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Questions tagged [eink]

This tag should be used for questions involving e-ink displays like the PaPiRus Screen HAT.

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Can PaPiRus serve as normal display for Raspberry Pi? (ePaper / eInk Screen HAT)

Can PaPiRus - ePaper / eInk Screen HAT for Raspberry Pi - work as normal default display? I would be happy to see terminal when Linux is booting and later login and use terminal. Starting X would be awesome, but to my usecase terminal (eventually…
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How to interface raspberry pi with kindle replacement screen

I'm leaving this here for others that may be looking for this. IT CAN'T BE DONE You need an ASIC (Applicaiton-Specific Integrated Circuit) to drive the display. IT CAN BE DONE - read the comments below! ================ What I need to know is where…
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e-ink display ghost image

There is a ghost image (not sure if that is the right term) on my e-ink display from waveshare: Is there any way I can fix this, or do I have to replace the display? The ghosting appeared after several days of use and I think it appeared because I…
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Connecting Kindle's E Ink display to Raspberry Pi B+

I have a broken Amazon Kindle with working E Ink display. Is it possible to connect it to Raspberry Pi B+?
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How to send data to a Pervasive eink display via Python?

I got a 5.8" eink display from Pervasive Displays and cannot get it to work, I feel that only a little bit is missing. After a lot of struggle I managed to run it via their sample C code, but the ported code to Python doesn't work. First the…
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GUI on an E-Ink display?

I'm currently working on a horticultural project with my Raspberry Pi. I have a fair amount of my project sorted out but still have a rather major part of the project to undergo which is the integration of an e-ink display to display diagnostics and…
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E-ink display as a monitor

I have written a web app using Django. I want to build a device with my raspberry which is always connected to this web app, and shows the result on an e-ink display. I have seen different videos, but I don't understand if this is possible. Can an…
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How do you connect 1 or more Waveshare 2.9inch eInk to Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (2018)?

Apologies for this newbie question, but I am not sure how to safely (?) connect at least one Waveshare 2.9inch eInk module to a Rasp Pi 4 Model B. I am assuming that the colored wires go into some of the ports in the GPIO module (?). I have looked…
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Driver for HelTec E-Ink display

I was given this SPI e-ink / e-paper display from HelTec and am trying to make it work with RPi. Apparently there’s a driver for Arduino but I would very much prefer to connect it directly to RPi and program it in Python. Does anyone know of a…
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Reuse old kindle display

Is it possible to reuse the e-ink display of some kindle models with the raspberry pi? I want to buy an used kindle from eBay, dismount the screen and use it with my raspberry pi. Are there HATs or adapters out there which can drive the display…
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WaveShare e-Paper HAT button covers

I have a WaveShare 2.7inch E-Ink display HAT for Raspberry Pi that includes 4 buttons. They work very well, but I was wondering if there was a "standard" way to add some sort of cover to them so I can add labels or unique colors?
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Battery supplied e-ink photo frame with scheduled wakeup time

I am building a raspberrypi zero eink photoframe. My aim is to create a photo frame that I would be able to put on the wall without cables hanging around, battery powered. In order to achieve this I thought that an eink screen would be a good idea…
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Waveshare e-paper demo not working - Raspberry Pi Zero W 1.1

I have a Raspberry Pi Zero W 1.1 and I bought this e-paper HAT and monitor combo from waveshare I have Installed Raspberry Pi OS headless and configured everything according to this official wiki Including updating the OS, enabling SPI, installing…
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Changing the code for the "Waveshare" e-paper display

I've put together quite a nice little ePaper display clock with the Raspberryp Pi Zero W running Buster. I'm using the Waveshare 6" kit (display and controller board). Has anyone here had any experience with the "Waveshare" ePaper displays and the…
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Can any e-ink display be used as a monitor for raspberry pi?

I want to use my raspberry pi as a normal pc / tablet substitute, just for reading purposes with calibre. But instead of connecting it to a normal LCD display, I want to connect it to an e-ink display. It doesn't matter if the refresh time takes…
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