--- title: "rssmatrix" date: 2022-09-16T16:04:43+02:00 draft: false description: "a circuitpython script to show rss feeds from miniflux, the weather from wtt.in and the time using aio" --- {{
}} this is a circuitpython script for an adafruit matrix portal m4 and a 64x32 led matrix display it can display rss feeds from miniflux, the weather from wttr.in and the time using aio i like looking at it since it's nice and blinky but have to turn it off sometimes because it's also very distracting finding a font for it was very weird. first i tried the pico8 font, but that was honestly a bit too big and also used too much power for running it from a usb 2.0 port but then i found [a website with a bunch of retro fonts and the paradise systems one just kinda spoke to me](https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/fontlist/?3#paradise) very nice and blocky with cool serifs ## using it yourself - install circuitpython on your matrixportal - clone the [git repo](https://git.kittycat.homes/zoe/rssmatrix.git) - fill out the secrets.py file with your data - copy the contents of the git repo onto your matrixportal - plug in if you want to use a different microcontroller or display u can probably figure out what to do yourself or write your own script