13.3inch e-Paper HAT
Contents
Note
13.3inch e-Paper is big size screen, the glass panel and FPC is fragile, please be careful when use it for developing. we recommend you to reinforce the FPC with scotch tape when developing. Please connect all the cables before powering the device, the device cannot support hot-plug.
Introduction
13.3inch E-Ink display HAT for Raspberry Pi, 1600 × 1200 resolution, 16 grayscales, USB/SPI/I80/I2C interface
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Features
- No backlight, keeps displaying last content for a long time even when power down
- Low power consumption, basically power is only required for refreshing
- Compatible with Raspberry Pi Zero/Zero W/Zero WH/2B/3B/3B+
- USB/SPI/I80/I2C interface, for connecting with host boards like Raspberry Pi/Nucleo, etc.
- Comes with development resources and manual (examples for Raspberry Pi/STM32)
Specifications
- Operating voltage: 5V
- Interface: USB/SPI/I80/I2C
- Outline dimension: 285.80 × 213.65mm
- Display size:270.40 × 202.80mm
- Dot pitch: 0.169 × 0.169mm
- Resolution: 1600 × 1200 pixels
- Display color: black, white
- Gray scale: 2-16 (1-4 bit)
- Full refresh time: 450ms
- Total refresh power: 1.2W(typ.)
- Total standby power: 0.1W(typ.)
- Viewing angle: >170°
Working principle
This product is an E-paper device adopting the image display technology of Microencapsulated Electrophoretic Display, MED. The initial approach is to create tiny spheres, in which the charged color pigments are suspending in the transparent oil and would move depending on the electronic charge. The E-paper screen display patterns by reflecting the ambient light, so it has no background light requirement. Under ambient light, the E-paper screen still has high visibility with a wide viewing angle of 180 degrees. It is the ideal choice for E-reading. (Note that the e-Paper cannot support updating directly under sunlight)
How to use
Working with Windows PC
- Connect display to IT8951 driver board as below
- Connect USB interface of IT8951 driver board to PC, then connect PWR ONLY interface of IT8951 to 5V power adapter.
- The refresh consumption of e-Paper is high, therefore, external power supply is required. You must first connect data cable then the power, otherwise, e-Paper cannot be recognized properly.
- Download and open E-LINK-TCON-DEMO software
- Click connect as below
- Check option "AutoSet", then click "Open File" to open one picture for display. Browse diagram will be opened, and you should click "OK"
- Click "display" to refresh the picture
Working with Raspberry Pi
- Hardware connection
- Insert IT8951 driver board to GPIO of Raspberry Pi, Connect e-Paper to driver board
- You can also connecting by wires
| IT8951 Driver HAT | Raspberry Pi (BCM) | Description' |
| 5V | 5V | 5V power input |
| GND | GND | Ground |
| MISO | P9 | MISO Pin of SPI |
| MOSI | P10 | MOSI Pin of SPI |
| SCK | P11 | SCK Pin of SPI |
| CS | P8 | Chip selection of SPI (Low active) |
| RST | P17 | Reset pin (Low active) |
| HRDY | P24 | Busy stats pin (Low when busy) |
- Make sure you have switched the sail switch to SPI mode
- Download and install BCM2835 libraries to your Raspberry Pi
- You can also download the newest bcm2835 library from its official website http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/bcm2835/
- Copy the library you download to Raspberry Pi and install it withe commands below. You can also following the instruction on its website above
wget http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/bcm2835/bcm2835-1.60.tar.gz tar zxvf bcm2835-1.60.tar.gz cd bcm2835-1.60/ ./configure make sudo make check sudo make install
- Enable SPI Interface of Pi
- Open a terminal and type the following command:
sudo raspi-config
- Choose Interface Option->Yes
- Download Demo codes of 10.3inch e-Paper HAT and test
git clone https://github.com/waveshare/IT8951-ePaper.git cd IT8951-ePaper make
- Check the VCOM value on the FPC
- Add the VCOM value as paramter and test the e-Paper
sudo ./epd -1.50 1
Working with STM32
Because IT8951 will cost big size of RAM, some of STM32 cannot support without external SDRAM device. So we here use Open429I as test board, Open429I integrates IS42S16400J (64-MBIT) SDRAM,has full memory to drive the 9.7inch e-paper.
Working with STM32, you can use SPI, I80 or I2C interface. SPI is simple and only a few of GPIOs are used, its speed can also meet the requirement of most applications. I80 is also simple and fast, however, it need to use lots of GPIO. I2C is every slow, which we don't recommend.
