sonos-remote-eink

A touch e‑ink remote for Sonos

Touch interface rendered at 250×122 pixels on a 2.13″ e-paper display. Built with Python, PIL, and SoCo. Compatible with any Raspberry Pi with WiFi and a 40-pin GPIO header.

Raspberry Pi
250 × 122 px
e-ink touch
Python + SoCo

Features

Now Playing: Track info, progress bar, and transport controls. Optional dithered album art at 48×48 or 96×96 px.
Queue & Favourites: Browse side by side. Tap to play. Scrollable lists with on-screen arrows.
Speaker Grouping: See every speaker on the network. Tap to switch zones or group them together.
Shuffle, Repeat, Art: Toggle playback modes and album art from the More tab. WiFi setup built in.
E-ink Display: The screen holds its image between refreshes with no backlight needed. Updates only when something changes.
Runs on Boot: One install script, one reboot. The service discovers Sonos speakers automatically.

Screenshots

Native resolution — pixel-for-pixel what the e-ink display shows.

Idle screen showing dithered album art at 96 by 96 pixels with track title, artist, and album name — Idle with album art

Now Playing screen with album art thumbnail, track info, progress bar, and transport controls for play, pause, skip, and volume — Now Playing with art

Now Playing screen without album art showing track title, artist, full-width progress bar, timestamp, and transport controls — Now Playing without art

Idle screen without album art showing track title in large font, artist, album name, and total duration centred on screen — Idle without art

Split-screen view with favourites list on the left and playback queue on the right, showing the currently playing track highlighted — Queue & Favourites

Speaker list showing four speakers with volume bars, group indicators, and a scroll arrow for additional speakers — Speakers

More tab showing toggle buttons for art, shuffle, and repeat at top, WiFi network list below with connected network inverted, and scan and hotspot buttons at bottom — More

Hardware

Component	Details
SBC	Any Raspberry Pi with WiFi and a 40-pin GPIO header
Display	Waveshare 2.13″ Touch e-Paper HAT (or compatible) — 250×122 px, B/W
Interface	SPI (EPD) + I2C (GT1151 touch) via 40-pin header

Get started

git clone https://github.com/stigf/sonos-remote-eink.git
cd sonos-remote-eink
sudo bash install.sh
sudo reboot

Starts on boot. Finds speakers automatically.

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