# Physical coding-agent usage meter

BLE desk dashboard for Claude/Codex usage and estimated daily API cost from a signed-in computer.

## Hardware
Wio Terminal

A separate BLE desk display shows coding-session usage from a nearby computer.

## Shopping list

The screen and controls are built into Wio Terminal; do not buy an extra display. Configure required data-service access separately.

Quantities are for one build. Unless marked source-specified, they are planning quantities; confirm kit contents and the chosen configuration before ordering.

### Confirm before buying
- Usage collector setup and the creator’s exact host requirements are not published as a separate project guide.

### 1 × Seeed Studio Wio Terminal
- Requirement: Required
- Quantity basis: Planning quantity for one build; check the selected configuration
- Purpose: Integrated screen, controls and wireless board.
- Destination: https://www.seeedstudio.com/Wio-Terminal-p-4509.html
- Match: Product page
- Link review: Page checked; stock not assessed
- Evidence: Creator source
- Source: https://sensecraft.seeed.cc/blog/en/posts/ai-iot-projects-codecraft-wio-terminal/

### 1 × USB-C data cable
- Requirement: Required
- Quantity basis: Planning quantity for one build; check the selected configuration
- Purpose: Connect to the computer for programming or data.
- Notes: A charge-only cable cannot flash firmware. Check package contents before ordering a second cable. Example requires a USB-A host port. If your computer has only USB-C, use an appropriate USB-C data cable instead. Reuse the device’s included cable where possible; this is not a standalone power-supply recommendation.
- Destination: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4474
- Match: Accessory example: USB-A to USB-C, 1 m, data capable
- Link review: Page checked; stock not assessed
- Evidence: Setup requirement — check against your configuration
- Source: https://sensecraft.seeed.cc/blog/en/posts/ai-iot-projects-codecraft-wio-terminal/
- Source: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4474

### 1 × Computer for setup and usage collection
- Requirement: Required
- Quantity basis: Planning quantity for one build; check the selected configuration
- Purpose: Build, configure or flash the software.
- Sourcing: Use existing equipment or match the specification above. No exact purchase link verified.
- Evidence: Setup requirement — check against your configuration
- Source: https://sensecraft.seeed.cc/blog/en/posts/ai-iot-projects-codecraft-wio-terminal/

### Existing × Wi-Fi network
- Requirement: Required
- Quantity basis: Planning quantity for one build; check the selected configuration
- Purpose: Connect data sources.
- Sourcing: Use existing equipment or match the specification above. No exact purchase link verified.
- Evidence: Setup requirement — check against your configuration
- Source: https://sensecraft.seeed.cc/blog/en/posts/ai-iot-projects-codecraft-wio-terminal/

### 1 × USB power source
- Requirement: Conditional
- Quantity basis: Planning quantity for one build; check the selected configuration
- Purpose: Power the device.
- Notes: USB power is needed for untethered desk use; a battery is not assumed included.
- Sourcing: Use existing equipment or match the specification above. No exact purchase link verified.
- Evidence: Setup requirement — check against your configuration
- Source: https://sensecraft.seeed.cc/blog/en/posts/ai-iot-projects-codecraft-wio-terminal/

Source reviewed, not assembled or hands-on tested. A working product page does not confirm stock, firmware compatibility or a complete build.

## Setup
Device firmware

## Coding tool
CodeCraft

## How the agent helped
Included in Seeed’s article explicitly describing three Wio Terminal projects built with AI coding assistance.

## Before you build
Costs are estimates, not authoritative billing. Local account access needs care; no direct per-project link was supplied.

## Sources
- Original build: https://sensecraft.seeed.cc/blog/en/posts/ai-iot-projects-codecraft-wio-terminal/

Source reviewed 2026-11-04. Not hands-on tested.