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Comment on Ask HN: I am looking for resources on RPi Pico / eInk displays

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Most eInk displays use a flexible PCB connector that's going to be quite challenging for somebody who's still learning which end of the soldering iron gets hot.

A breakout board like this one will likely be helpful; it includes the needed connector, some power-supply bits, and an SRAM (since a 300x400 bitmap would eat a substantial fraction of the RAM on a small microcontroller):

https://www.adafruit.com/product/4446

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