malcolmosh

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   by malcolmosh 3y ago

   Thanks for the detailed reply, I'll look into all of this! Very interesting.
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   by malcolmosh 3y ago

   I haven’t actually started coding yet with the ESP chip. In my case the aim is to pick up a preformatted image from an URL, avoiding all of the finicky formatting you describe. I like the idea of the screen controller as a single function m
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   by malcolmosh 3y ago

   Yes, it can get pricey. I'm using a Raspberry Pi Zero W with a Waveshare 7.5 e-ink panel, which came with its own raspberry Pi driver. I also added a PiSugar2 battery. Waveshare seemed to be the most affordable option out there. I find
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   by malcolmosh 3y ago

   Very cool ! I built a series of scripts to exchange e-ink images through Gmail last year which I baptized DispatchPi ( https://github.com/malcolmosh/dispatchPi/blob/main/README.md ) and a program like this