[QUOTE=inconspicious;35515707]Not even 100kb. If we are going off the rss feed alone and no satellite maps, it would be 1 or 2k in total.
500 for the application and whatever images are required for the UI.[/QUOTE]
Ahh I see
[QUOTE=Brt5470;35515877]The connector type is called RCA. But Yellow/White/Red is composite. The yellow specifically is composite. The Red/White goes with composite and component or even VGA.[/QUOTE]
Good to know more. I just explained out of the top of my head, not doing any research really.
[QUOTE=QuAtT;35512731]you could just buy a mini weather station...[/QUOTE]
This would probably be the cheapest and best answer. A decent wireless weather station could run you about $50-70 and have humidity and all that crap, an easily readable display and will draw very little power. A raspberry Pi is about $50 shipped, plus an SD card, plus a monitor. It's pretty overkill.
If you really want to DIY something, an Arduino with the TV out library and some onewire temperature sensors would probably be a better choice. The video will be lower resolution, though that's fine if you're going for something readable at a distance on a small screen.
[QUOTE=benjgvps;35528172]This would probably be the cheapest and best answer. A decent wireless weather station could run you about $50-70 and have humidity and all that crap, an easily readable display and will draw very little power. A raspberry Pi is about $50 shipped, plus an SD card, plus a monitor. It's pretty overkill.
If you really want to DIY something, an Arduino with the TV out library and some onewire temperature sensors would probably be a better choice. The video will be lower resolution, though that's fine if you're going for something readable at a distance on a small screen.[/QUOTE]
I looked at most of them and they all look like shit to me.
Besides if I wanted to, it could do multiple other things, like news, fast email (somehow), etc.
I have yet to discuss this whole thing to my parents anyways...
I might've jumped to this and it might not end up being done anyways because I always do shit before I think.
[img]http://static.trustedreviews.com/94%7c5759aa%7c6bba_11214-o2jogglerimg3.jpg[/img]
I suppose you could expand what it does to be more like the O2 joggler.
Again, very easy to do with HTML & Javascript.
You said you have no programming experience, right? Then why not use this as an opportunity to learn?
If you don't know any programming, then you can might as well forget this project all together unless you are going to pick up an language along the way.
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;35546980]If you don't know any programming, then you can might as well forget this project all together unless you are going to pick up an language along the way.[/QUOTE]
At least learn the language and prototype the software before spending the money on hardware.
Hey OP, you could check Dealextreme for your LCD screen and wi-fi dongle.
I can't guarantee their quality, but DE usually has "spare parts" for different tech stuff that you could use.
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;35546980]If you don't know any programming, then you can might as well forget this project all together unless you are going to pick up an language along the way.[/QUOTE]
Picking it up along the way is the best option. The rpi was commissioned to teach programming anyway.
Html + js is great to prototype with. Learn python for the real deal.
For python, I'm liking: [url]http://learnpythonthehardway.org/[/url]
It has a web programming section near the end, which might be useful in this instance.
For javascript, I've heard good things about [url]http://codeacademy.com[/url]
Codecademy is pretty good though it can sometimes not want to accept perfectly functional code.
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