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E-ink Display — F1 Pit Wall

A dedicated F1 schedule display built with ESPHome and an e-ink screen. It reads F1 Sensor entities through Home Assistant and shows the upcoming race weekend — circuit, date, session times — in a clean, always-on format that works without a running screen or dashboard.

This is a separate project maintained alongside F1 Sensor and is available as a ready-to-use ESPHome configuration.

Project repository

Full source, wiring instructions, and configuration files are available at: github.com/Nicxe/esphome

F1 Pit Wall e-ink display

What it shows​

The display is laid out as a compact race schedule overview:

  • Next race — circuit name, country flag, round number, and race start time in local time
  • Upcoming sessions — qualifying, practice, and sprint times for the current race weekend
  • Following races — the next three rounds at a glance

All data comes from the sensor.f1_next_race and sensor.f1_current_season entities provided by F1 Sensor.

What you need​

  • The project’s documented hardware: a Waveshare 7.5-inch e-paper display and an ESP32 e-paper driver board. Check the project hardware and wiring before choosing parts
  • ESPHome installed
  • F1 Sensor integration installed and configured with the next race and season sensors enabled
  • Home Assistant with the ESPHome integration

Getting started​

  1. Open the F1 Pit Board configuration and its F1 Home Assistant package
  2. Follow the hardware setup and wiring guide in the repository
  3. Flash the ESPHome configuration to your device
  4. The display will connect to Home Assistant and start pulling data from F1 Sensor automatically
tip

The display configuration includes scheduled refreshes and a refresh button. Check its current code for timing and power behavior before changing it; an e-ink panel retaining an image does not mean the controller is configured for deep sleep.