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DIY E-Paper Display
Everything you need to build your own TRMNL-style e-ink display. A fun weekend project that looks great on a desk or wall.
In the video above, I walk through how to build your own e-paper display — basically a DIY version of the TRMNL. It's a surprisingly simple project: a Raspberry Pi Zero, a Waveshare e-ink screen, and a micro SD card. That's it.
Once it's set up, you can display anything you want on it — dashboards, calendars, weather, to-do lists, whatever. It's a great little weekend project and looks proper smart sitting on a desk or mounted on a wall.
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Waveshare 7.5" E-Paper Display HAT
A 800x480 pixel e-ink display that connects directly to the Raspberry Pi via the GPIO header. No backlight, so it's easy on the eyes and barely uses any power.
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CanaKit Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W Kit
The brains of the operation. The Zero 2 W is tiny, cheap, and has built-in Wi-Fi. This kit comes with the official case, which keeps things tidy.
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SanDisk 8GB microSDHC Card
You don't need much storage for this project. An 8GB card is more than enough to run the OS and the display software.
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