Datasheet

CircuitPython on Python 2.x, it isn't supported!

If that complains about pip3 not being installed, then run this first to install it:

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

Download font5x8.bin

This library also requires a font file to run! You can download it below. Before continuing, make sure the folder you

are running scripts from contains the font5x8.bin file.

https://adafru.it/Gfb

DejaVu TTF Font

Raspberry Pi usually comes with the DejaVu font already installed, but in case it didn't, you can run the following to

install it:

sudo apt-get install ttf-dejavu

Pillow Library

Some of the examples also use PIL, the Python Imaging Library, to allow graphics and using text with custom fonts.

There are several system libraries that PIL relies on, so installing via a package manager is the easiest way to bring in

everything:

sudo apt-get install python3-pil

That's it. You should be ready to go.

Usage

To demonstrate the usage of the display we'll initialize it and draw some lines from the Python REPL.

Run the following code to import the necessary modules and set up the pin assignments:

import digitalio

import busio

import board

from adafruit_epd.epd import Adafruit_EPD

spi = busio.SPI(board.SCK, MOSI=board.MOSI, MISO=board.MISO)

ecs = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.CE0)

dc = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D22)

rst = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D27)

busy = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D17)

srcs = None

If you're using the 1.54" Tri-Color display, run the following code to initialize the display: