A Clock that use gpsd to read the time from GPS Satellites

gpsclock.py

#!/usr/bin/python3
import gpsd
import datetime
import os
from time import sleep
from pyfiglet import Figlet

#Figlet needs the terminal width to proper center the text
col = os.get_terminal_size().columns

#The clock usually is a larger font than the other text
f_clock = Figlet(font='epic',justify='center',width=col)
f_other = Figlet(font='small',justify='center',width=col)

s=0  #Number of sats
sa=0 #Number of sats before

def to_color(string, color):
    color_code = {'blue': '\033[34m',
                    'yellow': '\033[33m',
                    'green': '\033[32m',
                    'bright_green': '\033[92m',
                    'bold_green': '\033[1;92m',
                    'red': '\033[31m',
                    'invertblue': '\033[44m'
                    }
    return color_code[color] + str(string) + '\033[0m'

print("\033c" , end="")

main = True
while main:
    # Connect to the local gpsd
    gpsd.connect()

    running = True
    while running:
        try:
            p=gpsd.get_current()
            t=p.get_time(local_time=True)
            s=p.sats
            if s != sa:
                if s != 0:
                    sa = s
            print('\n')
            print(to_color(f_other.renderText(t.strftime("%d:%m:%Y")),'blue'))
            print(to_color(f_clock.renderText(t.strftime("%H:%M:%S")),'bold_green'))
            print(to_color(f_other.renderText(str(sa) + ' sats'),'yellow'))
            sleep(1)
            print("\033c" , end="")
        except:
            print(to_color(f_clock.renderText('Sem GPS'),'red'))
            sleep(5)
            print("\033c" , end="")
            running = False