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Soldered Inkplate 7SPECTRA

Inkplate 7SPECTRA is an e-paper development board built around a 7.3-inch E Ink Spectra 6 panel with 800 × 480 pixels in six colors: black, white, yellow, red, blue and green. An ESP32-S3 module with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth runs your code and drives the panel, so you need no other controller. You power it over USB-C or from a Li-ion battery, which the onboard charger charges whenever USB-C is connected, and you program it from Arduino IDE or MicroPython.

Inkplate 7SPECTRA board seen at an angle from the component side, a purple board with the ESP32-S3 module, panel connector, microSD slot, battery connector, CR2032 holder and pin headers along the front edge
Component side, seen at an angle
Top-down view of the Inkplate 7SPECTRA component side: ESP32-S3 module at the top left, microSD slot, power switch and USB-C on the left edge, LiPo battery connector in the middle, RTC battery holder at the top right, wake-up button on the right edge, and the ESP32, GPIO expander and I2C pin rows along the bottom
Component side, top-down
Bottom view of the Inkplate 7SPECTRA board, plain purple with traces, four mounting holes and the pin row along the lower edge
Other side of the board

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Inkplate 7SPECTRA board seen at an angle from the component sideProductSoldered Inkplate 7SPECTRA7.3-inch six-color e-paper board with an ESP32-S3, Wi-Fi and a battery charger.SKU 333396Inkplate 7SPECTRA board seen at an angle from the component sideVariantSoldered Inkplate 7SPECTRA (enclosure and battery)The same board in a 3D-printed enclosure with a 1200 mAh Li-ion battery.SKU 333397ShopBuy it on our shopPrice, stock and every variant of this product in the Soldered shop.https://soldered.com/products/soldered-inkplate-7spectraOpen the shop page

At a glance​

Display7.3-inch E Ink Spectra 6 panel, 800 × 480 pixels, six colors, no frontlight, no touch
ModesOne six-color mode: black, white, yellow, red, blue, green
RefreshFull-screen updates only, no partial update
MCUESP32-S3-WROOM-1-N8R8, dual-core, up to 240 MHz, 8 MB flash, 8 MB PSRAM, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5 LE
PowerUSB-C, or a 3.7 V Li-ion battery on the 2-pin JST connector with the MCP73831 charger
Deep sleepWake-up button on IO18, or a timer
On boardPCF85063A RTC with CR2032 holder, microSD slot, 3 Qwiic connectors, PCAL6416A 16-pin GPIO expander
EnvironmentsArduino IDE, MicroPython

What's in the box​

Soldered Inkplate 7SPECTRA (main product)SKU 333396Qty 1
USB-C cableSKU not listedQty 1