E-ink display resources
I'm planning to build an unobtrusive e-ink display to show news and weather. I've used these projects as inspiration.
Hardware projects
Inkplate is an Arduino-compatible display that's sold as an open platform for projects with good documentation. There's an EPub-InkPlate e-book reader project for it, too.
EPDiy: 9.7"/6" E-Paper controller is an open source ESP32 driver in C for replacement Kindle screens.
epd-waveshare provides a Rust interface for Waveshare e-ink screens.
My Rust Powered linux.conf.au e-Paper Badge describes the Rust crates needed to display graphics on a small e-ink display.
MagInkCal is a large e-ink calendar driven by a Raspberry Pi that renders a web page to an image.
Watchy (Hacker News) is an e-ink-based watch platform.
Recurse Center, week something: Weathervane is a small Rust-based weather dashboard.
Hacking Together an E-ink Dashboard (Hacker News) took a Waveshare display module and put news and weather on it using Python.
Let’s Make More Calm Technology describes the Accent, a red and black e-ink display in a picture frame, controlled by an ESP32-based driver board.
This Super-Clean Smart Screen Puts a Newspaper on Your Wall is built with a 31" $1,500 e-ink display and downloads the New York Times front-page each day.
An updated daily front page of The New York Times as artwork on your wall and I made an eInk newspaper use the same Visionect Piece and Play 32" e-ink display to show the front page of newspapers as wall art from Today's Front Pages.
E-ink dashboard for Signal K is meant to replace a maritime computer interface, using a Waveshare module and controlled by a Raspberry Pi.
Sparkboard is a Rust dashboard for a Waveshare display.
M5Paper ESP32 Development Kit is a phone form factor ESP32-based e-ink system.
Inky Impression is a Raspberry Pi expansion board with a 5.7" 7 color e-ink display.
Building an E-Ink Laptop and Dasung Paperlike Pro Teardown both focus on screens with fast refresh rates.
Temp and Hum mini sensor with mini e-ink display is a little device that always displays the temperature and humidity.
Tinky Care uses a Pimoroni Inky Impression as a self-care dashboard.
Zenreader is an ESP32-based e-reader with a custom software stack.
7.4" E-Ink Shelf Label used as a Weather Station displays an information-rich weather dashboard on a relatively large e-ink display.
newsvision is a newspaper display for a 32" display.
paperd.ink is a 4.2" development board display.
Challenges Building an Open-Source E Ink Laptop describes a low-latency display for a computer laptop.
The Open Book Project is an Arduino-based e-reader with open hardware and software.
Making your own e-paper dashboard for home from scratch! describes a simple home dashboard build with a Lego case.
SystemSix is a desk calendar with the aesthetic of the first black and white Macintosh.
Hacking eInk Price Tags uses commercial price tags for arbitrary display purposes.
Overengineering Coffee Bean Storage uses e-ink displays to show age and variety.
Building an e-ink weather display for our home mounts a Waveshare e-ink display in a picture frame to display a local weather forecast.
A 12.48 Inch (1304x984) Three-Color E-Paper Display by Waveshare shows solar generation charts on an e-ink display.
I made an ePaper, solar-powered digital photo frame uses a 10" screen and a Raspberry Pi Zero to display art. Eventually, Version 2 of my solar-powered, ePaper digital photo frame was created.
ESP32 e-Paper is a weather display using a 7.5" screen.
The E-Ink Badge is a small rectangular e-ink device for displaying biographical details using a Badger 2040 and a couple of coin cell batteries.
I made an e-ink display that shows my calendar describes the Timeframe, a display that shows a day calendar using a screenshot of a web page.
Hyepaper is a custom newspaper generated daily with LuaTeX for a 13" e-ink screen.
A WiFi color Eink picture frame is a photo frame using a slowly-updating e-ink screen.
NowPlaying shows the current song playing from Spotify on a red, black, and white screen.
Stupid Little E-Ink Weather Display is a bare-bones Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W-based display.
Life Dashboard lists daily information like calendar events and upcoming weather.
Making an E-Paper Picture Frame is a small color rotating photo display.
A personal weather "picture" using the Soldered Inkplate 10 and Pirate Weather API uses a kit from Soldered to build an information display.
pycasso is an AI-generated art display using a Raspberry Pi.
E-reader-based
Kobowriter is a custom OS for Kobo e-readers that turns them into writing appliances, using software written with the FBInk library.
Your next smart home device is a $30 used Kindle describes how to re-purpose the excellent (and cheap) Kindle screen.
Low-power Kindle dashboard by Pascal Widdershoven displays a PNG that's been prepared by another system on a Kindle.
screendle repurposes a Kindle as a home dashboard.
RemoteInk repurposes a PocketBook as a Linux display.
SolarWriter uses a smartphone app to relay text from a keyboard to a Kindle.
E-Ink weather produces websites for e-readers.
My Life in E-ink describes software for Kobo readers that complement reading.
Turn an old eReader into an Information Screen and Turning an eInk screen into a monochrome art gallery describe how Terence Eden displays custom data on a Nook.
Building an e-ink picture frame that displays an iCloud photo album followed Terence Eden's advice on using a Nook but reverse engineered the iCloud public album interfaces to make it easy to add photos.
Your next smart home device is a $30 used Kindle shows how a Kindle can be used as a shared dashboard for a family using web technologies.
Products
The Freewrite Traveler is a clamshell text editor with a keyboard for $430.
The ArtFrame is a black and white picture frame.
The Modos Paper Laptop has a black and white, fast-refresh screen.