From af62a5c8fe0e6cb843d8b6e3d4f9d755a82732b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kimmo Brunfeldt <1232405+kimmobrunfeldt@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2022 18:53:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Language --- posts/building-eink-weather-display-for-our-home.mdx | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/posts/building-eink-weather-display-for-our-home.mdx b/posts/building-eink-weather-display-for-our-home.mdx index c45857f..681de66 100644 --- a/posts/building-eink-weather-display-for-our-home.mdx +++ b/posts/building-eink-weather-display-for-our-home.mdx @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ It was design to the [Waveshare 7.5" E-Ink display](https://www.waveshare.com/7. ![](/content-assets/7/test-post-process-all-pixels-black.png) ![](/content-assets/7/test-post-process-threshold-pixels-black.png) -I wasn't super satisfied.. this product would be in a very central location of our apartment, so it should look nice. +I wasn't super satisfied.. the product would be in a central place in our apartment, so it should look nice. So... after thinking a bit, I ordered the 10.3" 16-bit display in addition, since it allows text to be anti-aliased. The end result is way smoother. It would've been possible to just live with the 1-bit display constraint, but I decided to use that screen for something else in the future. @@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ I didn't want to build a larger visible casing to the back, so it was time to go But even after cutting all extra plastic pieces from the cables, it wasn't possible to mount the frame flush to wall. -Then I realised that the Waveshare demo page featured Windows app that connected to the controller via the micro-USB interface. - -Would it be possible to use that to control the display? There weren't any examples of doing that in a Linux box though. +Then I realised that the Waveshare demo page featured Windows app that connected to the controller via the micro-USB interface. Would it be possible to use that to control the display? There weren't any examples of doing that in a Linux box though. Fortunately for me, some great minds had already [thought the same](https://twitter.com/faassen/status/1375922965062238208?lang=en). I connected the controller using USB cables, built the C code in the Raspberry PI, and tried to clear the display as a test. It worked! What a relief. USB cables were _so much_ smaller than the 40-pin GPIO cables and headers.