Creating an IoT Baseball Scoreboard with Python
summary
Builds a retro-style, IoT baseball scoreboard that reliably pulls MLB data and drives multiplexed 7-segment LEDs. Uses a Raspberry Pi Zero W with custom Python code and a homemade shift-register + transistor multiplexing circuit, controlled via mlbgame and gpiozero; software uses sched, threading and queue to fetch games, schedule updates and keep the display refreshing. Prototype shows live scores on opening day and the hardware+code approach works, with notes on soldering and wire-length issues.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Start
- 6:42Gpio Zero
- 8:367-Segment Displays
- 12:53Interaction with Shift Registers
- 13:06Context Manager
- 16:59Persistence of Vision
- 18:12Interlude
- 23:19High-Level Diagram of the Project
- 24:31Mlb Game Library
- 25:07Spring Training
- 26:57Opening Day
- 28:21Final Prototype
- 28:52Closing Tips
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