Inkplate 6 SS panel

Inkplate 6 v2 Hardware design

About the product

If you’re like us, the first time you saw an e-reader, you thought to yourself, "I could do something with that." Thanks to clean lines, high contrast, daylight readability, and the remarkable level of energy efficiency that comes from drawing power only when changing the contents of the screen, e-paper is uniquely suited to many applications. With Inkplate 6, our goal is to make e-paper accessible to hobbyists and DIY product designers by offering a plug-and-play hardware platform that is super-easy to use and compatible with Arduino.

To name a few features, Inkplate 6 has stunning 6 inch e-paper display with refresh rate of 1.26s, with partial update 264ms, greyscale mode and partial updates support. Powered by ESP32, you will have strong microcontroller with WiFi and Bluetooth on your disposal. Using our Arduino library, it's 5 minute work to get the board running for you. It's 100% open-source for both software and hardware, so it's OSHWA certified. What is especially interesting is that Inkplate uses recycled screens taken from old e-book readers, which is very environmentally friendly, but you have to keep in mind that some screens may have small scratches because of this. All screens with large scratches and damages are not used at all.

Repository contents

All Soldered Electronics hardware designed in KiCAD, and repositories are organized in the following way:

• CAD folder - contains KiCAD files (Schematics, Board, Panel Board), sorted by version. Change log lists all changes between versions.
• OUTPUTS - contains useful files, such as Bill of Materials (BOM), PDF of schematics, 3D .step file of the board and gerber files, sorted by version.
• OUTPUTS -> Compliance - Certificates and useful legal stuff.

Want to contribute?

Please feel free to submit a pull request if you have any contributions. We encourage you to submit an issue or pull request if you find a bug.

About Soldered

At Soldered, we design and manufacture a wide selection of electronic products to help you turn your ideas into acts and bring you one step closer to your final project. Our products are intented for makers and crafted in-house by our experienced team in Osijek, Croatia. We believe that sharing is a crucial element for improvement and innovation, and we work hard to stay connected with all our makers regardless of their skill or experience level. Therefore, all our products are open-source. Finally, we always have your back. If you face any problem concerning either your shopping experience or your electronics project, our team will help you deal with it, offering efficient customer service and cost-free technical support anytime. Some of those might be useful for you:

• Web Store
• Tutorials & Projects
• Community & Technical support

License info

All Soldered open-source hardware (OSH) is under The TAPR Open Hardware License. Read more in the LICENSE file.

No warranty - all designs in this repository are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, but without any warranty. They are provided "AS IS", therefore without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. The entire quality and performance of what you do with the contents of this repository are your responsibility. In no event, Soldered Electronics will be liable for your damages, losses, including any general, special, incidental or consequential damage arising out of the use or inability to use the contents of this repository.

Have fun!

And thank you from your fellow makers at Soldered Electronics.