Frustration-free e-paper usage for Linux
Intro E-paper (electrophoretic display technology) has found its way into more and more products and personal projects over the last few years. One thing that hasn't come with this widespread adoption is a way to make them easier to use - they're uniquely difficult and frankly they're frustrating. Why frustrating? There are some aspects of using these displays that offer unique challenges. These tend to be one of the following: They need an external DC/DC boost circuit and 24-pin 0.5mm FPC. Difficult to create on your own Many displays share the same exact size/look, but are incompatible. There are two main families of controller chips (Solomon Systech and UltraChip), but even within those two there are multiple versions that can be incompatible. They behave very differently compared to other all-points-addressable displays. It is unfortunately necessary to learn a bit about the physical properties of them in order to use them correctly. The vendors don't provide good d...