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Do e-ink screens require periodic refresh to keep the image? I was wondering if it's possible to load an image and remove power.


Nope. I’ve had a tiny one connected to a raspberry pi that is still displaying an image over a year after I unplugged it.


No. I have a hacked kindle that's been sitting in a drawer for years. The custom image it's displaying looks the same as when I set it.




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