@randompee, I think I can probably add this for you although I will need you to test it as I don't have one of these. Can you tell me what display type you needed to use on the WaveShare board (A or B)?

@randompee I have a PR up for this now, can you test and let me know how it goes.

@nuttytree It looks like startup commands are similar to 1.54 v2 esphome/issues#1032 can it also be added? I can test it as needed.

@nuttytree Unfortunately, it does not work for me:
[16:44:03][E][waveshare_epaper:107]: Timeout while displaying image!

Board: az-delivery-devkit-v4, but I also tried esp32dev without the specific platformio_options. I used the VSPI bus. I was of cause on esphome==1.17.0.dev0.

@randompee this change has not been merged yet so it would not be in the 1.17.0.dev0 branch, can you pull my branch and give it a try?

@nuttytree Actually, I use "the latest bleeding edge version", and that gives me "Version: 1.17.0-dev". When I look into waveshare_epaper.cpp, it already has your changes merged, I noticed this at once because I always have to change "// COMMAND DISPLAY UPDATE CONTROL 2" for my TTGO T5_V2.3_2.13!
I have to say, though, that This time around I also had no success when I tried the board with several sketches, using the Arduino IDE. Maybe I killed it, or did not set the SPI pins at the right place for these Arduino IDE tests :-(
By the way, K-r-i-s-t-i-a-n Added Waveshare 2.90inch V2 e-ink display 13 days ago (esphome/esphome@c92c439).

@nuttytree So sorry! I found that I had a wiring problem. That taken care of I still had no luck with your model in ESPHome.

When I went back to the GxEPD2 library examples, though, this time I persisted until I had succes. The compatible GxEPD2 model for my MH-ET Live display is "GxEPD2_290_T5". This example (https://github.com/waveshare/e-Paper/tree/master/Arduino/epd2in9d) also works.
Unfortunately, nobody seems to have come up with a collection of the different names for the same e-paper modules (or compatibles). Thus, frequent mix ups and misunderstandings...

Hello,

i have the same Board, have you managed to get it working ?

Same here. I have a flexible 2.9, which I believe is the 2.9in-d module.

Very similar environment, trying to set up the ESP32 Driver Board from Waveshare.

The error I'm getting is "Timeout while displaying image!"

Hi @randompee Did you ever got this resolved?