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Beautiful, colour E Ink® / ePaper displays for use with Raspberry Pi 7.3” (800 x 480 pixel)
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Our Inky Impression E Ink® displays are super crisp, low power and look great from a variety of viewing angles. They have high pixel density and bright vivi...
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Our Inky Impression E Ink® displays are super crisp, low power and look great from a variety of viewing angles. They have high pixel density and bright vivid colours, perfect for showing off gorgeous dithered images (we've put a lot of effort into our dithering code and we hope you love it).
Inky Impression also includes:
- The appropriate hardware to attach to your Raspberry Pi computer and fix it securely in place. If your Pi has a 40 pin header attached, you won't need to do any soldering.
- Four rear mounted buttons, for interacting with the screen.
- Two Qw/ST connectors, so you can easily connect up breakouts and other I2C devices.
Tell me about E Ink®!
Multi-colour EPD displays use electrophoresis to pull coloured particles up and down on the display. The coloured particles reflect light, unlike most display types, meaning that they're visible under bright light. They don’t use a backlight like LCDs do, so they’re easy on the eyes and don’t introduce unwanted light into your environment.
Electronic paper displays only consume power whilst they're refreshing, so they're a great choice for projects like home automation dashboards and electronic photo frames that need to be always on. They take a little while to refresh, so are best suited to projects that don't require constant screen updates.
What is the Spectra 6 Edition?
A new generation of ePaper is here and we’re so excited! The new Spectra 6 E Ink® display panels bring a number of improvements over the panels that we’ve used previously - notably a shorter refresh time and more saturated colours.
Features
- 7.3” (800 x 480 pixel)
- E Ink Spectra 6® technology
- Ultra wide viewing angles
- Ultra low power consumption
- Four rear mounted buttons*
- M2 mounting holes at the corners
- 40-pin extension header included to boost height for full-size Raspberry Pi.
- Standoffs included to securely attach to your Pi
- 2x Qw/ST (Qwiic/STEMMA QT) connectors for adding breakouts
- Expansion header for adding other hardware
- Compatible with all 40-pin header Raspberry Pi computers, including Zero variants.
- Python library
- Comes fully assembled, with no soldering required (as long as your Pi has a 40-pin header attached).
The display is securely stuck down to the Inky Impression PCB and connected via a ribbon cable, and it comes with mounting hardware to attach your Raspberry Pi securely in place. Just pop Inky Impression on your Pi and run our installer to get everything set up!
Software
Our Python library takes the stress out of displaying text and images on Inky Impression. Check out our Learn guide for a beginner friendly introduction:
Jargon buster
Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- 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.
- I2C
- I2C is a two-wire communication bus used by many sensors and small modules. It matters because several I2C devices can share the same two wires, but each device needs a compatible address and your controller must support I2C.
- PCB
- A printed circuit board is a rigid board with copper tracks that connect electronic parts without loose wires. For this kit, the PCBs also form the airplane shape, so they are both the circuit base and part of the finished model.
- Qwiic
- Qwiic is a plug-in connector system for I2C devices that uses small 4-pin cables, so you can connect compatible sensors without soldering. It matters because your controller or adapter also needs Qwiic, or you will need a cable or breakout to wire it up.
- STEMMA QT
- A small plug-in connector system for I2C boards that lets you connect compatible sensors and controllers without soldering. It matters because it can make wiring faster and less error-prone, especially when adding several small modules to a project.
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