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rec0de / vsmp-zero

A very slow movie player designed for the Raspberry Pi Zero
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Connection between E-Ink and PI Zero #1

Closed bernb closed 3 years ago

bernb commented 3 years ago

How did you connect the E-Ink to the PI Zero? I struggle to find a manual as everything seems to be made for the normal RPI. I got this one from Waveshare E-Ink: https://www.waveshare.com/7.8inch-e-paper-hat.htm RPI Zero: https://www.waveshare.com/raspberry-pi-zero.htm

PS.: I believe I need to attach GPIO headers or buy a RPI that has pre-soldered GPIO headers?

rec0de commented 3 years ago

Hi bernb! I personally used a Pi with pre-soldered headers but that's not required as long as you're comfortable with some basic soldering. The E-Ink HAT comes with an alternative connection cable (broad white connector with 8 colourful jumper wires coming out). That connector fits into the white socket on the underside of the HAT, and it has all connections necessary to use the it (labeled 5V, GND, MISO, MOSI, ...). You just need to connect the other end of the cable to the matching RPI pins somehow.

You can check which pins to connect to at the Waveshare Wiki, there's a table under the heading Working with Raspberry Pi.

Hope that helps!