• Reading an image bitmap file from the web using ESP8266 and C++

    There are a couple of different ways to do it, but I wanted to do it after a simple image example, to understand a bit better how reading a stream from the web to get as far as the pixel information and send it to a display. As a reference then I started with ZinggJM/GxEPD…

  • E-Paper driver to make your electronics smaller

    Got from Waveshare some of this E-Paper ESP8266 driver boards: I’m trying to make the electronics of my displays as small as possible and to avoid the wire-chaos inside the case with the goal of having more space for the battery. This will basically spare the need of the driver HAT and additional cables, something…