connect & install and pick the port named USB JTAG/serial debug unit (or the COM port that appears when you plug it in).

  3. Erase, or keep your settings

    First install: tick Erase device. Updating: leave it unticked to keep your Wi-Fi and settings.

  4. Join your Wi-Fi

    When it's done the display restarts and shows a Wi-Fi setup QR code. Scan it with your phone: it joins the display's MeteoBus-Setup network and the setup page opens by itself. Pick your home Wi-Fi.

    Android 10+: nothing to type. Swipe the setup screen left to its Easy Connect code and scan it with the phone (the camera or any QR scanner) while the phone is on your Wi-Fi. The phone sends the network and its password.

  5. Set your places and stops

    Later, long-press the weather screen, tap Location & more (phone) and scan the settings QR code. Set your places there, and add your bus stops in the My stops card (stop number, route, direction).

What it shows

Screenshots from the display itself.

  • Weather screen: 18:13 in Quebec, 15 degrees and clear sky, with the forecast for today, Saturday and Sunday
    Main screen

    Forecast and places

    Time, temperature and conditions, rain or snow starting or stopping within 2 hours, and 3 days ahead. Up to 4 places: drag up or down to switch. Environment Canada alerts show in a pill at the bottom: tap it for details. Tap the weather icon for the radar.

  • Hourly view for Friday: a temperature graph from 0 to 24 h, then one row per hour with temperature, chance of rain and wind
    Tap a day

    Hourly view

    7 days, each with a temperature graph and one row per hour: temperature, chance of rain and wind. Drag sideways to change day.

  • Radar screen: rain over a map of the Quebec City area, with a 100 km ring and the radar time
    Tap the weather icon

    Rain radar with lightning

    Environment Canada radar on an OpenStreetMap map, with lightning from the last 10 minutes. Tap to play the last 3 hours; swipe down or up to zoom.

  • Extras screen: the sun's arc from 06:45 to 18:22, UV index low, moon in last quarter 61% lit, air quality good
    Swipe right

    Sun, UV, moon and air

    The sun's arc from sunrise to sunset, the UV index now and today's high, the moon phase, and the air quality.

  • Status page: firmware version, Wi-Fi signal and a list of online services, each with a green dot and its response time
    Swipe right twice

    Status page

    Firmware version, Wi-Fi signal, and every online service the display uses: when it last answered, and how fast.

  • Settings screen: dim when quiet and wake on pick-up switched on, timing Short, temperature in °C, brightness 83%
    Long-press

    Settings on the display

    Dimming, wake on pick-up, brightness, units and language. Location, places and bus stops are set on your phone, from a QR code.

  • Bus stop page: the route number and the next departures in minutes, real time or scheduled
    Swipe left

    Your bus stops

    Next departures for your RTC stops, real time when available. One page per stop (up to 8): drag up or down between them. Route notices show in an orange pill at the bottom.

  • Bus map: the route's path on a map, with the stop and the buses on the way
    Tap the route badge

    Bus map

    The stop, the route's path and its buses on the way. Swipe down or up to zoom, sideways to go back.

The rain radar uses Environment Canada data, so it covers Canada and the northern US border region. Buses: Québec City's RTC only.

In three languages

The display and its phone settings page speak English, French or Inuktitut.

  • The weather screen in English
    English
  • The weather screen in French
    FrançaisFrench (Canada)
  • The weather screen in Inuktitut syllabics
    ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦInuktitut Draft

Switch the language in the Language row of the display's Settings screen (long-press the weather screen), or in the Units card of the phone settings page. The Inuktitut text is a first draft that a fluent speaker hasn't reviewed yet: corrections are welcome.

Using it

  • Tap a forecast day for its hourly view; drag sideways for other days.

  • Tap the weather icon for the radar; tap to animate the last 3 hours, swipe down or up to zoom, sideways to go back.

  • Long-press for Settings: screen dimming, units, Wi-Fi, and the QR code for the phone page (location and bus stops).

  • The microphones dim the screen when the room is quiet and wake it on sustained sound.

  • Swipe left from the weather for your bus stops; drag up or down between stops, and tap the route badge for the bus map.