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TRMNL OG DIY kit 4-gray e-paper

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Reported with 1 integration: OpenDisplay.

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OpenDisplayPartly works Local4-gray panels render garbled because library is outdated
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The problem ### Issue My 4-gray e-paper panel (TRMNL OG DIY kit) renders corrupted (dark, low-contrast, scrambled planes) when pushed via opendisplay.upload_image. This surfaced after I changed the IC type from 59 (1-bit mono) to 60 (2 bit 4-gray), through opendisplay web toolbox advanced configuration. https://opendisplay.org/firmware/toolbox/index.html?config=3wEBAA... _Full disclosure: bug was found and fixed by claude AI._ ### Root cause - In py-opendisplay 7.2.3, encoding/images.py::encode_image() encodes GRAYSCALE_4 via encode_2bpp(), a packed 2-bits-per-pixel layout. - Current …

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Issue #176293 · 2026-07

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