M5Stack ESP32 Core Ink Development Kit(1.54'' elnk display)

SKU:K048

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Description

CoreInk is a main control device with an E-Ink display launched by M5Stack, using the ESP32-PICO-D4 controller. The front is embedded with a 1.54" E-Ink display with a resolution of 200x200, supporting black/white display. Compared to ordinary LCD screens, the E-Ink display provides a better text reading experience, with features such as low power consumption and image retention when powered off. For human-machine interaction, it offers a rotary switch and physical buttons, integrated LED indicator, and buzzer. It has a built-in 390mAh lithium battery, combined with an internal RTC (BM8563) to achieve timed sleep and wake-up functions, providing excellent battery life. There are independent power and reset (RST) buttons on the left side and bottom of the device, making it easy to use and debug. It offers a variety of peripheral interfaces (HY2.0-4P, M5-Bus, HAT module interface) to expand various sensor devices, providing infinite possibilities for subsequent application development.

Features

  • Developed based on ESP32, supports WiFi
  • Built-in 4M Flash
  • Low power consumption display panel
  • Nearly 180-degree viewing angle
  • Human-machine interaction interface
  • Magnetic back design
  • Built-in lithium battery
  • Rich expansion interfaces
  • Development Platform
    • UiFlow1
    • UiFlow2
    • Arduino IDE
    • ESP-IDF
    • PlatformIO

Includes

  • 1 x CoreInk

Applications

Specifications

Specification Parameter
SoC ESP32-PICO-D4 @ Dual-core processor, 240MHz main frequency
DMIPS 600
SRAM 520KB
Flash 4MB
Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi
Input Voltage 5V @ 500mA
Interface USB Type-C x 1, HY2.0-4P x 1, M5-Bus female connector, top HAT expansion interface
E-ink Screen GDEW0154M09, SPI interface, 200 x 200@1.54", Dpi:184, 1-bit black/white display (Grayscale: 2), Viewing area size (mm): 27.6 x 27.6, Dot pitch (mm): 0.138 x 0.138, Refresh time (s): 0.82, Partial refresh time (s): 0.24
Physical Button Programmable button x 1, reset button x 1, power button x 1
LED Green LED x 1
RTC BM8563
Buzzer Passive buzzer * 1
Antenna 2.4G 3D antenna
Pin breakout G25, G26, G36, G23, G34, G18, G21, G22, G14, G13
Battery 390mAh@3.7V
Operating Temperature 0 ~ 60°C
Case Material Plastic ( PC )
Product Size 56.0 x 40.0 x 16.0mm
Product Weight 31.5g
Package Size 80.0 x 45.0 x 20.0mm
Gross Weight 54.9g

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Note

Precautions:
When using, please avoid high-frequency refreshing for a long time. It is recommended to refresh at intervals of (15s/refresh). Do not expose to ultraviolet light for a long time, as this may cause irreversible damage to the E-Ink display. CoreInk uses a low-power power management scheme different from CORE and StickC devices. When using, the PWR button is used as the power-on button (long press for 2s). To shut down the device, you need to use the software API or press the reset button on the back.

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Customer Reviews

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Brand Inman
M5Stack ESP32 Core Ink Development Kit

Just scratching the surface, but this is a great entry into a wireless e-ink panel. Built well, documented well enough. Great purchase.

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Dale Veatch
Great device

Quick shipping. As described and works great. Would buy from again.

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Brad Morgan
Hardware is good. Software not so much

The hardware is a nice package with the right peripherals but the software has bugs which have been identified (with suggested solutions) but not fixed.

For example, the RTC can be programmed to shutdown the hardware for a time period but this only works when the USB / serial port is not in use. This makes it impossible to "debug" a sketch using serial output.

A fix for this is available but not in the library package recommended for the hardware.

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Andre Courchesne
Amazing and flexible device

100% Arduino compatible, great feature set

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Alan Stanly
awesome unit

i got these for temperature monitoring because the m5stick gets too hot, these units are a perfect and do not elevate the ambient temperature, resulting in an accurate reading. I can't wait until M5 comes out with a color version of e-ink for these!