GxEPD2 vs Waveshare-Weather-Monitor

GxEPD2

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

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Waveshare-Weather-Monitor

Weather Monitor - ESP32 & Waveshare eInk Display (by m0wmt)

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GxEPD2		Waveshare-Weather-Monitor
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12	Mentions	1
888	Stars	0
-	Growth	-
7.2	Activity	10.0
15 days ago	Latest Commit	about 1 year ago
C	Language	C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	MIT License

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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.

Waveshare-Weather-Monitor

Posts with mentions or reviews of Waveshare-Weather-Monitor. 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

I’ve recently used an ESP32-S3 (plus lipo battery) and a waveshare e-ink display for a weather monitor and used the GxEPD2 library. The code is available here if you want to see what I’ve done/might help you: Waveshare Weather Monitor. Any questions happy to answer.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing GxEPD2 and Waveshare-Weather-Monitor you can also consider the following projects:

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

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

Waveshare-ePaper-help

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

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

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

wall-ink - ESP8266 based e-ink conference room scheduler display. Repurposable through PHP-based server plugins to display any image. Outlook, Exchange, Booked, Google Calendar API and iCal server scheduler support.