GxEPD2 vs Lilygo-T5-4.7-meteo-and-domoticz-

GxEPD2

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

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Lilygo-T5-4.7-meteo-and-domoticz-

an E-paper domoticz console with Lilygo-T5 (by xlyric)

domoticz lilygo arduino-ide e-paper e-paperdisplay ed047 epd47 meteo

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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.

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)
is there way to set a LILYGO® T5 4.7 Inch E-paper V2.3 ESP32-S3 to view pics from the sd
1 project | /r/esp32 | 4 Dec 2023
Waveshare EPD library
1 project | /r/esp32 | 1 May 2023
MH-ET ePaper module 2.9" help
3 projects | /r/esp32 | 16 Oct 2022

From what i understand, by uncommenting display class and display driver class in the GxEPD2_display_selection_new_style.h file, the display class object is constructed in line 144 for esp32, as that file is included in the GxEPD2_Example.ino file.
E-Ink Display & ESP8266 without SPI
2 projects | /r/arduino | 14 Jun 2022
E-Paper strange behavior. Dimming after writing. Any experts?
1 project | /r/arduino | 13 May 2022
E paper display
2 projects | /r/esp8266 | 9 Mar 2022
E-Ink Work From Home Calendar
6 projects | /r/arduino | 2 Feb 2022

I'd recommend checking out this library GxEPD2 to drive the display contents.
ESP Beginner 1.54inch e-Paper pins on NodeMCU 32S
1 project | /r/esp32 | 22 Dec 2021
help with customising e-paper display visuals
1 project | /r/arduino | 24 Nov 2021

I have been able to run the GxEPD2 example code on my arduino uno which then shows the examples on the screen so I know the screen and connections are working.

Lilygo-T5-4.7-meteo-and-domoticz-

Posts with mentions or reviews of Lilygo-T5-4.7-meteo-and-domoticz-. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-02-02.

Need help with lilygo t5 4.7inch epd
4 projects | /r/esp32 | 2 Feb 2022
Can't get Xlyric's Lilygo T5 Weather station to work
1 project | /r/esp32 | 19 May 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing GxEPD2 and Lilygo-T5-4.7-meteo-and-domoticz- you can also consider the following projects:

GxEPD - A simple E-Paper display library with common base class and separate IO class for Arduino.

esp8266-google-home-notifier

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

lilygo-ttgo-twatch-2020-micropython - :snake:MicroPython for LilyGO TTGO T-Watch-2020:snake:

esp8266_deauther - Affordable WiFi hacking platform for testing and learning

IdeasNProjects - *That Project's project repository

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]

LilyGo-EPD47

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

epdiy - EPDiy is a driver board for affordable e-Paper (or E-ink) displays.

nodemcu-devkit-v1.0

AqualinkD - Daemon to control Jandy Aqualink RS pool equipment from any home automation hub (Alexa, Homekit & Siri, Home Assistant, smartthings, domoticz etc) or web browser.