This project aims to monitor your internet connection using a cheap Raspberry Pi with an attached display (ST7789).
During the first lockdown my ISP had trouble holding a stable connection so I wrote this script just to keep an eye on things. I could quickly tell if my connection dropped just by looking at the Raspberry PI instead of having to manually open up Google to check.
- Raspberry Pi. I've used a Raspberry Pi 4 but older generations should work just as well.
- Pimoroni Pirate Audio HAT. This HAT has a speaker and a display.
Python 3.4+. Needs to have support for asyncio. For libraries used, see requirements.txt.
Just copy everything on your Raspberry Pi, create a virtual env, install dependencies with pip and run with
python3 -m pinger