Panel Selection

Please take care to choose the correct panel type to correctly match your display. For products with built-in displays like the Elecrow CrowPanels, the predefined configurations in bb_epaper have the correct panel type already chosen. In the list below, the product IDs are mostly those from Good-Display and a few are from DKE. The naming convention used is "ED" + panel size in inches (e.g. 42 = 4.2") + native width + native height. Most smaller panels' native orientation is portrait, so for instance, the 2,9" 128x296 panels are 128 pixels wide and 296 pixels tall. In bb_epaper, I allow setting any of 4 possible orientations if you allocate a local framebuffer to hold the graphics. At the time of writing the data to the display (writePlane function), I rotate the pixels as needed for the native panel orientation.

Black / White

These are 1-bit panels which have 4 update modes: full (2-3 seconds of flickering), fast (1.5s, single flash), partial (< 1s, no flash) and 4-gray (2-3 seconds of flickering)

• EP42_400x300 WFT0420CZ15 UC81xx
• EP42B_400x300 GDEY042T81 SSD16xx
• EP213_122x250 (Waveshare 2.13", SSD16xx
• EP213B_122x250 GDEY0213B74 Newer Pimoroni Inky Phat 2.13" SSD16xx
• EP293_128x296 older SSD16xx
• EP294_128x296 Waveshare newer 2.9" SSD16xx
• EP295_128x296 Harvested from Solum ESL SSD16xx
• EP295_128x296_4GRAY 4-grayscale mode for the same as above
• EP266_152x296 GDEY0266T90 SSD16xx
• EP102_80x128 GDEW0102T4 UC81xx
• EP27B_176x264 GDEY027T91 SSD16xx
• EP122_192x176 GDEM0122T61 SSD16xx
• EP37_240x416 GDEY037T03 UC81xx
• EP37B_240x416 (CrowPanel 3.7") SSD16xx
• EP213_104x212 InkyPhat 2.13" B/W UC81xx
• EP75_800x480 GDEY075T7 UC81xx
• EP75_800x480_4GRAY GDEY075T7 4-gray mode UC81xx
• EP29_128x296 Pimoroni Badger2040 UC81xx
• EP154_200x200 Waveshare SSD16xx
• EP154B_200x200 DEPG01540BN SSD16xx
• EP583_648x480 DEPG0583BN UC81xx
• EP296_128x296 Waveshare V2 SSD16xx
• EP426_800x480 Waveshare SSD16xx
• EP426_800x480_4GRAY 4-gray mode of above
• EP41_640x400 ED040TC1 UC81xx
• EP7_960x640 ED070EC1 SSD16xx
• EP29Z_128x296 Elecrow 2.9" SSD1680
• EP29Z_128x296_4GRAY Elecrow 2.9" SSD1680
• EP213Z_122x250 Elecrow 2.13" SSD1680 and Waveshare V4
• EP213Z_122x250_4GRAY Elecrow 2.13" SSD1680 and Waveshare V4
• EP154Z_152x152 Elecrow 1.54" SSD1680
• EP579_792x272 SSD1680

Black / White / Red

These panels use the same controllers as B/W, but use the memory differently (still two 1-bit planes). Plane 0 is B/W and plane 1 is red. Plane one has priority so colors 10 and 11 are both red. The update sequence used to be 20-25 seconds of flickering, but newer panels do it in 10-13. The underlying physics/technology hasn't changed much; mostly a software upgrade. A few rare ones allow you to do fast updates of a single color. I will be adding more as soon as I can get them.

• EP29R_128x296 (removed from used ESLs) SSD16xx
• EP154R_152x152 (removed from used ESLs) SSD16xx
• EP42R_400x300 Pimoroni Inky What SSD16xx
• EP42R2_400x300 (removed from used ESLs) UC81xx
• EP213R_122x250 Pimoroni Inky Phat SSD16xx
• EP26R_152x296 (removed from used ESLs) SSD16xx
• EP74R_640x384 (removed from used ESLs) UC81xx
• EP583R_600x448 (removed from used ESLs) UC81xx
• EP75R_800x480 Waveshare UC81xx
• EP29R2_128x296 Adafruit UC81xx
• EP213R2_122x250 (?) UC81xx

Black / White / Yellow / Red

These panels have the same quantity of internal memory as the B/W and B/W/R, but the pixels are in a single memory plane, 4 to a byte. The controllers are given more exotic names, but use the SSD16xx or UC81xx commands. The first generation of 4-color displays had update times of 20-25 seconds. Newer panels support "fast" mode and the update time is reduced to 10-13 seconds.

• EP266YR_184x360 GDEY0266F51 UC81xx
• EP29YR_128x296 GDEY029F51 UC81xx
• EP29YR_168x384 GEDY029F51H UC81xx
• EP213YR_122x250 GDEY0213F52 UC81xx
• EP37YR_240x416 GDEM037F51 UC81xx
• EP35YR_184x384 GDEM035F51 UC81xx
• EP397YR_800x480 GDEM0397F81 UC81xx
• EP154YR_200x200 GDEM0154F51 UC81xx
• EP266YR2_184x360 GDEY0266F52H UC81xx
• EP42YR_400x300 GDEM042F52 UC81xx