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The Inky Frame is a great board to start learning MicroPython and e-ink displays with. Im in the US, and it arrived about a week after ordering. Customer support was quick to respond when I had a question about importing. The software that comes preloaded on the device is great for the initial learning curve, and Pimoroni's own MicroPython library was very intuitive to work with while also having tons of documentation online. I got my display up and running and displaying my own images within minutes of unpacking it. I did run into a known bug with the display buffer though, when connected to a pc the software updating the screen would sometimes break, and the device would display the first 5% of the image and repeat it over the whole canvas. Disconnecting from the computer and running the board from the battery pack seemed to fix this issue. The Pico 2 W is such a versatile device as well. Connecting it to the internet was finicky but eventually worked, you can then grab any info from online and display it however you want. Your imagination is really the limit as far as what you want to use this for. You don't have to use any of Pimoroni's code libraries if you don't want to, and you can code in a few different languages, MicroPython through Thonny worked great for me. Pimoroni also makes it easy to disable their dithering algorithm for the display and write your own, or just use pre-dithered images. I encourage everyone to experiment with different dithering algorithms themselves because these arguably have the highest impact on how accurate things will look on the display. Pic attached is the screen loaded with 60 different colors using Pimoronis dithering alg so you can see what to expect out of the box.
2 days ago
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