Thanks to the relatively low cost of the Raspberry Pi and high resolution LCD screens ... [John Basista] started planning his own smart display, he decided to take the path less traveled.

a 2MP display, a microphone, and a MicroSD card to store photos or videos. There’s also a rotatory encoder to control the menu on the LCD or adjust the zoom, a fill/flash light, a few buttons, an LED, ...

MQTT gateway for ESP8266 or ESP32 with bidirectional 433mhz/315mhz/868mhz, Infrared communications, BLE, Bluetooth, beacons detection, mi flora, mi jia, LYWSD02, LYWSD03MMC, Mi Scale, TPMS, BBQ ...

Uses RTC (Real Time Clock - DS3231) and NTP (Network Time Protocol) for maintaining time. OLED Display (128x64) for instant updates. A webserver for Manual Controls. Vast application including ...