PiInk Advanced - A Raspberry Pi Powered E-Ink Picture Frame

The project's idea is mainly derived from https://github.com/tlstommy/PiInk . Modifications include:

• Complete code rewrite (Web UI)
• Check mail feature (receive image attachments via email)
• Support of battery management pHat (https://github.com/bablokb/pcb-pi-batman)

The hardware setup is:

• Raspberry Pi (Zero 2 W)
• E-Ink Display (Pimoroni Inky Impression E-Ink Display)
• (optional) Battery Management PCB (https://github.com/bablokb/pcb-pi-batman)

Installation

Requirements

• Tested on Raspbian light
• Setup with username 'user'
• The git repository is expected to be checked out in the users home directory '~/'

Install python3 dependencies

python3 -m venv ~/env
source ~/env/bin/activate
pip3 install -r ~/PiInk/scripts/requirements.txt
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install python3-dev jq

Change settings

Search for "CHANGEME" in all files and change the settings (e.g. grep -R "CHANGEME" *)

Execute install script

chmod +x ~/PiInk/scripts/setup.sh
~/PiInk/scripts/setup.sh

Usage

Command line

• curl -X POST -F file=@image.png 127.0.0.1 (Image image.png is displayed)
• curl http://localhost/random (Random image is displayed)

Web UI

URI: http://piink.local