BB-ESP32-KIOSK

ESP32 Game Day BaseBall Kiosk

LilyGo 2.4 Inch ili9341 ESP32	LilyGO T-WATCH-2020 V3	ESP32-S3-BOX Lite	ESP32-S3-BOX

ThingVerse #1	ThingVerse #2	ESP32 on bread board with 2.8" Screen

• Build your own kiosk for your favorite baseball team:

  LilyGo Watch, LilyGo 2.4 ESP32, ESP32-S3-BOX/BoxLite, or ThingVerse Model using an ESP32 DevKit.

• If it's gametime for your team, the kiosk will show the score every, including base runners:

  
  • then show any 'event' (hit/walk/timeout/homerun/etc):
  
  • then show runners on base if they have changed:
  

• If the game is over, it show you the final score:

  

• If no game 'today', it will show you and and retry later:.

  

• Afterwards, stories from mlb.com will display for 7 seconds and rotate:

  

• If it's the offseason, it will tell you when open day is.

Requirements (if you are building your own)

• ESP32 DevKitC (or above hardware) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B087TNPQCV/

• Mini USB or USB-C Cable Anywhere cables are sold (short - 3 ft or less are best)

• 320x240 SPI Serial ILI9341 - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09XHJ9KRX

• 2.4 GHZ WIFI SSID (esp hardware does not support 5 GHZ)

Steps

• Install MicroPython with SPIRAM to the ESP32:

• (For the LilyGo Watch use this firmware.)

• Get a REPL on the ESP32:

https://microcontrollerslab.com/getting-started-thonny-micropython-ide-esp32-esp8266/

• Install libraries

git clone https://github.com/jouellnyc/BB-ESP32-KIOSK
 upload appsetup, bbbapp, hardware, fonts, and lib to / using Thonny/your IDE
 upload acknowledgements.py, main.py, boot.py and myugit.py to / using Thonny/IDE.

To connect the esp32 to an ili9341, you can follow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq5yPJbX_uk

• edit the 'screen' variable in hardware/config.py to match your selected device/hardware:

Setup

Plug in BB-ESP32-KIOSK with a USB-C cable.

BB-ESP32-KIOSK will go through 3 stages:

• Booting up:

• Running Setup:

• Setup Page:

If you see the "Setup Page at" Screen, that means BB-ESP32-KIOSK launched a temporary wifi SSID named 'bbkiosk32'.

The password is '123456789'.

Connect your mobile phone/PC to that SSID using the password.

There will be no Internet Access via this ssid:

Navigate your mobile phone/PC to http://192.168.4.1

Enter the name of your Wifi SSID and password.

On the same page, select your team from the drop down:

Click Submit (on the same page)

Click Reboot if Successful

The page will NOT Refresh (This is OK and expected):

(Connect back to Your Normal Wifi SSID to get your mobile/PC back online.)

The kiosk should boot and show startup mesages:

Once done, BBKiosk will display the status of Your Team's Game if in progress.

For more details of the flow of information see the slideshow.

Video

Video -- BBKiosk in Action

BreadBoard Version with OLEDs

Looking for the BreadBoard Version with OLEDs for the old school effect?

Code - https://github.com/jouellnyc/MLB-ESP32/tree/9bc62e9f47f77b68f4ae8cf7bbc0e8fba193373a