📺 Waveshare 2.9" E-Ink Display Module with SPI Interface | Hi-Resolution 296x128 E-Paper | Raspberry Pi Compatible Review

I recently bought one of these for a project and the hardware is great. However, two things are worth mentioning: 1. The documentation on the manufacturer's website has many typos and in most places doesn't really work for the 3 color version of the display (probably a copy and paste error of the 2 color release) . I catalog all the right installs and tutorials on Github in a repository called: avirtuos/waveshare, so don't worry about searching for documentation and tutorials.2. The refresh…

I recently bought one of these for a project and the hardware is great. However, two things are worth noting: 1. The documentation on the manufacturer's website has many typos and in most places doesn't really work for the 3 color version of the display (probably a copy and paste bug of the 2 color release) . I catalog all the right installs and tutorials on Github in a repository called: avirtuos/waveshare, so don't worry about looking for documentation and tutorials.2. The refresh rate is…

Works great. The documentation is pretty good, but suggests a few steps that are no longer needed for Raspbian Stretch. The sample software worked great. After a couple of evenings of programming, I can send him just about any image, and he does a pretty good job of rendering it in just three colors. I bought this to use as a silly name tag but some of the pictures are so good that I want to do more with them now. That. I bought a hat to be handy when not being used as a name tag. The buttons…