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GregDMeyer / PaperTTY

PaperTTY - Python module to render a TTY on e-ink displays using the IT8951 controller
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Use with E-paper 7.8 inch #1

Open anders999 opened 4 years ago

anders999 commented 4 years ago

Hi Greg,

I'm trying to get your code to work with a Waveshare 7.8 inch e-paper, https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/7.8inch_e-Paper_HAT, which has 1872 x 1404 resolution. I run the code on a Raspberry Pi 4 and have installed all required packages (bcm2835, IT8951 and PaperTTY).

When I run your application papertty with:

sudo ./papertty

I get the following error message (and nothing appears on the e-paper screen):

Initializing... setting TTY size to 70 rows, 156 cols Could not set TTY size (rows=70, cols=156); continuing. Running...

Do you have any idea what could be problem? I understand you have written the code with a different display in mind, so I'm expecting to do some modifications. Appreciate all input!

Best regards, Anders

pascalJakobs commented 2 months ago

Hello I'm about buying a 10.3 waveshare eink display, did you finally make it? Is there something better 3 years after your last post? This project is ideal form me, I only need CLI Regards

anders999 commented 1 month ago

Sorry for a late reply... I only tested the code a few times and it worked. Honestly I don't remember what I did to make it work. I think it was a simple mistake.

But I've actually been using the IT8951 repo for my project (dashboard for home automation) and it's been running constantly for 4 years now. Works fine!