Goal

E-Ink Calendar with RPI using Inky-Calendar

Tested with Raspberry Pi Zero WH and 2020-02-05-raspbian-buster

Requirements (Hardware)

• Raspberry Pi Zero WH

• 800×480, 7.5inch E-Ink display HAT for Raspberry Pi, three-color
  Waveshare 13505: https://www.waveshare.com/7.5inch-e-paper-hat-b.htm (Archive)
  e.g. https://www.welectron.com/Waveshare-75inch-e-Paper-HAT-B-13505

Steps

• Init RPi: See 2019.09.12 - RPi - Initial Setup

• Setup RPi:

  • sudo sed -i s/#dtparam=spi=on/dtparam=spi=on/ /boot/config.txt
  • sudo reboot

• Setup Inky-Calendar

  • bash -c "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aceisace/Inky-Calendar/master/Installer.sh)"

References

• https://schuemann.it/de/2019/09/11/e-ink-calendar-with-a-raspberry-pi/ (Archive)

• https://canox.net/2019/06/raspberry-pi-als-e-ink-kalender/ (Archive)

• https://github.com/aceisace/Inky-Calendar

• https://github.com/martinberlin/eink-calendar

• https://github.com/G6EJD/ESP32-e-Paper-Weather-Display

• https://iotdesignpro.com/projects/getting-started-with-esp32-program-it-using-arduino-ide-blinking-led

Thingiverse

• https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3996613
  • https://cdn.thingiverse.com/assets/2a/43/88/bd/b3/large_display_IMG_1689.jpeg (Archive)
• https://www.thingiverse.com/make:756610
  • https://cdn.thingiverse.com/assets/dd/f8/75/1e/ed/waveshare_7-5-weather.jpg (Archive)

Alternative Display?

• https://www.berrybase.de/raspberry-pi-co/raspberry-pi/displays/9.7-1200x825-epaper-display-hat-f-252-r-raspberry-pi?c=320