Waveshare 7.5 inch E-Paper Display HAT V2 for Home Assistant & ESPHome Projects 800x480 3.3v/5v E-Ink Electronic Screen with Embedded Controller SPI Interface for Raspberry Pi/Jetson Nano/STM32

Very happy with this screen. I have the first gen screen and I've been using it for about 5 years now as a weather and calendar dashboard. I have the Waveshare 7.5 Inch V1 from many years ago. Just search for simple waveshare epaper dashboard by mendhak. I've attached it to a RPI Zero, and put it in a picture frame. The screen doesn't take too long to refresh, it used to be 30 seconds but the latest code brings it down to less than 10 seconds.

I brought the screen having done a little research and got exactly what I expected! I'm using it to display a screen of information such as weather, news, local train times and the temperature in my home which updates every five minutes. I found it pretty easy to use a Raspberry Pi Zero WH to drive it using code based on the samples WaveShare provide online. The only disappointment is that it does not support partial screen update, as far as I can tell. It doesn't take too long to update the screen in full though, and my application is not time critical, so all good.

This is a great display, but far from intuitive and their wiki is crap!... I wanted to make it work with an SAMD Arduino board and tried to follow the instructions on the wiki, but the instructions and the example is for Arduino Uno and their example doesn't even compile for an SAMD board (says 'Epd::' qualifier not necessary, just removing it compiles nicely though). The wiki says you should set display config:A and interface config:1, but I couldn't get it to work, I could only get it to work with the opposite settings. Also, you have to figure out the wiring for yourself (I did for my MKR WiFi like this: 1010 VCC-VCC, GND-GND, DIN-8, CLK-9, CS-4, DC-7, RST-6, BUSY-5), and find the place in the code where these need to be updated by yourself too. Even then it sometimes works and sometimes doesn't... not sure why. There's a GxEPD2 library for Arduino that allows partial refresh and has some gray-scale looking images (just lower density of BW pixels), but again it took me hours to figure out what to uncomment, particularly the line with the "2ms" reset pulse...

The e-paper display is clear, if a bit reflective and slow to update. However it completely suits my needs. It's very thin and can easily be mounted in a frame. The product came on time as well, securely packaged in a foam inside. However I have to criticise the documentation provided. Currently the HAT is unusuble with a Raspberry Pi Zero, you must instead connect the pins individually. Attempting to utilize the screen whilst connected via the hat results in an instant system crash. This is not documented in the online wiki, and no paperwork is provided by the supplier. Instead I found this information inside some GitHub issues. If this information was provided it would have saved me a week worth of late night troubleshooting. Incredibly annoying and something that needs addressed.

Great screen when it is new, nice and dark clear text/images. After 4 months use the screen is now fading, it is worse at the top. The writing/images are grainy. I doubt it will last much longer. Waste of money.

Rating 4* because waveshare helped with it.

This product broke after 1 day of use, it now just static anytime content is sent to it. Clears (black, then white) fine but then shows static no matter what you send. Avoid this brand and product.

Developed dead lines after a month (see pic). Poor quality in my experience.

Having used two of these screens over the past 4 months I can confidently say that these are poor quality screens. They simply do not render images consistently over time. I have experienced two things: 1) Blacks turning into light greys over time (~ 2 days). Blacks in certain parts of the screen simply will not show up as black anymore. 2) Inconsistent pixel activation. Essentially random pixels being activated in large streaks when they are not supposed to be

La nouvelle version de l'écran est carrément mieux que la précédente : meilleure résolution et niveaux de gris. Juste faites attention à la connectique au niveau de l'écran, la mienne s'est décollée après deux semaines de manipulation.

Works as expected. Thank you.

I was able to use python script to write to eink screen. I had a lot of tweaking for the fonts and sizes. This screen is a lot bigger then I thought it would be for my project. 5 inch would of been better for me. I tweaked this script RaspberryPi_JetsonNano/python/examples/epd_7in5_V2_test.py from waveshare. Def use AI to help you build out the layout etc.. This screen purchased on feb 10 2026.

Un poquito caro pero la entrega inmediata lo merece. Funciona perfectamente y me encanta el aspecto que tiene para el proyecto en el que lo he usado. Si alguien es fan de Portal, lo recomiendo!!! Busca en github wuspy/portal_calendar no te defraudará