# The @Square Tweetwriter

DevFeed: [The @Square Tweetwriter](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-square-tweetwriter-15918.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.squareup.com/blog/the-square-tweetwriter>)

Author: Square Engineering

Published: 2013-09-26T16:04:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Square Corner Blog RSS Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/square-corner-blog-rss-feed.md>)

Topics: [Raspberry Pi](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/raspberry-pi.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [USB](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/usb.md>), [ASCII](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ascii.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [ascii](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ascii.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dashboards.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [hack](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hack.md>), [metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/metrics.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [raspberry-pi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/raspberry-pi.md>), [usb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/usb.md>)

## AI overview

Square describes a Hack Week project that turns a modified typewriter into a Twitter inforad. A Raspberry Pi, USB wireless adapter, Python, and a serial USB connection retrieve Twitter data and print it on the typewriter, with character substitution and rate limiting handled by a script.

## Source excerpt

The story of a new inforad created during our last Hack Week.