- SPI
1) Hardware connection
| IT8951 | STM32 | Description |
| 5V | 5V | 5V Power input |
| GND | GND | Ground |
| MISO | PE13 | Data output |
| MOSI | PE14 | Data input |
| SCK | PE12 | Clock input |
| CS | PE11 | Chip select (Low active) |
| RST | PC5 | Reset (Low for reset) |
| HRDY | PA7 | BUSY state output (Low for busy) |
2) Set the DIP switch to SPI mode
3) Download demo code and test
You can download the Demo code
Open the project with keil: Open429I-C-6-IT8951-Demo\Project\6-IT8951\MDK-ARM\Project.uvproj
Compile it, then open IT8951.h, check if SPI mode is enabled. Compile it again and download to your board.
After downloading, the information will be printed as below (115200, 8N1)
- I80
1） Hardware connection
| IT8951 | STM32 | Description |
| Vcc | 5V | 5V Power input |
| GND | GND | Ground |
| DBUS0~DBUS15 | PB0~PB15 | Data pins |
| HWE | PC1 | Write enable (Low active) |
| D/C | PC7 | Data/Command (Low for command) |
| CSEL | PC6 | Chip select (Low active) |
| HRD | PC3 | Read enable (Low for active) |
| RST | PC0 | Reset (Low for reset) |
| BUSY | PA7 | Busy state output (Low for busy) |
2) Set the DIP switch to I80 mode
3) Display with demo code
You can download the Demo code
Open the project with keil: Open429I-C-6-IT8951-Demo\Project\6-IT8951\MDK-ARM\Project.uvproj
Compile it, then open IT8951.h, check if I80 mode is enabled. Compile it again and download to your board.
Information are printed to serial port as below (115200, 8N1)
Display pictures
For easy porting our demo code, we display picture with data matrix instead of file system.
We should first convert BMP picture to data matrix (arrays), and use it in demo code.
1) Prepare a BMP image, resize the picture to 800*600
2) Open BMP convert software, Click File->Open..-> to open the picture as below:
3) Click Image -> Convert to ->Gray256(8 BPP)
4) Click File ->Save As... ->Choose "C" bitmap file (*.c) -> input file name and click Save.
5) Choose 8 bit per pixel, click OK. A C file will be saved to your PC
6) Add the C file to keil project, delect unusable information
********************************************************************* * SEGGER Microcontroller GmbH & Co. KG * * Solutions for real time microcontroller applications * * www.segger.com * ********************************************************************** * * * C-file generated by * * * * Bitmap Converter for emWin V5.22. * * Compiled Jul 4 2013, 12:18:24 * * (c) 1998 - 2013 Segger Microcontroller GmbH && Co. KG * * * ********************************************************************** * * * Source file: zoo_800_600 * * Dimensions: 800 * 600 * * NumColors: 256 * * * ********************************************************************** */ #include <stdlib.h> #include "GUI.h" #ifndef GUI_CONST_STORAGE #define GUI_CONST_STORAGE const #endif extern GUI_CONST_STORAGE GUI_BITMAP bmzoo_800_600; /********************************************************************* * * Palette * * Description * The following are the entries of the palette table. * The entries are stored as a 32-bit values of which 24 bits are * actually used according to the following bit mask: 0xBBGGRR * * The lower 8 bits represent the Red component. * The middle 8 bits represent the Green component. * The highest 8 bits represent the Blue component. */ static