Tainan City, Taiwan – 10 May 2022. Pervasive Displays® has made its EPD Pico Development Kit (or EPDK) available to purchase directly from SparkFun® Electronics. By supplying a renowned online retailer among hobbyists and engineers, Pervasive Displays makes e-paper technology available to everyone. Customers at SparkFun can purchase the kit to get a first introduction to e-paper displays (EPD), evaluate that technology and design their next project.
Kit Contents
The EPDK kit is an all-in-one kit. It includes an EPD Extension Kit Gen 3 board (EXT3-1), a Raspberry Pi Pico RP2040, and an iTC 2.66″ monochrome EPD. Connection cables, a pins map, and a quick start guide are also included.
The software available online includes driver code, examples and a comprehensive open-source library, with a full documentation.
The components can be used separately and adapted to specific needs. The EXT3-1 board drives any iTC e-paper display from Pervasive Displays, covering sizes from 1.54″ to 12″ in monochrome or black-white-red. The same EXT3-1 board can also connect to other host micro-controller boards.
The EPDK kit is ideal to discover e-paper technology and evaluate the features and benefits it brings. High contrast, daylight readability, and low power make e-paper ideal for IoT, edge computing, and HMI applications.
Kirk Benell, CTO at SparkFun Electronics, said: “We are thrilled to bring the EPD Pico Development Kit to the SparkFun community. The kit provides a great way to start exploring e-paper displays. It is also great to see the Raspberry Pi Pico used in this kit.”
Charming Su, SVP at Pervasive Displays, said: “By bringing the EPDK kit to SparkFun, we make e-paper technology available to a wider audience. Makers, hobbyists, students, and engineers can purchase this kit to explore E Ink technology. It helps accelerate product development with ultra-low power displays.”
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