{"id":30446,"date":"2021-02-19T05:07:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T03:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornay.co.za\/wp\/?p=30446"},"modified":"2021-02-19T05:07:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T03:07:31","slug":"an-e-book-reader-but-just-for-haiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cornay.co.za\/wp\/2021\/02\/19\/an-e-book-reader-but-just-for-haiku\/","title":{"rendered":"An E-Book Reader, But Just For Haiku"},"content":{"rendered":"

E-ink displays haven’t revolutionized the world so much as served us humbly in e-book readers such as the Kindle and its ilk. Most such readers are designed for extended sessions reading novels and the like, but [Roni Bandini] decided a haiku-sized device was in order.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

The diminutive device runs off an ESP32, which has plenty of clock cycles for easily driving displays. It’s paired with a 2.9 inch Waveshare e-ink display, upon which it delivers poetry in the popular Japanese haiku format – 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables<\/a>. Writing to the display is easy with the GxEPD library<\/a>, which is compatible with a variety of common e-ink displays.\u00a0Presently the poetry is hardcoded in the program, and there’s plenty that could be included with the ESP32’s roomy program storage. However, [Roni] notes it would be simple to have the reader pull poems from an SD card instead.<\/p>\n

It’s a fun project, and a great way to get familiar with the basics of working with e-ink displays. We’d love to see a WiFi-enabled version that pulls down the hottest daily haikus fresh from the web, too. Funnily enough, our own archives only feature one other reference to the famous Japanese art<\/a>, which has little to do with poetry. If you fancy changing that, make something relevant and drop us a line<\/a>. Video after the break.<\/p>\n

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