Skyscanner: Display Advertising using Arduino Mega

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  Final set up1

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  Final set up 2

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  LCD connection to Arduino

Inspiration

Instead of searching we just like being offered a spontaneous trips. This is how we came up with the idea of a display, showing the cheapest Friday-Sunday flights.

What it does

The hardware is Arduino Mega and LCD display. It shows the running words: 'Scyscanner: Cheapest weekend getaway! Flights to [city] from [price] Eur".

How we built it

The price and city are fetched by a program written in Python using Skyscanner's API. Communication between Arduino and the PC is through USB connection.

Challenges we ran into

We both are hardware oriented and learning Python was new for both of us. We are used to low-level programming and doing a project in a higher level was challenging and exciting.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We learned to use Scyscanner API, Python, Arduino. Quite proud that our idea is working.

What's next for Scyscanner: Display Advertising using Arduino Mega

The LCD display can be changed to e-paper display, showing booking QR codes, so people could book it spontaneously on the spot. Also a wireless communication such as Wi-Fi or GSM module can be easily added.

Built With

• api
• arduino
• http-requests
• mega
• python