E-ink display resources

I’m planning to build an unintrusive 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 for replacement Kindle 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.

• 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 entails e-ink displays to show age and variety.

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.

• Turning an eInk screen into a monochrome art gallery describes how Terence Eden pulls images from Flickr to display on a Nook.

Products

• The Freewrite Traveler is a clamshell text editor with a keyboard for $430.

• The ArtFrame is a black and white picture frame.