Print a twitter stream into an I2C LCD screen

twitter_to_i2c_lcd.rb

require 'i2c/drivers/ss1602' # https://github.com/nerab/i2c-ss1602
require 'twitter' # https://github.com/sferik/twitter

display = I2C::Drivers::SS1602::Display.new('/dev/i2c-1', 0x27)

client = Twitter::Streaming::Client.new do |config|
  config.consumer_key        = "XXX"
  config.consumer_secret     = "XXX"
  config.access_token        = "XXX"
  config.access_token_secret = "XXX"
end

topics = ["#Hashtag"]
client.filter(track: topics.join(",")) do |object|
  if object.is_a?(Twitter::Tweet) then
    puts "#{object.text} - #{object.user.screen_name}"
    display.clear
    lines = object.text.scan(/.{1,20}/).take(3)
    lines.each_with_index do |l,i|
      display.text(l,i)
    end
    display.text("@#{object.user.screen_name}",3)
  end
end