GUI_CONST_STORAGE GUI_COLOR _Colorszoo_800_600[] = { 0x000000, 0x010101, 0x020202, 0x030303, 0x040404, 0x050505, 0x060606, 0x070707, 0x080808, 0x090909, 0x0A0A0A, 0x0B0B0B, 0x0C0C0C, 0x0D0D0D, 0x0E0E0E, 0x0F0F0F, 0x101010, 0x111111, 0x121212, 0x131313, 0x141414, 0x151515, 0x161616, 0x171717, 0x181818, 0x191919, 0x1A1A1A, 0x1B1B1B, 0x1C1C1C, 0x1D1D1D, 0x1E1E1E, 0x1F1F1F, 0x202020, 0x212121, 0x222222, 0x232323, 0x242424, 0x252525, 0x262626, 0x272727, 0x282828, 0x292929, 0x2A2A2A, 0x2B2B2B, 0x2C2C2C, 0x2D2D2D, 0x2E2E2E, 0x2F2F2F, 0x303030, 0x313131, 0x323232, 0x333333, 0x343434, 0x353535, 0x363636, 0x373737, 0x383838, 0x393939, 0x3A3A3A, 0x3B3B3B, 0x3C3C3C, 0x3D3D3D, 0x3E3E3E, 0x3F3F3F, 0x404040, 0x414141, 0x424242, 0x434343, 0x444444, 0x454545, 0x464646, 0x474747, 0x484848, 0x494949, 0x4A4A4A, 0x4B4B4B, 0x4C4C4C, 0x4D4D4D, 0x4E4E4E, 0x4F4F4F, 0x505050, 0x515151, 0x525252, 0x535353, 0x545454, 0x555555, 0x565656, 0x575757, 0x585858, 0x595959, 0x5A5A5A, 0x5B5B5B, 0x5C5C5C, 0x5D5D5D, 0x5E5E5E, 0x5F5F5F, 0x606060, 0x616161, 0x626262, 0x636363, 0x646464, 0x656565, 0x666666, 0x676767, 0x686868, 0x696969, 0x6A6A6A, 0x6B6B6B, 0x6C6C6C, 0x6D6D6D, 0x6E6E6E, 0x6F6F6F, 0x707070, 0x717171, 0x727272, 0x737373, 0x747474, 0x757575, 0x767676, 0x777777, 0x787878, 0x797979, 0x7A7A7A, 0x7B7B7B, 0x7C7C7C, 0x7D7D7D, 0x7E7E7E, 0x7F7F7F, 0x808080, 0x818181, 0x828282, 0x838383, 0x848484, 0x858585, 0x868686, 0x878787, 0x888888, 0x898989, 0x8A8A8A, 0x8B8B8B, 0x8C8C8C, 0x8D8D8D, 0x8E8E8E, 0x8F8F8F, 0x909090, 0x919191, 0x929292, 0x939393, 0x949494, 0x959595, 0x969696, 0x979797, 0x989898, 0x999999, 0x9A9A9A, 0x9B9B9B, 0x9C9C9C, 0x9D9D9D, 0x9E9E9E, 0x9F9F9F, 0xA0A0A0, 0xA1A1A1, 0xA2A2A2, 0xA3A3A3, 0xA4A4A4, 0xA5A5A5, 0xA6A6A6, 0xA7A7A7, 0xA8A8A8, 0xA9A9A9, 0xAAAAAA, 0xABABAB, 0xACACAC, 0xADADAD, 0xAEAEAE, 0xAFAFAF, 0xB0B0B0, 0xB1B1B1, 0xB2B2B2, 0xB3B3B3, 0xB4B4B4, 0xB5B5B5, 0xB6B6B6, 0xB7B7B7, 0xB8B8B8, 0xB9B9B9, 0xBABABA, 0xBBBBBB, 0xBCBCBC, 0xBDBDBD, 0xBEBEBE, 0xBFBFBF, 0xC0C0C0, 0xC1C1C1, 0xC2C2C2, 0xC3C3C3, 0xC4C4C4, 0xC5C5C5, 0xC6C6C6, 0xC7C7C7, 0xC8C8C8, 0xC9C9C9, 0xCACACA, 0xCBCBCB, 0xCCCCCC, 0xCDCDCD, 0xCECECE, 0xCFCFCF, 0xD0D0D0, 0xD1D1D1, 0xD2D2D2, 0xD3D3D3, 0xD4D4D4, 0xD5D5D5, 0xD6D6D6, 0xD7D7D7, 0xD8D8D8, 0xD9D9D9, 0xDADADA, 0xDBDBDB, 0xDCDCDC, 0xDDDDDD, 0xDEDEDE, 0xDFDFDF, 0xE0E0E0, 0xE1E1E1, 0xE2E2E2, 0xE3E3E3, 0xE4E4E4, 0xE5E5E5, 0xE6E6E6, 0xE7E7E7, 0xE8E8E8, 0xE9E9E9, 0xEAEAEA, 0xEBEBEB, 0xECECEC, 0xEDEDED, 0xEEEEEE, 0xEFEFEF, 0xF0F0F0, 0xF1F1F1, 0xF2F2F2, 0xF3F3F3, 0xF4F4F4, 0xF5F5F5, 0xF6F6F6, 0xF7F7F7, 0xF8F8F8, 0xF9F9F9, 0xFAFAFA, 0xFBFBFB, 0xFCFCFC, 0xFDFDFD, 0xFEFEFE, 0xFFFFFF }; static GUI_CONST_STORAGE GUI_LOGPALETTE _Palzoo_800_600 = { 256, // Number of entries 0, // No transparency &_Colorszoo_800_600[0] }; GUI_CONST_STORAGE GUI_BITMAP bmzoo_800_600 = { 800, // xSize 600, // ySize 800, // BytesPerLine 8, // BitsPerPixel _aczoo_800_600, // Pointer to picture data (indices) &_Palzoo_800_600 // Pointer to palette };
7) Modify the codes
static GUI_CONST_STORAGE unsigned char _aczoo_800_600[] = {
to this one. (You can change the name of the array to every one you like)
const unsigned char zoo_800_600[] = {
8) Modify related codes in IT8951.C as below
