We’ve seen makers integrate hundreds of applications with various Raspberry Pi projects but not too many use the instant messaging platform Discord. So today, we’re sharing a project from Reddit user Android2771, who has created an easy way to look at the latest post of a given Discord server using a simple Pi-powered e-ink display setup.
E-ink displays are limited as far as refresh rates go but excel at providing low-power display options for projects using text and images. In addition, some of them provide multiple color options, but in this case, Android 2771 uses a small, 2.7-inch e-ink display with just black and white support. These screens are standard in e-readers but work well for homemade Pi projects like this digital calendar and can quickly adapt to a wider variety of applications using tools like PaperPi.
It doesn’t take too much hardware to recreate this project as it’s mainly just a Raspberry Pi with an e-ink screen using a network connection to retrieve the chat log data. In this project, Android2771 is using a Raspberry Pi 4, but there’s no reason an older model like a Raspberry Pi 3B+ wouldn’t work in its place. The e-ink screen used in this project is a 2.7-inch model from Waveshare, but you could use any e-ink screen, including larger ones with more color options.
