LaskaKit Live-7.x-Pro E-paper Kit - With WiFi for "Live Image"

Product detailed description

LaskaKit Live-7.x-Pro is a smart e-Paper frame kit with Wi-Fi and a large 7.5" or 7.3" display, allowing you to send photos, calendars, weather forecasts, or data from a weather station or home automation via the Live Image service. At its heart is the ESPink-Frame-7.x board with ESP32-S3, designed for minimal power consumption, so the included 6000 mAh battery lasts from weeks to years of operation depending on the refresh frequency. The build is manageable even for beginners and requires no soldering – you connect the display via a ribbon cable directly to the board, place everything into the frame and screw it in, connect the battery and antenna, flash the firmware in your browser, and connect to Wi-Fi.

What is Living Picture:

An internet service that significantly simplifies getting information onto an e-Paper frame. You can easily upload your own image, have an image downloaded from any URL, create a gallery for sequential projection, use smart galleries with a calendar (Google, Outlook, Apple) and optional weather forecast, or design your own Screen – an overview page where you can place values sent from, for example, home automation or the TMEP service. Without writing a single line of code.

You can conveniently flash the firmware in your browser:

• Our own firmware
• Live Image firmware – in the web installer, select the LaskaKit ESPink 2.x, 3.5 and 3.6 board and the display type (GDEY075T7, GDEM075F52 or GDEP073E01)

Specifications:

• Control board: LaskaKit ESPink-Frame-7.x (HW revision 1.2)
• Microcontroller: ESP32-S3 (module ESP32-S3-WROOM-1U-N16R8), 16 MB Flash, 8 MB PSRAM
• Wireless interface: Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz, Bluetooth LE, external antenna via U.FL connector (better range behind the large display)
• Display (depending on the selected variant): resolution 800 × 480 px
  • Black and White: Good Display GDEY075T7 7.5", 4 shades of grey, fast refresh approx. 3.5 s, partial refresh support
  • Four-colour: Good Display GDEM075F52 7.5", black, white, red, yellow, refresh approx. 22 s
  • Six-colour: Good Display GDEP073E01 7.3" Spectra 6, black, white, red, yellow, blue, green, refresh approx. 19 s
• Power Supply:
  • USB-C: 5 V (simultaneous charging and programming)
  • Battery: 1-cell Li-Pol 3.7 V, JST-PH 2.0 connector, battery switch on the board
  • Charging: TP4054, approx. 0.56 A, indicator LED
  • Battery voltage measurement: divider on GPIO9
• Power saving mode: the display, sensors, μSup connectors and microSD card are powered from a switchable VSENSOR branch (regulator RT9080, GPIO47 control), which you completely disconnect before deep sleep
• On-board sensor: SHT40 – temperature and humidity (I2C, address 0x44)
• Expansion:
  • 1× μSup connector (Qwiic, STEMMA QT) for I2C
  • 1× μSup connector for SPI
  • microSD card slot with card detection
  • 1×15 pin expansion header (2.54 mm) with free GPIOs
• Controls: 3 user buttons (UP / SET / DOWN) + RESET
• Programming: via USB-C (CH9102F converter), Arduino IDE with GxEPD2 library, or web installer
• Logic levels: 3.3 V
• Dimensions: board with display approx. 185 × 120 × 8 mm
• Weight: board with display approx. 140 g
• Variants:
  • Display: black and white, four-colour or six-colour
  • Enclosure: aluminium (dark grey matte), 3D printed from PET in several colours, or without enclosure – print it yourself (3D model can be found in the Related Files tab)
  • Assembly: DIY kit for self-assembly, or assembled and programmed

Important note:

• The UP / SET / DOWN buttons are on GPIO39–41, which are not RTC GPIOs – they will not wake the device from deep sleep. Wake-up is provided by the RESET button or a timer (this is how the Living Image firmware operates).
• If you are writing your own firmware, set GPIO47 to HIGH before communicating with the display, sensors or SD card, and to LOW before entering deep sleep. Pins IO35–IO37 on the expansion header are used by the module's PSRAM – do not use them.

Package contents:

• 1× LaskaKit ESPink-Frame-7.x board with display according to the selected variant
• 1× LaskaKit LiPol battery 6000 mAh
• 1× WiFi antenna 45 × 10 mm 2.4 GHz 5 dB with U.FL connector (IPEX1), 27 cm cable
• 4× thermoplastic screws 2.2 × 5 mm with pan head
• 4× M2.5 × 8 mm screws with cylinder head (DIN 912)
• 4× M2 × 3 mm screws with button head (ISO 7380)
• 1× enclosure according to the selected variant (not included for the "Print it yourself" variant)

Note:

• This product is not a standalone functional unit and may require professional installation.
• Product images are for illustrative purposes only and may sometimes differ from the actual appearance of the item. However, this does not change their basic properties.