Raspberry NTP Server Atomic Clock

NTP Server for Raspberry Pi and Waveshare e-paper e-ink display

Hardware

1. Raspberry Pi (Needs the 40 Pin headers)
2. Waveshare screen
3. 16 GB MicroSD card
4. PSU
5. An internet connection

Platform

• Raspberry Pi Zero W
• Raspberry Pi 3b+
• Raspberry Pi 4
• Any other modern RPi

Supported displays

• Waveshare eInk types:
  • epd2in13v2
  • epd2in13v3
  • epd2in13bv3
  • epd2in7
  • epd3in7
• Virtual (picture)

Installation

1. Turn on SPI via sudo raspi-config

   Interfacing Options -> SPI
   

2. Install dependencies

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3-pil python3-numpy git
   pip3 install RPi.GPIO spidev
   

3. Install drivers for your display

   1. If you have a Waveshare display

   git clone https://github.com/waveshare/e-Paper.git ~/e-Paper
   pip3 install ~/e-Paper/RaspberryPi_JetsonNano/python/
   

4. Download NTP Atomic Clock

   git clone https://github.com/710052/ntp.git ~/ntp
   

5. Run it

   python3 ~/ntp/main.py