I've opened another repository for dumping stuff related to Goodisplay. The short of it: they are the display manufacturer for waveshare. They have been cooperative so far with engineering help and have sent me some panels to test out, including a very nice looking 5.79" display.
The goodisplay panels are raw eink panels and require special driver boards and a MCU to run them. I've been testing with a pi pico and micropython code.
The nice thing here is we can get at some of the good stuff, like the waveform tables.
If I can get these panels to work at a reasonable speed, they would be an inexpensive alternative and appropriate for the project. I think all-in, they would be around $45-50 per 5.79" display. Likely would mean setting up something to send people finished displays, since it might be too much work for people to configure on their own.
I've opened another repository for dumping stuff related to Goodisplay. The short of it: they are the display manufacturer for waveshare. They have been cooperative so far with engineering help and have sent me some panels to test out, including a very nice looking 5.79" display.
The goodisplay panels are raw eink panels and require special driver boards and a MCU to run them. I've been testing with a pi pico and micropython code.
The nice thing here is we can get at some of the good stuff, like the waveform tables.
If I can get these panels to work at a reasonable speed, they would be an inexpensive alternative and appropriate for the project. I think all-in, they would be around $45-50 per 5.79" display. Likely would mean setting up something to send people finished displays, since it might be too much work for people to configure on their own.