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Wind Compass running on a 32×32 LED panel
32×32 · Livereal render
Live dataLive

Wind Compass

Wind speed, gusts and direction on a compass with its Beaufort name, and the next 12 hours.

At a glance

OutputLiveRendered by the engine and streamed over Bluetooth as its data changes (about 5–9 frames a second).
Settings3every one editable live in the studio, or by an agent with update_app_settings
Source code (MIT)windcompass.pysrc/deskdot/apps/windcompass.py

Settings

Settings
SettingTypeDefaultOptions / range
LayoutlayoutchoiceCompass
CompassNext 12 hours
ArrowarrowchoicePoints where it blows to
Points where it blows toPoints where it comes from
Hours aheadhourswhole number126 – 12

Try it

render a frame to PNG (no panel needed)
$ uv run deskdot preview windcompass --settings '{"layout":"hours"}' --out windcompass.png
show it on your panel (engine running)
$ curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8765/api/apps/windcompass/activate

Or ask your agent: “Show Wind Compass on my panel”. It calls show_app with "windcompass". New here? Set up DeskDot first.

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