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Waveshare Universal e-Paper Driver Board: WiFi/Bluetooth SoC ESP32 Onboard, SPI Interface, Arduino-Compatible Review

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Description of Waveshare Universal e-Paper Driver Board: WiFi/Bluetooth SoC ESP32 Onboard, SPI Interface, Arduino-Compatible

This is a universal driver board for e-Paper raw panels, thanks to the dual wireless features - WiFi & Bluetooth - it is easy to display images from PC / smart phone via WiFi or Bluetooth. Furthermore, it can also be used for Arduino development, just like any other normal Arduino board. Onboard ESP32, supports Arduino development. Provides Android APP, allows to refresh display content via Bluetooth EDR.Provides HTML host code, allows to refresh display content via remote webpage, suit for Internet applications. Supports Floyd-Steinberg dithering algorithm, more color combinations, better shadow rendering for the original image.Supports popular image formats: BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, etc.

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Revainrating 2 out of 5

Not worth the money spent

This board was simply a waste of money. Thanks to my knowledge gained in practice, I was able to save my computer from malfunctioning as the board overheated and caused damage. The only good thing about this board was the compact size.

Pros
  • Compact size
Cons
  • Overheats and causes damage to computers.

Revainrating 4 out of 5

The board works great: computer components

Here are the pins you need to point to with the GxEPD2 library: CS 15DC 27RST 26BUSY 25void initDisplay() { display.init(115200); spi.end(); SPI.begin(13, 12, 14, 15);}

Pros
  • single board computer
Cons
  • crumpled

Revainrating 2 out of 5

That's exactly what you see, but a little worse.

What I liked about it: Connected to PI and it just WORKS! (assuming you have the libraries pre-installed) It uses 3.3V, so in theory you could have a pretty low-power Pi-powered symbol! The color part works well! What I don't like about it: Not compatible with the Pimoroni library for a competitor product, even if you read the documentation) The provided Python library sucks and needs patching to use all the features. No quick update, no library that provides a way to update part of the screen.

Pros
  • Computer and accessories
Cons
  • Some little things