THE CURIOUS ELECTRIC TTGO E-Paper Display Unit Instructions

THE CURIOUS ELECTRIC TTGO E-Paper Display Unit

PRODUCT INFORMATION

• Date : 5/7/2022
• Version : 1.1
• By: Matt Little

Need a portable, low-energy, wireless display for the data you are collecting?
This display unit has an ESP32 Wi-Fi-enabled microcontroller and a 2.13” e-ink display. This kit is a simple, no-solder unit to get you up and running quickly. It is designed for people who have some programming knowledge, as you will need to re-program the unit and make it do what you want. These instructions cover the Standard version of this kit.

The kit is based on the TTGO T5 V2.3 2.13 Inch E-Paper Screen. This is available here: http://www.lilygo.cn/products.aspx And a GitHub repository for their info and notes is here: https://github.com/Xinyuan-LilyGO/T5-Ink-Screen-Series

We loved this little board and started to make it display the data we wanted. Examples we have built included:

• Weather display for your location
• Display data from Adafruit In our case we display the radiation level in the workshop. Always useful!
• Quotation machine – need a boost? Touch the unit for an inspiring The limit is your imagination!

It displays the information even when the unit has gone to sleep, so is great for showing data or information that does not change too regularly. You can set the unit to wake up on a touch, or to use the timer to wake it up at set intervals. The kit includes a relatively simple wooden enclosure to hold everything and keep it at a nice display angle. We wanted something that would look nice on a mantelpiece! It uses an 18650 lithium-ion cell, which is recharged via the micro USB connection. We have found a full battery to last for several hundred updates, but this does depend on your code. The GitHub repository for example code and the enclosure and these instruction files is available here: https://github.com/re- innovation/TTGO_EPaper

Parts included

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Parts list:

Battery holder for 18650 cell with

connector

| 1| Enclosure Middle 3mm laser cut

wood

|
M3 8mm long counter sunk screw| 2| Enclosure Side A 3mm laser cut

wood

|
M3 6mm long pan head screw| 4| Enclosure Side B 3mm laser cut

wood

|
M3 8mm long pan head screw| 1| Enclosure Spacer 1mm laser cut

plastic

|
M3 12mm pan head screw| 2| M3 10mm plastic hex spacers Male-

female

| 4
M3 Nut| 9| M2 12mm screw| 4
 |  | M2 nut| 4

Note : You will also require an 18650 single Lithium Polymer battery cell. This is NOT supplied, due to shipping restrictions.

Tools required

This is a no-soldering required kit. You will need:

• Small pozi screwdriver
• Flat nose pliers

Build Instructions

1. Step 1:
   Install battery holder

2. Step 2:
   Add Spacers

3. Step 3:
   Install E-Ink Display Board

4. Step 4:
   Add TouchPad

5. Step 5:
   Add Sides

6. Step 6:
   Add Front

   • Align the front display section to the two slots. Ensure the display is in the correct orientation.
   • Use the 4 x M3 6mm screws through the four holes in the front to fit into the plastic hex spacers and hold the unit all together.
   • You may need to tighten the side screw here to hold it all together.

7. Step 7:
   Unit Build Finished!
   Note: Ensure the  correct orientation of the  battery.
   Pressing the  button “IO39” will put the unit into Access Point mode for updating configuration parameters or changing WiFi SSID and password.

8. Step 8:
   Programming Notes
   Sample code and information regarding programming your unit are available on the github repository here: https://github.com/re- innovation/TTGO_EPaper
   This repository also contains all the design files for the enclosure and these instructions

Contact Details:
We would like you to be happy with this kit. If you are not happy for any reason, then please contact us and we will help to sort it out. Please email hello@curiouselectric.co.uk with any questions or comments. Please tweet us at @curiouselectric
If any parts are missing from your kit then please email hello@curiouselectric.co.uk with details and, if possible, where the kit was purchased. More technical information can be found at www.curiouselectric.co.uk
This kit has been designed and produced by: The Curious Electric Company hello@curiouselectric.co.uk www.curiouselectric.co.uk

References

• The Curious Electric Company
• GitHub - re-innovation/TTGO_EPaper: Files for getting started with the TTGO EPaper Display unit with ESP-32 and Arduino IDE
• GitHub - Xinyuan-LilyGO/T5-Ink-Screen-Series: TTGO T5 V2.2 ESP32 2.9“EPaper Plus

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