E-Paper Life Organizer with Pico and Inky Frame

In plain words

E-Paper Life Organizer with Pico and Inky Frame is a battery-powered desktop display built with a Raspberry Pi Pico and e-paper screen that shows a calendar and to-do list. Users can connect their Google Calendar or other iCal-compatible calendars, and link their Todoist account for task management. The display updates every 30 minutes while in deep sleep mode to conserve battery. The full source code is available on GitHub and can be customized to show either the calendar, to-do list, or both.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

E-paper Todo List and Calendar Application for the Inky Frame 7.3" Display. Featured by Raspberry Pi! - jaeheonshim/inky-dashboard

A simple e-ink dashboard for planning and organizing your life. Featured on the official Raspberry Pi website and in Raspberry Pi Magazine issue #152! The code is written for the Inky Frame 7.3" 7-color E ink display , which is powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico W. Layout is handled using LVGL , so modifying the code to work with other E ink displays shoudn't be too difficult. The Pico isn't powerful enough to fetch the iCal data on its own, so it relies on a server program to retrieve the latest information to show on the display. That code can be found here: https://github.com/jaeheonshim/inky-dashboard-server . There are many platforms available to host the server for free - I recommend…from github.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

I made a desktop e paper display to show my calendar and to-do list to help keep me organized in college. Full source code available here: https://github.com/jaeheonshim/inky-dashboard The display is only awoken from deep sleep mode every 30 minutes to update the information, allowing the frame to…

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