extern const unsigned char zoo_800_600[]; void IT8951DisplayExample3() { IT8951LdImgInfo stLdImgInfo; IT8951AreaImgInfo stAreaImgInfo; TWord width = gstI80DevInfo.usPanelW; TWord high = gstI80DevInfo.usPanelH; TDWord i; for (i = 0;i < width*high;i++) { gpFrameBuf[i] = zoo_800_600[i]; } IT8951WaitForDisplayReady(); //Setting Load image information stLdImgInfo.ulStartFBAddr = (TDWord)gpFrameBuf; stLdImgInfo.usEndianType = IT8951_LDIMG_L_ENDIAN; stLdImgInfo.usPixelFormat = IT8951_8BPP; stLdImgInfo.usRotate = IT8951_ROTATE_0; stLdImgInfo.ulImgBufBaseAddr = gulImgBufAddr; //Set Load Area stAreaImgInfo.usX = 0; stAreaImgInfo.usY = 0; stAreaImgInfo.usWidth = width; stAreaImgInfo.usHeight = high; IT8951HostAreaPackedPixelWrite(&stLdImgInfo, &stAreaImgInfo);//Display function 2 IT8951DisplayArea(0,0, gstI80DevInfo.usPanelW, gstI80DevInfo.usPanelH, 2); }
【Note】Guides provided here are all about how to use the 10.3inch e-Paper HAT (D). If you have any question about how to modify and develope you own codes, please refer to resources of IT8951 #Resources
Codes Description
New Features
- 1.Update 16 grayscale image in 4bpp mode to reduce the data size while transmitting via SPI.
- 2.Speedup the SPI transmitting. Note that this feature can only valid in Raspberry Pi, it is invalid in Pi 4 because of the improving of CPU.
- 3.Reduce the update time to 1/4. The last version of Demo codes cost 10s to update a picture on 10.3inch e-Paper (D) in GC16 Mode, with the new version, it is reduce to 3s.
- 4.Fix the bug that memory leaks problem which is occurs after open a bmp file.
- 5.Add 1bpp, 2bpp, 3bpp, 4bpp modes support.
- 6.Add A2 Mode (only work for 1bpp mode)
- 7.Add GUI functions (Draw point, line, circle, rectange and string display). Supports changing gray.
- 8.Add GIF file displaying, you can storage pictures to buffer of IT8951, and then transmit them to e-Paper for displaying. The update rate is up t o 7fps by delecting the transmittng process between RPi and IT8951.
- 10.Add fps testing, it can be used to test the fps when update with different windows size in different modes.
- 11.Enhande the driver, to fix the buf of blurred display in partial area.
- 12.Support bytes alignment for 6inch ePaper HAT and 6inch HD ePaper HAT in 1bpp mode.
- 13.Add VCOM setting and clear ePaper function (running Demo codes directly) to protect ePaper from damaging.
- 14.Improving the structure of driver codes for higher code readablity.
Examples Description
1 Display 16 bars in grayscale order
- Function：DisplayColorPaletteExample
- This function is sued to display 16 bars in different grayscale. It uses 4bpp in GC16 mode.
2 Drawing
- Function： DisplayCharacterPatternExample
- This function is sued to draw point, line, circle, rectange as well as display string. It suppots 1bpp, 2bpp, 4bpp and 8bpp mode. If you use 1bpp, it can also supports the A2 update mode.
3 Display BMP image
- Function：DisplayBMPExample
- This function is used to display a BMP image. It suppots 1bpp, 2bpp, 4bpp and 8bpp mode. If you use 1bpp, it can also supports the A2 update mode.
4 Update ePaper in A2 mode
- Function：DynamicRefreshExample
- This function is used to update ePaper in A2 Mode.
5 Display GIF image
- Function：DynamicGIFExample
- This function is used to display GIF image. We divide a GIF file to seven BMP images, and save them to buffer of IT8951 with continuous address. This demo features the fastest fps of the ePaper (about 7fps).
