My new ‘inkyphat’ seems to be a bit broken … it looks like an ink jet that’s running low on ink I’ve cycled it though several filled white, red and black fills, and it seems to be getting worse. Any ideas? [image] Thanks.

Since discovering a fault with the original displays, we’ve been extensively testing solutions, the result of which has been switching to a new display, a tweak of components, and completely redesigned software (the protocol for the new display is quite different). New PCBs are en route, and we hope…

We’ve put together a blog post on Inky pHAT, and what’s been going on for the past few months. We hope you’ll find it interesting, open, and informative! [image] The Murky Depths of Inky pHAT A long tale with a happy ending... When we launched Inky pHAT around six months ago, we were deli…

So what library do I use with the original Inky pHat? The original one, if still available or the new one?

The new one should work interchangeably with the old and new Inky pHATs.

Good news. But worrying to read about the 100,000 refresh cycles. So, if I had it refresh every 15 seconds for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week - I’d have to buy a new Inky Phat every 52 working days? :-O

For such frequent updates, i.e. in the order of < 60 seconds, something like a regular LCD display would be better suited, for sure. I’d suggest a refresh every 15 minutes or so would be sensible, and would work well for the examples we have like the calendar, weather, and name badge examples, i.e. …

This is true. I was using mine for a finance ticker, updating a few times a minute. I appreciate a LCD would be better, but the Inky had a size and a resolution that met the sweet spot for the data I wanted to display. I’ll give it a go and see how long it lasts. Don’t worry, if I burn it out I won’…

For what it’s worth, in our long-term tests thus far, these new displays are very robust.

Will you replace our faulty Inky pHAT with one of these newer displays?

Sure. As soon as we have new stock in the New Year. Pop an email to support@pimoroni.com and we’ll get it sorted out. :-)

Well that wasn’t in stock very long this morning! :-(

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finisterre January 9, 2018, 9:39am 72

Oh it’s back. I got the email saying it was in stock, and it showed out of stock. But now it says in stock again. Ordered. Cheers.

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