16x2 LCD display to show ram and CPU info

[Ranppa]

Could someone please explain to can i get the CPU and ram info to show on my 16x2 LCD screen?
what commands do i neet to put in the python code?
Thanks in advance.

[DougieLawson]

What CPU and RAM info do you mean?

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GET_IP_CMD = "hostname --all-ip-addresses"
GET_TEMP_CMD = "/opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp"
TOTAL_MEM_CMD = "free | grep 'Mem' | awk '{print $2}'"
USED_MEM_CMD = "free | grep '\-\/+' | awk '{print $3}'"

[Ranppa]

CPU usage in %, used ram/free ram. I already got it working with average load and CPU temp.

[Ranppa]

What do i put in the brackets to display ram info on the lcd?

[JimmyN]

I have one Pi set up with a LED bargraph for an "at a glance" status that shows CPU temp, RAM used, and CPU load.
Another Pi is set up with a 16x2 LCD that scrolls through system information like IP address, CPU load, CPU clock speed, CPU temp, disk space/usage, etc.

To display CPU usage on the LCD I use 'psutils' to fetch the info. Here are those bits from the script.

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import psutil

# .. more script
# .. more script

while True:
    CPU_usage = psutil.cpu_percent(interval = .5)
    lcd.message('CPU Load   %s%% ' % (CPU_usage))

Your LCD "print" command may be different from "lcd.message" depending on which LCD library you're using.

For RAM usage I wasn't sure which values I wanted to display; Total, Free, or Used. So i use a function that collects all three and then I can decide what to display on the bargraph or LCD. For the LED bargraph I only show 'Used', but for the 2 line LCD display I use 'Free' and 'Used' since I have two lines to fill anyway. Or I can easily switch and use Total/Free or Used/Free

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import os

# .. more script
# .. more script

# Return RAM information (unit=kb) in a list                                       
# Index 0: total RAM                                                               
# Index 1: used RAM                                                                 
# Index 2: free RAM                                                                 
def getRAMinfo():
    p = os.popen('free')
    i = 0
    while 1:
        i = i + 1
        line = p.readline()
        if i==2:
            return(line.split()[1:4])

while True:
    RAM_stats = getRAMinfo()
    RAM_used = round(int(RAM_stats[1]) / 1000,1)
    RAM_free = round(int(RAM_stats[2]) / 1000,1)
    lcd.message('RAM Used %sMB   \n' % (RAM_used))
    lcd.message('RAM Free  %sMB   ' % (RAM_free))

Maybe that will help you out a little bit

[ame]

Not entirely on-topic, but I just got a Nokia 5110 LCD module from DealExtreme and hooked it up to my Pi.

It was extremely cheap, easy to set up and looks nice.

It might be a bit small for some applications, but it makes a nice 6 line by 14 character display. With backlight!

[Ranppa]

I have one Pi set up with a LED bargraph for an "at a glance" status that shows CPU temp, RAM used, and CPU load.
Another Pi is set up with a 16x2 LCD that scrolls through system information like IP address, CPU load, CPU clock speed, CPU temp, disk space/usage, etc.

To display CPU usage on the LCD I use 'psutils' to fetch the info. Here are those bits from the script.

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import psutil

# .. more script
# .. more script

while True:
    CPU_usage = psutil.cpu_percent(interval = .5)
    lcd.message('CPU Load   %s%% ' % (CPU_usage))

Your LCD "print" command may be different from "lcd.message" depending on which LCD library you're using.

For RAM usage I wasn't sure which values I wanted to display; Total, Free, or Used. So i use a function that collects all three and then I can decide what to display on the bargraph or LCD. For the LED bargraph I only show 'Used', but for the 2 line LCD display I use 'Free' and 'Used' since I have two lines to fill anyway. Or I can easily switch and use Total/Free or Used/Free

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import os

# .. more script
# .. more script

# Return RAM information (unit=kb) in a list                                       
# Index 0: total RAM                                                               
# Index 1: used RAM                                                                 
# Index 2: free RAM                                                                 
def getRAMinfo():
    p = os.popen('free')
    i = 0
    while 1:
        i = i + 1
        line = p.readline()
        if i==2:
            return(line.split()[1:4])

while True:
    RAM_stats = getRAMinfo()
    RAM_used = round(int(RAM_stats[1]) / 1000,1)
    RAM_free = round(int(RAM_stats[2]) / 1000,1)
    lcd.message('RAM Used %sMB   \n' % (RAM_used))
    lcd.message('RAM Free  %sMB   ' % (RAM_free))

Maybe that will help you out a little bit

I used your code and got it working! I have no experience what so ever in coding but with a few cups of coffee i figured this out! Thank you all for your replies!

[MetalizeYourBrain]

What about showing the CPU temperature? I've not been successfull using this code:

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#more code and imported all the correct libraries

def cpu_tempC():
    f = os.popen("/opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp")
    for i in f.readlines():
        mytemp += i
        mytemp = mytemp[5:-3]

#a while loop that shows correctly other informations 
    lcd.lcd_display_string("%s" % cpu_tempC + chr(223) + "C", 4)

The code compiles correctly but the display reports this:
<fuction cpu_tempC at 0x767c13f0>°C

I'm using a 20x4 LCD and everything works well.

[DougieLawson]

Try this

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#more code and imported all the correct libraries

def cpu_tempC():
    mytemp = ""
    f = os.popen("/opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp")
    for i in f.readlines():
        mytemp += i
        mytemp = mytemp[5:-3]
        return mytemp

#a while loop that shows correctly other informations
print("%s" % cpu_tempC() + chr(223) + "C", 4)