Weather E-Ink 7.5inch Display

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Features

- 🌡️ Current conditions, feels-like temp, high/low - 📊 24-hour temperature graph - 📅 7-day forecast - 🌅 Sunrise/sunset, UV index, air quality - 💨 Wind, pressure, humidity - 🌐 Web-based configuration UI

This is a housing for a DIY e-ink weather display using:

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

Waveshare 7.5” E-Ink Display InkyPi by fatihak

A minimal desk frame for a Raspberry Pi-powered e-ink weather station. Clean design, easy assembly, tool-less, no additional fees or subscriptions. The display shows current weather, 7-day forecast, and a 24-hour temperature graph. Update every 5 minutes via WiFi. Powered by InkyPi , a fully open source framework.

InkyPi is a e-display alternative, open-source framework with a clean, EASY web UI with various plugins - such as Calendar, Images, Clock, and several more. For this project, I will focus on Weather, however you can have multiple displays run through the day!

Why build this?

- No subscription fees — one-time hardware cost - Open source software - Clean, minimal aesthetic - Tool-less design - Low power (~0.4W idle) Bill of Materials

- Raspberry Pi Zero 1/2 WH (or solder your own headers) - Waveshare 7.5inch E-Ink Display HAT Compatible with Raspberry Pi, 800x480 SPI Interface - 5V micro-USB Power - +8GB microSD Card My Print Settings

- PLA came out best, fine pre-setting, painted Fuzzy skin (0.1 / 0.1) and custom supports Files Included

- Display bezel/frame - Rear housing/lid Assembly

- Print all parts - Set HAT switches before attaching to Pi: - Display Config: B - Interface Config: 0 - Slide Display through the top slit (be careful with the fpc cable) - Connect fpc cable to the e-Paper Adapter

- To seat the cable, push the black part in, insert the cable, and pull black clip away from the inserted cable

Tip: Connect adapter first, and slide into display slot (detach from white cable) Stack your Pi Zero 2 WH under the HAT, loop white cable around underneath stack. Gently bend cable over stack and slide on the lid. Software Setup (Summary)

Full instructions: GitHub Repository

- Flash Raspberry Pi OS Lite (64-bit) with WiFi configured - SSH into Pi: ssh <user>@weather.local (or IP address) - Install InkyPi :

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y git git clone https://github.com/fatihak/InkyPi.git cd InkyPi sudo bash install/install.sh -W epd7in5_V2

- Reboot, then open http://weather.local in browser - Configure Weather plugin with your location Weather API Options:

- Open-Meteo — Free, no API key required - OpenWeatherMap — Free tier (1,000 calls/day), requires account Display Features

- Current temperature + feels like - High/low temps - Sunrise/sunset - Wind, humidity, pressure - UV index + air quality - 24-hour graph - 7-day forecast - All in crisp black and white e-ink Tips

- The magnet-utilized print is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED over the non-magnetic version. - WH model strongly recommended — Saves headaches with GPIO connections - Safe shutdown — Always run sudo shutdown now before unplugging - 5 to 15-min weather refresh — Good balance of current data vs. API limits - Set overall system refresh to at least once every 24 hours Credits (see for more information)

- InkyPi by fatihak - Waveshare for the display License

STL files: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Enjoy your new weather display!

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