“Such a cool idea! It's a great way to get in and start learning about eInk displays and the Raspberry Pi RP2040.
Love this. Thanks for putting it together!”
“It took me a few hours to figure out how to get thonny to see the badger, but as soon as I did it was suoer easy to modify the code and customize it. The images work best if you resize them in gimp before trying their conversion python script”
“Very fun!! Either off-the-shelf hobby electronics are vastly improved over 10 years ago, or I've gotten smarter since my early teenage years - who knows which is true.
I was expecting just the display, so discovering a fully functioning little OS (and a really easy-to-use IDE to mess with it) was delightful. I volunteer in about 8 different capacities, so this gadget is also extremely useful. Finally, I can effortlessly switch my credentials between Provincial Convention Delegate, Vestryman (St. Stephen's), and Village Museum Committee Chair.
One note - given the display's small size, I was surprised that the default text drawing tool is vector-based. I think it would be really cool to see some pixel font support - but no problem, it's something I can work on myself.”
“Nice bit of kit, very easy to get started with using Python - updating the firmware is trivial too. Would be even better with a case where to slide the access cards typically used in offices (i.e. credit-card sized).
Only complaint is that the fonts in stock firmware don't work well with such a low-res screen, it would benefit from terminal-style bitmap fonts.”
“The kit contains everything you need to get started. The board seems well made and feels very sturdy.
One thing to note, if you're a rank newbie, this isn't very plug and play. You'll plug it in and you might need to fiddle about to get it working. Perseverance is key here. :)”
