

It takes approximately 30 seconds to refresh the display, so they work best in projects that don’t need constant refreshing. The coloured particles reflect light, unlike most display types, meaning that they’re visible under bright lights. “Multi-colour EPD displays use ingenious electrophoresis to pull coloured particles up and down on the display. A couple of example applications for the E Ink display include perhaps creating an ultra readable, low power consumption home automation dashboard, displaying stylised photos, pop art images or favourite comic panels., showing cute graphs and readouts from local or wirelessly connected sensors and displaying fascinating data from online APIs.

The Inky Frame comes preloaded with Pimoroni’s brand of MicroPython firmware, including the PicoGraphics display library and several code examples. If you are interested in learning more about the new display the Raspberry Pi blog has carried out a review giving it an impressive 9/10. Electronic enthusiasts, makers and hobbyists might be interested in a new product created by the team at Pimoroni in the form of the new four-inch Inky Frame E Ink display which offers a resolution of 640 x 400 pixels and is powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico W and features five user buttons, microSD card slot, breakout header, 2 × Qwiic/STEMMA QT ports and comes supplied with 2 × metal legs and measures 102.8 × 96.7 mm.
