https://community.element14.com/technologies/code_exchange/w/documents/10272/arduino-epaper-name-badgeen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/code_exchange/w/documents/10272/arduino-epaper-name-badgeFri, 08 Oct 2021 05:08:05 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:b3f1c627-ec59-487f-86ef-9ef5f49218cefustinihttps://community.element14.com/technologies/code_exchange/w/documents/10272/arduino-epaper-name-badge#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Documents by fustini on 10/8/2021 5:08:05 AM<br /> <p style="margin:0;"><strong>Source code:</strong></p><ul><li><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://github.com/pdp7/ePaperBadge" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">Repository</a></li><li><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://github.com/pdp7/ePaperBadge/zipball/master" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">ZIP download</a></li></ul><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;"><strong>Description:</strong></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">I built a <a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/hello-my-name-is-pdp7">7-segment name badge</a> to show off my Twitter username, <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://twitter.com/pdp7" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">pdp7</a>, at events.&nbsp; It looked great indoors but the LEDs couldn&#39;t compete with the sun outdoors.&nbsp; I can across SparkFun&#39;s <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10150" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">ePaper display</a> which is daylight readable like a Kindle e-reader and decided to build another name badge.</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">Since I can display two lines of 10 characters, I am to display both my full name and my Twitter username.&nbsp; The ePaper display is driven by a SparkFun breakout board which is controlled by an Arduino Pro Mini.&nbsp; The Arduino sketch for my name badge resides in the repository linked above.&nbsp; The ZIP link provides a direct download of the latest version.</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;"><strong>Photo:</strong></p><p style="margin:0;"><span><a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/600x800/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-01-51/contentimage_5F00_19741.jpg"><img alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/wikis/components/files/00/00/00/01/51/contentimage_19741.jpg-600x800.jpg?sv=2016-05-31&amp;sr=b&amp;sig=fwiU3S2PcNSEmURIf8tT%2BVXN7lkiUffF7UMnTcJ%2FRJk%3D&amp;se=2026-04-13T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;sp=r&amp;_=pCDQQ8m9Xv+phStpAjIxAQ==" style="max-height: 800px;max-width: 600px;" /></a></span></p><p style="margin:0;"><strong>Video:</strong></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;"><strong></strong></p><span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S20h6XJPpw0">www.youtube.com/watch</a></span><strong><br /></strong><p style="margin:0;"></p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: code_exchange, Code Exchange, arduino</div>