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Wiring

It's easy to use eInk breakouts with Python and the Adafruit CircuitPython EPD (https://adafru.it/BTd) library. This

library allows you to easily write Python code to control the display.

We'll cover how to wire the display to your Raspberry Pi. First assemble your display.

Since there's

dozens

of Linux computers/boards you can use we will show wiring for Raspberry Pi. For other

platforms, please visit the guide for CircuitPython on Linux to see whether your platform is

supported (https://adafru.it/BSN).

Connect the display as shown below to your Raspberry Pi.

Raspberry Pi 3.3 to display VIN

Raspberry Pi GND to display GND

Raspberry Pi SCLK to display SCK

Raspberry Pi MOSI to display MOSI

Raspberry Pi GPIO CE0 to display

ECS

Raspberry Pi GPIO 22 to display D/C

Raspberry Pi GPIO 27 to display RST

Raspberry Pi GPIO 17 to display BUSY

Setup

You'll need to install the Adafruit_Blinka library that provides the CircuitPython support in Python. This may also

require enabling SPI on your platform and verifying you are running Python 3. Since each platform is a little different,

and Linux changes often, please visit the CircuitPython on Linux guide to get your computer

ready (https://adafru.it/BSN)!

Python Installation of EPD Library

Once that's done, from your command line run the following command:

sudo pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-epd

If your default Python is version 3 you may need to run 'pip' instead. Just make sure you aren't trying to use

Note this is not a kernel driver that will let you have the console appear on the eInk. However, this is handy

when you want to use the eInk display purely from 'user Python' code!

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You can only use this technique with Linux/computer devices that have hardware SPI support, and not all

single board computers have an SPI device, so check before continuing

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