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E-Ink and E-Paper displays are ideal when you need a low-power screen that stays readable in daylight and keeps showing its image even after power is removed...

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E-Ink and E-Paper displays are ideal when you need a low-power screen that stays readable in daylight and keeps showing its image even after power is removed. This bare 5.83" monochrome panel gives you a paper-like black-on-white display for custom projects, dashboards, labels and other static information displays.

Please note that this is the bare display element only. It needs to be plugged into a board with a standard 24-pin FPC e-paper connector, such as a Feather RP2040 ThinkInk, eInk Feather Friend, eInk Breakout Friend, or a suitable 24-pin eInk/ePaper extension cable and FPC adapter setup.

The panel uses the UC8179 chipset, so make sure your firmware supports it. Adafruit’s Arduino library handles the display driving and lets you work with it like an Adafruit_GFX compatible display.

Features:

  • Low-power display: image remains visible even when power is completely disconnected
  • Daylight readable: high-contrast display that looks similar to printed paper
  • Bare display format: suitable for DIY eInk setups with a compatible driver board
  • Arduino support: works with Adafruit’s Arduino library as an Adafruit_GFX compatible display
  • Dithering friendly: can produce nice-looking graphics despite using monochrome pixels

Specifications:

  • Display size: 5.83"
  • Resolution: 648x480
  • Display type: Monochrome Black/White EPD - Bare Display
  • Pixel colour: black ink pixels
  • Background colour: white-ish background
  • Connector: standard 24-pin FPC e-paper connector
  • Chipset: UC8179

Use it with a matching eInk driver board or adapter when you need a larger monochrome display for low-power maker projects.

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Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.

breakout
A breakout board carries a small or fine-pitched component and brings its connections out to standard, breadboard- and header-friendly pins. Describing a part as a breakout means it can be wired into a project without soldering directly to the component's tiny contacts.
ePaper
A display technology that looks more like printed paper than a glowing screen and usually keeps its image visible with very little power. It matters for projects such as labels, badges, and status screens where readability and low power use are more important than fast animation.
FPC
FPC stands for flexible printed circuit, a thin flat flexible cable or connector style often used where space is tight or some movement is needed, commonly for displays, cameras and other high-density connections. Connecting to an FPC connector generally needs a matching cable with the correct pin count, pitch and contact orientation.
RP2040
The RP2040 is a dual-core Arm Cortex-M0+ microcontroller chip from Raspberry Pi, used on many maker boards and offering programmable I/O, multiple GPIO pins and reasonable processing speed. Code and accessories built for that chip should work where RP2040 compatibility is listed, though demanding tasks such as reading a camera can require careful pin allocation and timing.

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