Three-color, 264x176, 2.7inch E-Ink display HAT for Raspberry Pi

Waveshares SPI 2.7inch e-Paper display



Features & Specifications

  • No backlight, keeps displaying last content for a long time even when power down
  • Ultra low power consumption, basically power is only required for refreshing
  • Compatible with Raspberry Pi 2B/3B/3B+/Zero/Zero W
  • 4x Onboard Keys
  • 3 or 4-wire SPI interface (4 is default)
  • Onboard voltage translator, compatible with 3.3V/5V MCUs
  • Display size: 57.288mm x 38.192mm (2.7 inch)
  • Dot pitch: 0.217 x 0.217
  • Resolution: 264 x 176
  • Display color: red, black, white
  • Grey level: 2
  • Full refresh time: 15s
  • Refresh power: 26.4mW (typ.)
  • Standby power: <0.017mW
  • Viewing angle: >170°
  • 2inch7b is the 3 color. 2inch7 is the B/W version


Board pinout

VCC 3.3V/5V (looks like 3.3V is used)
GND Ground
DIN SPI MOSI pin
CLK SPI SCK pin
CS SPI chip selection, low active
DC Data/Command selection (high for data, low for command)
RST External reset, low active
BUSY Busy status output, low active


Button pinout

Button Board name GPIO RPi pin
K1 P5 5 29
K2 P6 6 31
K3 P13 13 33
K4 P19 19 35


Header H1

Note that the four buttons are not included in this header.
Pin function Wire color
1 VCC Red
2 GND Black
3 DIN Blue
4 CLK Yellow
5 CS Orange
6 D/C Green
7 RST White
8 BUSY Purple


Websites

Waveshare.com Wiki
www.waveshare.com


Schema