Waveshare 3-Color E-Paper Display - ESPHome external_components

Get ten 100x100mm one or two layer high quality PCBs for just $5 plus shipping from sponsor of this video, @PCBWay https://www.pcbway.com Using Waveshare 3-color e-paper display with ESPHome required an extra step. With my previous PCBWAY order I got Waveshare 2.66" B e-paper display, thinking it would work with ESPHome. Unfortunately it wasn't in the list of supported displays. Someone has added a pull request on ESPHome GitHub, which will add support for this specific display. Unlike I initially thought, code from pull requests or any other custom code can be included in ESPHome using "external_components" section in the .yaml file. THE DISPLAY MODULE: https://www.pcbway.com/project/gifts_detail/2_66inch_E_Paper_E_Ink_Display_Module_487997e4.html More about the display (read the precautions!): https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/2.66inch_e-Paper_Module_(B)_Manual ESPHome External Components: https://esphome.io/components/external_components ESPHome Waveshare E-Paper Display: https://esphome.io/components/display/waveshare_epaper ESPHome Display Component: https://esphome.io/components/display/index.html Pull request that adds support for this display: https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/7763 0:00 Intro 0:40 PCBWAY.COM 1:03 Why E-Paper display? 1:15 Connections 2:00 ESPHome 2:35 "External Components" 2:55 Code 4:08 Refresh speed (real time) 4:30 Code (continued) 5:20 Refresh including red pixels 5:40 Outro If you liked the video, please show it and hit the Like-button! Check out my other videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/hugatry/videos Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/hugatry?sub_confirmation=1