M5Paper is a DIY 4.7″ eReader
A friend just sent me a product listing for a really cool gadget. (Thanks, Steve!)
Banggood is now selling an epaper development kit called the M5Paper. It costs $73 and features a 4.7″ E-ink screen powered by a 240MHz CPU with Wifi and Bluetooth. That is a little under-powered for an ereader, but this would still make a great platform for a project to develop your own E-ink controller for whatever project you are working on.
It has expansion ports, a microSD card slot, a 1.15Ah battery, a capacitive touchscreen, and internal connections for things like temperature and moisture sensors.
If you get one, I would love to see what you do with it.
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Name December 25, 2020 um 12:34 am
A somewhat similar product should also be mentioned in this context, which costs less than half as much but lacks the touchscreen and the plastic case: https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/12/04/ttgo-t5-4-7-inch-e-paper-display-comes-with-esp32-wifi-bluetooth-soc/