Raspberry Pi Add-On Smashes Its Crowdfunding Goal In Under 3 Hours!

May 8, 2015 - PRLog -- PaPiRus - the ePaper Screen HAT for your Raspberry Pi
PaPiRus is a Raspberry Pi HAT module that brings you affordable ePaper displays. Add low power display tech to your project today!

Working with Pervasive Screens, Pi Supply has created a versatile ePaper display HAT for the Raspberry Pi with screens ranging from 1.44" to 2.7" in size. We are very excited to offer this very interesting HAT compatible display breakout for hackers who want to start playing with small ePaper / eInk displays in their Raspberry Pi projects.

For the last eight months, we’ve worked hard to get the PaPiRus details nailed down, so you don’t have to worry about them. So we can now offer features such as:

Raspberry Pi HAT compliant design

Interchangeable screen sizes (1.44", 2.0" or 2.7")

32MBit Flash Memory

Battery Backed Real Time Clock (CR2032 battery included)

Easy plug and play operation with onboard EEPROM

Digital temperature sensor and thermal watchdog

GPIO breakout connector and solder pads

Optional reset pin header (for wake on alarm with RTC)

4 x optional slimline switches on top

Suitable for 3V3 or 5V power and logic - use with RasPi, Arduino, BeagleBone and many more

PaPiRus has already received an incredible amount of support, hitting its funding goal of £5000 in under 3 hours. Now, 24 hours into the campaign, and almost 200% funded,  we’re looking forward to release stretch goals in the near future.

Aaron Shaw, co-creator, said: “We have been working for over 8 month to bring PaPiRus  to reality. We are delighted to launch PaPiRus and hope that people will enjoy this ePaper HAT that they can use to create exciting projects for their Raspberry Pi’s.

Notes to editors:

● PaPiRus Creator Aaron Shaw, 25, from Sevenoaks, Kent, has been designing and manufacturing hardware for the Raspberry Pi through his company PiSupply for the last two years. He also regularly writes about RasPi and electronics products for industry respected magazines Raspberry Pi Geek and Linus User and Developer.