Welcome to the Wireless_Eink_HomeScreen wiki!
The point of this wiki is to help as many people get started with their project!
So I've written some pages with guides to make it as painless as possible.
But First, an introduction about the parts needed.
ESP32
ESP32 is a cheap microcontroller that has both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi support. You can think of it as the brain controlling what is going to be visible on the screen. We will tell it to display pictures sent over Wi-Fi.
E-Ink Display
E-ink or e-paper display is a kind of display that is very energy efficient and only requires electricity when it's updating the displayed image. It's paper-like and doesn't light up, therefor it's a good energy efficient part for this project. A common place to see E-ink displays are reading tablets like Amazon Kindle or the timetable displays at bus stops.
The above image is not the specific display used in the project.
For this project, we will use a display and microcontroller from the brand Waveshare.
- 7.5inch e-Paper (B) [Black, White, Red]
- E-Paper ESP32 Driver Board
- A computer to run the host program that creates the images.