The appearance of the informer "Magic Brick" (built from WEMOS D1 and Nokia 5110 LCD):

Project page (in ruissian) - acdc.foxylab.com/magic_brick

Connections in informer circuit:

WEMOS D1 pinNokia 5110 LCD pin
D0RST
D6CE
D5DC
D2DIN
D1CLK
3V3VCC
5V (with ballast resistor)BL
GNDGND

The informer receives power via a microUSB cable.

The following current information is displayed on the screen:

  1. time (hours:minutes)
  2. date (day.month)
  3.  day of the week (in russian)
  4. Moon phase
  5. temperature
  6. weather phenomena
  7. wind direction
  8. wind strength (in Beaufort wind force scale)
  9. magnetic field symbol
  10. global planetary index of geomagnetic activity (Kp-index)
  11. symbol of the Sun
  12. level of ultraviolet radiation (UV-index)
  13. atmospheric pressure (hPa)
  14. Bitcoin price (USD)
  15. percentage change in Bitcoin price per day

Information sources:

  • time and date - Network Time Protocol (NTP) Project
  • temperature - Open-Meteo.com: Free Open-Source Weather API
  • weather phenomena - Open-Meteo.com: Free Open-Source Weather API 
  • wind direction and strength - Open -Meteo.com: Free Open-Source Weather API 
  • Kp-index - NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center 
  • UV-index - OpenUV.io: Global Real-Time UV Index REST JSON API 
  • atmospheric pressure - Сurrent weather and forecast - OpenWeatherMap 
  • Bitcoin price - CoinGecko

Examples of information displayed:

strong magnetic storm (Kp 7) November 5-6 2023, accompanied by northern lights in temperate latitudes

cyclone accompanied by very low pressure (987 hPa)

The informer body is made of a sheet of cardboard 0.9 mm thick.

This is what the informer looked like before final assembly:

To be continued ...