Photoframe

A photo frame using a 7-color e-paper display that presents a new picture daily. Fully battery-powered and wireless.

Based on the project by CNLohr

Hardware

Materials:

• ESP32-S3-XIAO Microcontroller
• 2200mah 1s Battery
• Waveshare 5.65" 7-Color E-Paper Display
• Frame or Enclosure to house display and electronics
  • I had mine custom framed but your local craft store will likely have a cheap framing and matting service.

Connect the E-Paper Display to the XIAO using the following wiring:

BUSY -> D2, 
RST -> D3,
DC -> D4, 
CS -> D5
CLK -> D6
DIN -> D10
GND -> GND
VCC -> 3.3V

Connect the battery to the BAT+ and BAT- pads on the back of the XIAO

Upload the firmware using PlatformIO in the firmware/ directory. You will need to configure the API endpoints and ports for your web server. Look for any instance of frame.bwees.home to change the server path and the comment // CHANGE "80" TO THE PORT YOUR WEBSERVER USES to change from the default HTTP port if your webserver uses a nonstandard port.

The firmware is a modified version of this example in the GxEPD2 library

Software

Using Docker Compose:

frame:
    image: ghcr.io/bwees/photoframe:latest
    volumes:
      - /path/to/save/images:/app/static/images
      - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    ports:
      - 8000:8000

Note: you will need to change the port and web URL in the firmware code to match your server.