ice40_eink_controller

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FPGA & STM32F0 driven EINK controller

• Final FPGA board: https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/rBoQ8bop
• The links on the Kitnic page make ordering the parts easier: https://kitnic.it/boards/github.com/julbouln/ice40_eink_controller/
• ifusb companion: https://github.com/julbouln/ifusb

Prototype:

• OLIMEX iCE40HX1K-EVB (https://www.olimex.com/Products/FPGA/iCE40/iCE40HX1K-EVB/open-source-hardware)
• NUCLEO-F042K6 (http://www.st.com/content/st_com/en/products/evaluation-tools/product-evaluation-tools/mcu-eval-tools/stm32-mcu-eval-tools/stm32-mcu-nucleo/nucleo-f042k6.html)
• TPS65185EVM (http://www.ti.com/tool/tps65185evm)
• ED060SC7 Kindle 3 EINK screen (http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=ED060SC7&_sacat=0)
• custom EINK connector board (https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/I7bqOkZB)

Project tree:

• controller/ EINK controller verilog icestorm project
• hardware/ custom ice40 + ED060SC7 connector board
• utils/ misc utilities, including dumper for various reverse engineered waveform file formats
• utils/ifusb/ ifusb host driver

References:

• http://essentialscrap.com/eink/
• http://www.eevblog.com/forum/microcontrollers/interfacing-epd-%28e-ink%29-display-from-kindle-anyone-tried/