Pi Zero W LCD Clock project

The start of this project was to create a large clock display for work that could be viewed from a distance.
Goal's cheap and simple build.

Parts: Raspberry Pi Zero W, used LCD monitor, and a cheap temperature and humidity monitor board.
The total cost came to around 30 USD.

I used GPT_chat to build the base code and modified it to my needs.

Python code:

import tkinter as tkfrom datetime import datetimeimport Adafruit_DHTimport threadingimport tkinter as tkfrom datetime import datetimeimport Adafruit_DHTimport threadingfrom PIL import Image, ImageTk, ImageFont

# GPIO pin for DHT11 sensorDHT_PIN = 23
custom_font = ImageFont.truetype("7segment.ttf", 12)
class WeatherApp:    def __init__(self, root):        self.root = root        self.root.title("Time App")
        # Use different fonts for titles and numbers        title_font = ("Helvetica", 43, "bold")        data_font = ("7-segment", 85, "bold" )
        # Top Section for Time Data        self.top_frame = tk.Frame(self.root)        self.top_frame.pack(side=tk.TOP, padx=10, pady=100)
        self.time_label = self.create_label(self.top_frame, "Time:", title_font, data_font)        self.day_label = self.create_label(self.top_frame, "Day:", title_font, data_font)
        # Bottom Section for Temperature and Humidity        self.bottom_frame = tk.Frame(self.root)        self.bottom_frame.pack(side=tk.TOP, padx=10, pady=10)
        self.temperature_label = self.create_label(self.bottom_frame, "Temperature:", title_font, data_font)        self.humidity_label = self.create_label(self.bottom_frame, "Humidity:", title_font, data_font)
        self.update_data()
    def create_label(self, frame, title, title_font, data_font):        label_frame = tk.Frame(frame, relief=tk.RIDGE, borderwidth=8)        label_frame.pack(pady=5, side=tk.LEFT)
        title_label = tk.Label(label_frame, text=title, font=title_font)        title_label.pack()
        data_label = tk.Label(label_frame, text="", font=data_font, fg="red")        data_label.pack()
        return data_label
    def celsius_to_fahrenheit(self, celsius):        return (celsius * 9/5) + 32
    def update_data(self):        now = datetime.now()        current_time = now.strftime("%I:%M:%S %p") # Use %I for 12-hour format        current_day = now.strftime("%m/%d/%Y")
        humidity, temperature_celsius = Adafruit_DHT.read_retry(Adafruit_DHT.DHT11, DHT_PIN)        temperature_fahrenheit = self.celsius_to_fahrenheit(temperature_celsius)
        self.time_label.config(text=f"{current_time}")        self.day_label.config(text=f"{current_day}")        self.temperature_label.config(text=f"{temperature_fahrenheit:.1f}°F")        self.humidity_label.config(text=f"{humidity}%")
        # Schedule the update_data method to run every 10 seconds        self.root.after(10000, self.update_data)
def main():    root = tk.Tk()    root.attributes("-fullscreen", True)    app = WeatherApp(root)    root.mainloop()
if __name__ == "__main__":    main()

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