Inky pHAT is a low-energy electronic paper display designed for your Pi. It comes in three eye - catching colour schemes: red/black/white, yellow/black/white, and black/white. With a beautiful 212x104 pixel display, it's perfect for showing simple graphics and sharp text. You can easily read it in bright sunlight, just like reading a paper. Use it as a cute clock, show tweets, weather, news headlines, sports scores, and even graph data from remote sensors, CPU load, temperature, or stock prices. As of early December 2017, Inky pHAT uses a new display and requires updated software. The new software can automatically detect the display version, working well with both old and new displays. When using the Python library to support the new display colours, add 'inkyphat.set_colour('red')' below 'import inkyphat' at the top of your code. Replace'red' with 'yellow' or 'black' according to your display colour. It features a 2.13' EPD display, a convenient pinout, is compatible with various Raspberry Pi models, comes with a Python library, and is fully assembled. Multi - colour EPD displays use electrophoresis to show colours and are visible under bright lights. The display takes about 15 seconds to refresh, except for the black/white one which can refresh in just 1 - 2 seconds. It's easy to install, no soldering needed. Just place it on your Pi and run the installer. Our Python library makes it stress - free to display text and images, and we've provided a one - line installer. Note that our software doesn't support Raspbian Wheezy. The overall dimensions are 65x30x8.5mm, and the display usable area is 48.5x23.8mm with a 2.13' diagonal.
Using Inky pHAT is a breeze. First, make sure your Pi is compatible with it (it works with Raspberry Pi 3B+, 3, 2, B+, A+, Zero, and Zero W). Just pop the Inky pHAT on your Pi. Then, run the one - line installer for the Python library to get everything set up. If you're using the new display with different colours, remember to add the appropriate 'inkyphat.set_colour' line in your code as described in the product description. You can use it for a variety of purposes like showing the time, weather, or graphs. When it comes to maintenance, since it's fully assembled and no soldering is required, there's not much to do in terms of physical upkeep. However, keep it in a normal environment and avoid exposing it to extreme temperatures or humidity. Also, be aware that the display takes some time to refresh, especially the multi - colour ones. If you're using the black/white display, you'll get a quicker refresh. And don't forget, our software doesn't support Raspbian Wheezy, so make sure your Pi has a compatible operating system.
