“Nice little screen , easy to fit on Pi3 with included screws and separator. Gathering the proper libraries for its use requires a bit of effort but it is worth it. Carefully packaged and swiftly delivered (Germany) as usual with Pimoroni.”
“Bought to experiment with, The hat comes well packed and with all that you need. including a 40 pin socket that has no apparent purpose. However when you go to connect it to a 'full size' pi you realise that they wont mate without the extra 40 pin socket as an electrical standoff. And while we are talking about standoffs be careful assembling the standoffs, the display panel itself it quite fragile.
Mine is working away, and I'm a happy pirate!”
“Super easy to install and really nice fittings to attach what to a Pi B, however these standoffs won’t fit a Pi Zero in a Pibow case.
Found the examples didn’t work at first but after checking the Pimoroni forum found I had to enable I2C and as if like magic all worked as intended.
Also the getting started guide is really helpful for beginners like myself to get started with an e-paper screen like this; had started with a WaveShare screen and found this very tricky to get installed and examples to run.”
“Gorgeous display. I made a BTC ticker with the red version (now I'm thinking the yellow would have been more appropriate...). You can see result in this video:
https://youtu.be/51UYrKa5JwU
Also the 3D model for the case:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3694748”
“Very easy to build (it's just plug and play). The downfall is that the screen takes quite some time to change, like 10seconds, which will make you think about what kind of information (and refresh rate) you want to use it for.”
“Beautiful bit of kit! I knew it'd be larger than inky pHAT, but didn't expect it to be quite so big and beautiful! Really lovely and I think it refreshes faster than the pHAT too.
The included library examples look really good and I've got a few ideas for how to combine the wHAT with a Button SHIM or Touch pHAT for some fun experiments. I do wish it was possible to get the original image back on the screen though - unless I'm running the logo script wrong, it comes out as a larger version of the pHAT? Nonetheless - really great!”
“A really great eInk display, It updates relatively fast and the API is nicely written and easy to get to grips with.
I really like the addition of the risers and anchor points on the back of the display as it is a really nice way to affix a raspberry pi. The extra ports on the bottom are quite handy too fi you're thinking about adding a few extra sensors to your build once the display is on.”
