Using an i2c 16x2 display with Hass.io

Installation Home Assistant OS
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So I am wanting to integrate a 16x2 LCD screen with Hass.io
Running on a Raspberry Piv3. I want to connect the screen directly to the GPIO pins on the Pi. I have confirmed I have a working connection by running hassbian and manually installing i2ctools etc and I have a basic example script writing to the screen.

I have followed the instructions to enable i2c on hass.io from How to enable I2C on hass.io / resin.io to enable the i2c

I know I can use a nodemcu and esphome as well but for the application I want to use this in that’s not a viable solution. (The RPi has a 4G dongle but there isn’t a WiFi network - just the 4G dongle)

Anybody have any suggestions?

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Just to say, you could configure the pi as an AP and use wifi.

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I was wondering if I could do that…

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I think so. It may depend whether you are using hassos. Although even hassos uses netmanager (or whatever it is called) so there is plenty of documentation on them intarwebs.

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Yeah it’s hassOS…