Tindie Weblog | SIX Coloration E-ink Show!?

E-ink shows have fascinated me for years now. Since their arrival in 2012, their proliferation via retailer cabinets, wristwatches, e-readers, and plenty of different units has taken off like a storm. Their customization prospects, low monetary price, and extremely low energy draw make e-paper shows an attention-grabbing choice for many-a initiatives. However for the longest time, your solely coloration choices have been “on” and “off” for every pixel, nevertheless that modifications with new choices just like the Inkplate 6COLOR show.

This show board packs loads of add-ons in its 5.85-inch house. Powered by a built-in ESP32, the show might be managed over WiFi or Bluetooth, so updating the displayed picture is a breeze. Plus, the board is about as much as work over I2C or SPI communication protocols, providing you with flexibility for regardless of the undertaking may have! All that, together with further GPIO pins and an open-source Arduino library from the vendor themselves, means will probably be no time earlier than you’ve acquired this show up and operating. And as if that wasn’t sufficient, the board additionally contains a microSD card reader, a Actual-Time Clock (RTC) module, touchpad inputs, and the choice between a cable or a chargeable battery for energy. As is the draw of many e-paper shows, the facility consumption of this enormous show is impressively small, drawing a microscopic 18 µA when in deep sleep mode.

This board is simply the most recent in a protracted record of immaculate e-ink shows supplied by e-radionica. Even in the event you’re not available in the market for an e-paper show, they’ve a plethora of sensor breakouts, relay boards, and communication boards out there for buy. (All of that are in a really trendy purple PCB design!)