I wrote this tracker to use an i2c 16x2 display that I had around, to put it to use. It is connected to my Raspberry Pi Zero W in a 3D printed Case.
The connection pinout for Raspberry Pi:
The program starts with a cli setup where you enter:
- Which currency you want to use (EUR / USD)
- How many BTC you own
- Your cost for those BTC (you can see this in you portfolio tracker)
- What you DCA amount is (optional)
This will give you following output on your 16x2 Display:
- Page 1 -> Current BTC Price / Coin amount you own
- Page 2 -> Current Profit or Loss / Return of Investment in %
- Page 3 -> BTC you get for your DCA / DCA sum per year
- Page 4 -> Pi CPU Temperature readout / [future ideas]
Software used:
- To track the BTC price I used Bitcoin Value for Python
- To interface with the HD44780 16x2 RPLCD
This follows the same idea but will stay in the CLI and display a summary in your command line.
This follows the same idea but cycles through data on matrix led
Software used:
- To track the BTC price I used Bitcoin Value for Python
- To style the CLI output I used Rich