# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Scott Shawcroft, written for Adafruit Industries # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2021 Melissa LeBlanc-Williams for Adafruit Industries # # SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense """Simple test script for 5.83" 648x480 monochrome display (ThinkInk_583_Mono_AAAMFGN).""" import time import board import busio import displayio from fourwire import FourWire import adafruit_uc8179 displayio.release_displays() # This pinout works on a MagTag with the newer screen and may need to be altered for other boards. spi = busio.SPI(board.EPD_SCK, board.EPD_MOSI) # Uses SCK and MOSI epd_cs = board.EPD_CS epd_dc = board.EPD_DC epd_reset = board.EPD_RESET epd_busy = board.EPD_BUSY display_bus = FourWire(spi, command=epd_dc, chip_select=epd_cs, reset=epd_reset, baudrate=1000000) time.sleep(1) display = adafruit_uc8179.UC8179( display_bus, width=648, height=480, busy_pin=epd_busy, rotation=180, black_bits_inverted=True, colstart=0 ) g = displayio.Group() pic = displayio.OnDiskBitmap("/display-ruler-1280x720.bmp") t = displayio.TileGrid(pic, pixel_shader=pic.pixel_shader) g.append(t) display.root_group = g display.refresh() print("refreshed") time.sleep(display.time_to_refresh + 5) # Always refresh a little longer. It's not a problem to refresh # a few seconds more, but it's terrible to refresh too early # (the display will throw an exception when if the refresh # is too soon) print("waited correct time") # Keep the display the same while True: time.sleep(10)