The E-ink Desk Accessory I've Always Wanted.

I made this E-ink display for my computer desk setup as an Always On display to show me information such as the date, time, weather, HDMI settings, USB settings, and CPU/GPU/Memory temperature information.

OLD Version LilyGo T5-4.7 Inch E-paper (This product used in the video is no longer sold.)

New Version (NOT compatible with my code) LilyGo T5 4.7" V2.3

Refer to these Code examples if using the New Version.

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[HelloDavid]

*What kind of data would you want to show on this E-ink display?*
Daily tasks? Phone notifications?

[ericlotze]

Slick design. *AND* it’s open source? *AND* it’s well documented?!? What a KING.

[KG_BM]

DROP EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING. we got 2 videos in the same year.

[DavidConant]

The hidden gem of this video is the wall weather display. I love the idea of a simple custom visual weather e-ink display for the house.

[ZeroAme]

Something you can try to get rid of the ghosting that is pretty common on all e-ink displays, add a function to your code that first loads and all white image over the whole display, followed by an all black image, and finally again an all white image. Then in your code, every time you change an image or load new data, or turn off the display, call that function to clear the scree. Should get drastically decrease, if not get rid of, of any ghosting you're seeing.

[m_official]

Wow! I’m 51m0 from Printables, it's nice to see my own 3D model, even if remixed, shown in a video on YouTube.. I'm glad you based on it 😊

[unrealed]

This could DEFINITELY be a kickstarter project that makes tons of money! If you had an interface for customizing it, I'd ABSOLUTELY buy one!

[DerMBen]

Oh boy, I've been thinking that an E-Ink desktop calendar with tasks and appointments would be amazing for a while now... I'm so stoked someone had the same thought and *actually made it*!

[MrX-uncz]

As cool as RGB, E-ink display actually look really nice and classy, i hope it will be use more in the future

[slee]

I am glad I didn't have to wait another year to see a new video!! please keep them coming!

[FerTechCH]

LOVE IT! Would gladly buy something like this. Also to set Busy / Available states on office desks so people know when you can be interrupted or not for instance. The same for meeting rooms information, etc.

[maxopli]

Just as I thought I have seen a lot, your videos just blew my mind away! What an amazing job! I always wanted to become a good DIYer, but never really put in the efforts to become one. Your videos, especially the macro control, was such a great inspiration. Thank you so much and would love to see more of your work more often!

[aProperFox]

The thumbnail alone was enough to give a like. Great work and beautiful presentation

[Pyridius]

Every time we think David has the perfect setup, he makes it perfect-er!

[TechSpruce]

I thought about buying a simple clock on my desk setup, but you inspired me to think about purchase on of these lilygo clocks and program it myself 🙏

[eriks]

What I would do is context aware todo list/information. Something like the display in the bedroom shows weather for the day, time of first appointment, critical todos of the day. But the one on the door to the garage shows estimated time to go to work, current charge on the car, location of first appointment. The one is the office would definitely show time, todo list, and calendar for the day.

[MikeAzul]

a version that showed humidity and ambience temperature alongside all that other info would be cool too. Or a to-do list or project task list

[hal]

He's back and showcasing next level stuff!

[avinashjangir]

What you built is beautiful man, I liked it

[gdfan]

your original oled tv setup influenced me so much! since then my setup has gotten infinitely better and more clean. i also followed the journey from 48 inch to 42, now 32. hoping to setup this e-ink thing as well in the future! your videos rock.