a big thx to @aceisace for doing all the work
This project takes a first gen Raspberry Pi Zero WH and the Waveshare E-ink display 9.7" and builds a dirty way to display browser content on the E-ink screen. The web page to be called and screenshotted can be customized in takeScreenshot.py
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sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install imagemagick
cd driver
unzip IT8951.zip
unzip bcm2835-1.68.zip
cd bcm2835-1.68
chmod +x configure
./configure
make
sudo make check
sudo make install
cd ..
cd IT8951
make clean
make
sudo ./driver/IT8951 0 0 pika.bmp
sudo crontab -l
*/5 * * * * /bin/bash /home/pi/ePaper/run.sh >/dev/null 2>&1