{"product_id":"adafruit-eink-feather-friend-with-32kb-sram","title":"Adafruit eInk Feather Friend with 32KB SRAM","description":"\u003cp\u003eEasy e-paper finally comes to your Feather with this \u003cstrong\u003eAdafruit EInk Feather Friend\u003c\/strong\u003e that's designed to make it a breeze to add an eInk display. Chances are you've seen one of those new-fangled 'e-readers' like the Kindle or Nook. They have gigantic electronic paper 'static' displays - that means the image stays on the display even when power is completely disconnected. The image is also high contrast and very daylight readable. It really does look just like printed paper!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe've liked these displays for a long time, and we've got Arduino\/CircuitPython drivers for all of our Feathers, so wouldn't an e-paper Feather Friend make a ton of sense? Luckily for us, just about every small-medium size EInk display made these days has a standard 24-pin connection. This Friend will add all the power supply support circuitry and level shifting so you can attach your favorite display (up to tri-color 4.2\") and wire it up to your favorite development board.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing our CircuitPython or Arduino libraries, you can create a 'frame buffer' with what pixels you want to have activated and then write that out to the display. Most simple breakouts leave it at that. But...just about all EInk displays are write-only and many only let you update the full display (not partial update). That means you have to buffer the full image you want to display, taking up precious RAM.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Eink Feather Friend is much \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efriendlier - it comes with 256 Kilobit (32 Kilobyte) SRAM chip. \u003c\/strong\u003eThat means you can control up to a 4.2\" 300x400 tri-color display (300*400 * 2 colors \/ 8 bits-per-byte = 30KB). This chip shares the SPI port the eInk display uses, so you only need one extra pin. And, no more frame-buffering! \u003cstrong\u003eYou can use the SRAM to set up whatever you want to display, then shuffle data from SRAM to eInk when you're ready. The library we wrote does all the work for you\u003c\/strong\u003e, you can just interface with it as if it were an Adafruit_GFX compatible display. If you prefer not to use the chip, our libraries will automatically use the microcontroller\/microcomputer internal RAM.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe even tossed on a MicroSD socket so you can store images, text files, whatever you like to display. Comes assembled and tested, with some header. You'll need a soldering iron to attach the header for installing onto your Feather. Stacking headers will let you put another FeatherWing on top.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes not come with an EInk display or extension cable!\u003c\/strong\u003e For use with just about any EInk display that has a 24-pin FPC connector. See these schematics to verify that your display matches before purchasing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTechnical Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"tab-technical-details-content\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul id=\"product-files\"\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-lg-2 col-md-3 col-sm-3 col-xs-4\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-lg-2 col-md-3 col-sm-3 col-xs-4\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Adafruit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48624067117274,"sku":"bvy1789681640176","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/8318\/3834\/files\/adafruit-eink-feather-friend-with-32kb-sram_1.jpg?v=1789681645","url":"https:\/\/memoryfoamwear.shop\/products\/adafruit-eink-feather-friend-with-32kb-sram","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}