6 FPS Testing
- Function：CheckFrameRateExample
- This function is sued to test fps in different modes. The demo will auot-caculate the update time of 10 frames and the fps.。
Related Description
1 Mode
The firmware in IT8951 Driver board are different among differnt types of e-Paper. And the update mode maybe different among these e-Paper. For more information abou the update modes, you can refer to IT8951 Mode Description. There are three modes: INIT, GC16 and A2.
| Mode | Description | 6inch/6inch HD | 7.8inch/9.7inch/10.3inch |
|---|---|---|---|
| INIT | This mode is used for clearing the display. If you use A2 mode for updating, we recommend you use the INIT mode to clear display after updating several times. | Mode0 | Mode0 |
| GC16 | This mode is used for updating ePaper with 16 grayscale. GC16 mode can provide best dispaly effect. | Mode2 | Mode2 |
| A2 | A2 mode can only support 2 grayscale, however, the update speed is the fastest. | Mode4 | Mode6 |
//basic mode definition UBYTE INIT_Mode = 0; UBYTE GC16_Mode = 2; //A2_Mode's value is not fixed, is decide by firmware's LUT UBYTE A2_Mode = 6;
if( strcmp(LUT_Version, "M641") == 0 ){ //6inch e-Paper HAT(800,600), 6inch HD e-Paper HAT(1448,1072), 6inch HD touch e-Paper HAT(1448,1072) A2_Mode = 4; Four_Byte_Align = true; }else if( strcmp(LUT_Version, "M841") == 0 ){ //9.7inch e-Paper HAT(1200,825) A2_Mode = 6; }else if( strcmp(LUT_Version, "M841_TFA2812") == 0 ){ //7.8inch e-Paper HAT(1872,1404) A2_Mode = 6; }else if( strcmp(LUT_Version, "M841_TFA5210") == 0 ){ //10.3inch e-Paper HAT(1872,1404) A2_Mode = 6; }else{ //default set to 6 as A2 Mode A2_Mode = 6; }
2 bpp Description
bpp(Bits Per Pixel), it stands of the bits costed by every pixel. The current versions of ePaper supports 1bpp, 2bpp, 4bpp and 8bpp modes.
- 1bpp
- 1bit cost by every pixel
- It support 2 grayscale displaying. supports A2 mode
- Evey byte carries 8 pixels
- The pixel is saved in byte in Big-endian format：
- The data saved in IT8951 with Little-endian format, you need to convert data before saving.
- 2bpp
- 2bits cost by evey pixel
- Supports 4 (2^2=4) grayscale
- Evey byte carries 4 pixels
- The pixel is saved in byte in Big-endian format：
- The data saved in IT8951 with Little-endian format, you need to convert data before saving.
- 4bpp
- 4bits cost by evey pixel.
- Supports 16(2^4=16) grayscale
- Every byte carries 2 pixels
- The pixel is saved in byte in Big-endian format：
- The data saved in IT8951 with Little-endian format, you need to convert data before saving.
- 4bpp mode is recommended for display 16 grayscale image. It reduce a half of data by comparing to 8bpp.
- 8bpp
- 8bits cost by evey pixel
- Supports 256 (2^8=256) grayscale. However, IT8951 only use the first four bits for 16 grayscale displaying.
- Every byte carries one pixel
- The pixel is saved in byte in Big-endian format：
- The data saved in IT8951 with Little-endian format, you need to convert data before saving.
- When you convert a original image for gray image, the data of evey pixel cost one byte (8 bits). You can compressed the data according to actual data format. For example: if you want to convert data for 2bpp mode, you can just use the first 2bits from on byte (original gray image). The exmaples below also convert the data format from big-endian to little-endian.
UDOUBLE Addr = X * (Paint.BitsPerPixel) / 8 + Y * Paint.WidthByte; switch( Paint.BitsPerPixel ){ case 8:{ Paint.Image[Addr] = Color & 0xF0; break; } case 4:{ Paint.Image[Addr] &= ~( (0xF0) >> (7 - (X*4+3)%8 ) ); Paint.Image[Addr] |= (Color & 0xF0) >> (7 - (X*4+3)%8 ); break; } case 2:{ Paint.Image[Addr] &= ~( (0xC0) >> (7 - (X*2+1)%8 ) ); Paint.Image[Addr] |= (Color & 0xC0) >> (7 - (X*2+1)%8 ); break; } case 1:{ Paint.Image[Addr] &= ~( (0x80) >> (7 - X%8) ); Paint.Image[Addr] |= (Color & 0x80) >> (7 - X%8); break; } }
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