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E-paper 2in13_V3 not working properly when used via jumper wires

Open pakal opened this issue 3 years ago • 3 comments

I have a 2in13 V3, which works properly when used as a HAT.

But the hat causes static noise on all pins (which is abnormal :?), and causes MEMS recording to be full of noise.

So I need to connect the screen via jumper wires.

When I do that, the screen half-breaks : when running examples like epd_2in13_V3_test.py, only the transient flower image appear during refresh, but the screen stays blank at the end of the operation (when the flowers are supposed to remain displayed). And fonts/rectangles/triangles don't appear.

I have the same problem with my own code : when I display an image, it appears a bit during the refresh, then disappears and the display remains blank. As if the screen didn't have the "strength" to make the final display.

I tried lowering the SPI max_speed_hz, it didn't help.

How can I have the screen to work with jumper wire connection ?

pakal avatar Nov 15 '22 14:11 pakal

Did you find a solution? I have the exact same problem.

bvevang avatar Aug 13 '23 16:08 bvevang

Alas not for jumper wires used with a raspberry pi... that's really a pity, and the lack of support is disconcerting (other epaper providers are mostly dead).

But I did manage to use the Epaper as a HAT, but cutting unused pins which were causing noise (some Vdd and ground IIRC). Thus, the MEMS mic plugged on these separate pins didn't have static noise.

pakal avatar Aug 16 '23 18:08 pakal

I have this issue as well. Using the wires instead of the direct HAT connection ruins everything and I have no idea why. Not a single solution all over the internet, really frustrating....

SD-ChrisD avatar Mar 08 '24 01:03 SD-ChrisD