---
title: "Agora Pico - ePaper display with RPi Pico and WiFi"
url: "https://maker.wiznet.io/wiz_chandana/projects/agora-pico-epaper-display-with-rpi-pico-and-wifi/"
markdown_url: "https://maker.wiznet.io/wiz_chandana/projects/agora-pico-epaper-display-with-rpi-pico-and-wifi/md"
type: "UCC: User Created Content"
author: "Daniel Zilinec"
author_url: "https://hackaday.io/project/184439-agora-pico-epaper-display-with-rpi-pico-and-wifi"
editor: "WIZnet"
editor_url: "https://maker.wiznet.io/"
original_author: "Daniel Zilinec"
original_url: "https://hackaday.io/project/184439-agora-pico-epaper-display-with-rpi-pico-and-wifi"
published: "2023-02-02"
language: "en"
hardware: ["WIZnet WizFi360"]
likes: 9
views: 513
comments: 3
source: "WIZnet Makers (https://maker.wiznet.io/)"
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# Agora Pico - ePaper display with RPi Pico and WiFi

> 4.2" ePaper display with Raspberry Pico and WiFi using MicroPython

Original author: Daniel Zilinec (source: https://hackaday.io/project/184439-agora-pico-epaper-display-with-rpi-pico-and-wifi)

## Components

- **WIZnet WizFi360** x 1 ([docs](https://docs.wiznet.io/Product/Modules/Wi-Fi-Module/WizFi360))

## Article

DESCRIPTION :
I've created a similar device with Raspberry to show time, weather or smart home info. But then I realized that I don't need a Linux machine to do this. Especially when you can't buy a Raspberry board (or for a crazy price). So I came up with a solution to use a RPi Pico with WiFi module. It's cheap and powerful enough to take time from a NTP server or to parse a simple JSON.
I use a WizFi360 WiFi module and a 3D printed case.

Connect to NTP server with WiFi

My first goal is to display time. And to do it I need the time from somewhere. So I wired the WizFi360 WiFi module and connected it to my local network. I got the time for NTP (network time protocol) server time.google.com. The module has a built-in function to get the time using AT commands so it was really easy.

Output from a python script:

CMD: AT+PING="www.google.com"
AT+PING="www.google.com"+26OK

CMD: AT+CIPSNTPTIME?
AT+CIPSNTPTIME?+CIPSNTPTIME:Fri Mar 11 19:53:48 2022
OK

WizFi360 wired to RPi Pico:

![](https://maker.wiznet.io/upload/ckeditor5/290604016%5F1675346193%2Ejpg)

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Source: https://maker.wiznet.io/wiz_chandana/projects/agora-pico-epaper-display-with-rpi-pico-and-wifi/