GxEPD2 VS GxEPD

Compare GxEPD2 vs GxEPD and see what are their differences.

GxEPD2

Arduino Display Library for SPI E-Paper Displays (by ZinggJM)

GxEPD

A simple E-Paper display library with common base class and separate IO class for Arduino. (by ZinggJM)
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GxEPD2 GxEPD
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7.2 0.0
22 days ago about 1 year ago
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GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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GxEPD2

Posts with mentions or reviews of GxEPD2. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-05.

GxEPD

Posts with mentions or reviews of GxEPD. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-05.
  • ESP32 + Waveshare e-Paper Display
    4 projects | /r/esp32 | 5 Dec 2023
    And the HelloWorld examples from GxEDP (https://github.com/ZinggJM/GxEPD) as well as GxEDP2 (https://github.com/ZinggJM/GxEPD2)
  • MH-ET ePaper module 2.9" help
    3 projects | /r/esp32 | 16 Oct 2022
    Hi thanks for your reply. The thing is that i couldn't seem to find demo code on the website though i did find a GitHub repo by MH-ET Live. Going through to the ESP32 file bring me hereto the GxEPD zip file. I've downloaded, included the library in my Arduino IDE and tried running the example code, commenting out all the 2.9" variants but still no luck, the programme freezes at the init stage with no change to the epaper display.
  • E paper display
    2 projects | /r/esp8266 | 9 Mar 2022
  • E-Ink Work From Home Calendar
    6 projects | /r/arduino | 2 Feb 2022
    It works, you have to use some creative programming. Check out this library GxEPD and try running an example image (https://github.com/ZinggJM/GxEPD/blob/master/src/GxGDEW075Z08/BitmapExamples.h)

What are some alternatives?

When comparing GxEPD2 and GxEPD you can also consider the following projects:

Lilygo-T5-4.7-meteo-and-domoticz- - an E-paper domoticz console with Lilygo-T5

Tasmota - Alternative firmware for ESP8266 and ESP32 based devices with easy configuration using webUI, OTA updates, automation using timers or rules, expandability and entirely local control over MQTT, HTTP, Serial or KNX. Full documentation at

esp8266_deauther - Affordable WiFi hacking platform for testing and learning

Sonoff-Tasmota - Alternative firmware for ESP8266 with easy configuration using webUI, OTA updates, automation using timers or rules, expandability and entirely local control over MQTT, HTTP, Serial or KNX. Full documentation at [Moved to: https://github.com/arendst/Tasmota]

wasm3 - 🚀 A fast WebAssembly interpreter and the most universal WASM runtime

nodemcu-devkit-v1.0

EPD - A library to control WaveShare e-Paper display.

arduino-esp32 - Arduino core for the ESP32

TFT_ILI9341 - A fast Arduino IDE compatible graphics and fonts library including a driver for the ILI9341 based TFT displays.

MH-ET-LIVE-E-Papers - For all MH-ET LIVE E-Papers

Inkplate-Arduino-library - Inkplate family Arduino library. The easiest way to add e-paper to your project.