This tutorial will show you how to install the Pimoroni Inky pHAT Python library, and then walk through its functionality. You’ll learn how to run the a few of the included examples: the calendar and the name badge. For the complete tutorial you can go the the Pimoroni website:
https://learn.pimoroni.com/tutorial/sandyj/getting-started-with-inky-phat
First thing I did on my Raspberry Pi Zero WH was open a new terminal window and update the software to tun the Pimoroni Inky pHAT:
sudo pip install –upgrade inkyphat
Then I made sure my version of Raspbian was up to date with this command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Then I the following command to setup the Inky pHAT:
curl https://get.pimoroni.com/inkyphat | bash
Once that’s done reboot your Pi to let the changes propagate.
After the reboot open up a terminal window and navigate to:
cd /home/pi/Pimoroni/inkyphat/examples
Once there you can then type “ls” to see the examples in that directory. I did the calendar:
python cal.py
Then:
python hello.py “Single-Board.com”
Final thoughts:
I am very happy with the completion of this project. It seems that all the soldering I did on the header works as intended. I will update more as I intend to use this Inky pHAT in all of my future projects. I will definitely be adding my logo on there!
What is next weeks project?
Inky-pHAT8