Weather E-Ink 7.5inch Display

E-Ink Weather Display Frame (Github Link)

 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

1. Print all parts
2. Set HAT switches before attaching to Pi:
3. Display Config: B
4. Interface Config: 0
5. Slide Display through the top slit (be careful with the fpc cable)

6. 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

   

   

   

Software Setup (Summary)

Full instructions: GitHub Repository

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

3. 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

    

4. Reboot, then open http://weather.local in browser
5. 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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