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nick-scratchNick Scratch 07/23/2023 at 20:230 Comments

I have both screens working at the same time now, and I got the Sharp to be inverted (black-on-white) which I think is easier to see on that reflective display. Right now, I'm basically just using the Waveshare python epaper library directly to test the screen out, but I plan to write up a nice little CLI utility (or modify one that exists) in order to display any arbitrary thing on it, including piping std out. That might be the first thing I actually write on the device itself once it's all done.

I tried using the same SPI interface for both, but I couldn't get it working, so I enabled the second SPI interface on the Pi and am using that for the epaper.

This is the wiring I came up with use both these screens at once:

Sharp
labelgpiopinnote
vin5v2
3v3not connected
gndgnd39
slck1123SPI0 SCLK
di1019SPI0 POCI
cs824SPI0 CE0
emd3v317
disp2418
ein2522
Waveshare
labelgpiopinnote
vcc3v31
gndgnd6
din2038SPI1 POCI
clk2140SPI1 SCLK
cs1812SPI1 CE0
dc529
rst2713
busy2215

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