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Driving e-Paper display with Adafruit Feather nRF52 Bluefruit LE, but not getting sharp Image

KKaushik
KKaushik over 3 years ago

I am driving e-Paper display with nRF52 Module named mentioned above, but not getting sharp image

#include <GxEPD.h>

#include <GxGDEH0213B73/GxGDEH0213B73.h> // 2.13" b/w newer panel

#include GxEPD_BitmapExamples

// FreeFonts from Adafruit_GFX
#include <Fonts/FreeMonoBold9pt7b.h>
#include <Fonts/FreeMonoBold12pt7b.h>
#include <Fonts/FreeMonoBold18pt7b.h>
#include <Fonts/FreeMonoBold24pt7b.h>


#include <GxIO/GxIO_SPI/GxIO_SPI.h>
#include <GxIO/GxIO.h>

#include "IMG_0001.h"

GxIO_Class io(SPI, /*CS=*/ 4, /*DC=*/ 3, /*RST=*/ 2); // arbitrary selection of 8, 9 selected for default of GxEPD_Class

GxEPD_Class display(io, /*RST=*/ 2, /*BUSY=*/ 5); // default selection of (9), 7

void setup()
{
Serial.begin(115200);
Serial.println();
Serial.println("setup");

display.init(115200); // enable diagnostic output on Serial

Serial.println("setup done");
//showpic();
}

void loop()
{
//showpic();
display.drawPaged(showFontCallback);
delay(5000);
}
void showFontCallback()
{
const char* name = "FreeMonoBold9pt7b";
const GFXfont* f = &FreeMonoBold9pt7b;
display.fillScreen(GxEPD_WHITE);
display.setTextColor(GxEPD_BLACK);
display.setFont(f);
display.setCursor(0, 0);
display.println();
display.println(name);
display.println(" !\"#$%&'()*+,-./");
display.println("0123456789:;<=>?");
display.println("@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO");
display.println("PQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_");
#if defined(HAS_RED_COLOR)
display.setTextColor(GxEPD_RED);
#endif
display.println("`abcdefghijklmno");
display.println("pqrstuvwxyz{|}~ ");
}

void showpic()
{
//uint16_t x = (display.width() - 128) / 2;
uint16_t x = 0;
uint16_t y = 0;
display.fillScreen(GxEPD_BLACK);
display.drawExampleBitmap(gImage_IMG_0001, x, y, 128, 250, GxEPD_WHITE);
display.update();

}

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  • dougw
    dougw over 3 years ago +3
    The black and white particles get separated based on voltage and duration of the applied signal. You can check the high voltage supply to ensure it is high enough (it could also need extra capacitance…
  • shabaz
    shabaz over 3 years ago in reply to KKaushik +2
    Where did you buy the display from? Did you buy it from the some source that the driver code came from, or not? You can see in the datasheet that you provided: The special parameters are not part…
  • feiticeir0
    feiticeir0 over 3 years ago in reply to KKaushik +1
    Hi ! I'm guessing, by the pictures, that's a display problem... Did it, in any time, give a sharper image ? Even the first time you thinker with it ?
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    0 KKaushik over 3 years ago

    I found out after talking with the manufacturer that the Chip was used on EPD wad SSD1680 and the same driver is working fine now but just for two-color at a time. I have read the datasheet for displaying 3 colors at once we need Mono B/W and Mono-Red pixel code. How to create c-code image file to display all 3 color at once?

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    0 KKaushik over 3 years ago

    I found out after talking with the manufacturer that the Chip was used on EPD wad SSD1680 and the same driver is working fine now but just for two-color at a time. I have read the datasheet for displaying 3 colors at once we need Mono B/W and Mono-Red pixel code. How to create c-code image file to display all 3 color at once?

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