WBR-20261016-001
A reported 30-fps Game Boy on an e-paper screen
A report says YouTuber Bo Made It built an “InkBoy” that runs emulated Game Boy games at 30 frames per second on a 1.54-inch ESP32-S3 e-paper board, showing four shades of gray.
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Stopping pigment transitions in a display intended for static images
The unusual part is that the screen was described as having a refresh time of about 300 milliseconds and as being intended mainly for static images. The reported workaround was a custom driver that stops pigment transitions partway through and drives pixels individually, rather than using the display’s original driver. The report also says the code was released on GitHub, with a warning that custom waveforms and faster refresh rates could permanently damage e-paper panels and that long-term panel life was not tested.
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