[EOL] M5Paper ESP32 Development Kit COMM Edition

SKU:K049-C

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Description

Paper Comm Edition is a commemorative touch-enabled e-ink development board launched by M5Stack, featuring an ESP32 microcontroller. The front is embedded with a 540 x 960 @4.7" e-ink display, supporting 16-level grayscale. It is paired with a GT911 capacitive touch panel, supporting two-point touch and various gesture operations. Compared to ordinary LCD screens, the e-ink display provides users with a superior text reading experience, along with features such as low power consumption and image retention when powered off.

This development board integrates a rotary switch, SHT30 temperature and humidity sensor, and physical buttons. For data storage, it includes a TF-card (microSD) slot and an FM24C02 storage chip, offering 2K-bit (256x8) EEPROM for user data storage during power loss.

It comes with a built-in 1150mAh lithium battery, combined with the internal RTC (BM8563), enabling sleep and wake functions, providing strong battery life. Additionally, it offers 3 HY2.0-4P peripheral interfaces, allowing for the expansion of various sensor devices, opening up endless possibilities for future application development.

Note


Notes:
1. Avoid prolonged exposure to UV light, as it may cause irreversible damage to the e-ink screen.
2. The low-power management solution used in M5Paper differs from that of CORE and StickC devices. When in use, the PWR button (pressing the rotary switch) serves as the power-on button (hold for 2s). To power off the device, you need to use the software API or press the reset button on the back. When powered via USB, the device cannot be turned off.
3. If you encounter issues with downloading programs (e.g., timeout or "Failed to write to target RAM"), try reinstalling the device driver. For driver downloads, please refer to the content below the documentation.

Features

  • Embedded ESP32, supports WiFi
  • Built-in 16MB Flash
  • E-Ink low-power display panel
  • Supports two-point touch
  • Nearly 180-degree viewing angle
  • Magnetic back design
  • Built-in 1150mAh high-capacity lithium battery
  • HY2.0-4P peripheral interface x 3
  • Development Platform
    • UiFlow1
    • UiFlow2
    • Arduino IDE
    • ESP-IDF
    • PlatformIO

Includes

  • 1 x M5Paper COMM Edition

Applications

  • IoT controller
  • E-book reader
  • Industrial instrument display panel
  • Electronic label

Specifications

Main Control Resources Parameter
SoC ESP32-D0WDQ6-V3@dual-core processor, main frequency 240MHz
DMIPS 600
SRAM 520KB
Flash 16MB
PSRAM 8MB
Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi
Input Voltage 5V@500mA
Interfaces USB Type-C x 1, HY2.0-4P x 3, TF-card (microSD) slot
E-ink Screen Model: EPD_ED047TC1
540 x 960@4.7"
Grayscale: 16 levels
Display area: 58.32 x 103.68mm
Display driver IC: IT8951E
Physical Buttons Rotary switch x 1, reset button x 1
RTC BM8563
Touch Panel GT911 capacitive touch panel
Antenna 2.4G 3D antenna
PIN Breakout G25, G32, G26, G33, G18, G19
Battery 1150mAh@3.7V
Operating Temperature 0 ~ 60°C
Product Size 118.6 x 67.0 x 10.0mm
Product Weight 86.0g
Package Size 147.3 x 73.7 x 13.2mm
Gross Weight 100.0g

LEARN AND DOCUMENTS

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  • Customer Reviews

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    Gil Tal
    Great product!!!

    Very hi quality
    Very good reference SW
    Highly recommended!!!
    I am a huge fan of M5 stack products!!!
    They are all top notch with great price and SW!!

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    Kyle Buttress
    Great Device

    The M5Paper is awesome. So versatile and useful, would love built in bluetooth support.

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    Mark
    Great Product, Nice Clean Hardware Design

    Was easy to get started with this product. It made it easy to experiment with the wonderful 4.7” epaper display. Would be nice if there were some better overview documentation on the different available libraries and what they offer but I’m sure that will come in time.

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    Antonio Vanegas
    Beatiful piece of engineering

    I did some test over this board or better, complete device, it isn't a simple board, with PlatformIO - Framework Arduino, and works nice. For now I have it like weather magnet in the enter of my house with this complete weather station:

    https://github.com/wizche/m5paper-weather/pull/2

    But the idea is try to migrate my citizen science initiative, CanAir.IO to it, because it has the same grove ports from M5Stack, that I already supported on other M5 devices:

    https://youtu.be/TdX1AZ4PzBA

    In general the M5Paper has a good potential for many applications. It's beautiful, compact, it's a true kit for development for end users.