Add Inkplate 6COLOR panel mapping (mapEpd 0x0043 → EP585C_600x448)#41
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- mapEpd(): add case 0x0043 returning the new bb_epaper 7-color panel. Pins/resolution/color_scheme come from runtime device config; set color_scheme=4 (4bpp) so the ACeP data path (same as EP73) is used. - platformio.ini: temporarily point bb_epaper at the fork branch that defines EP585C_600x448; revert once merged upstream. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…ream Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The Inkplate 6COLOR uses the new 7-color scheme (value 8); like BWGBRY (4) it packs 4 bits/pixel. The host (py-opendisplay/epaper-dithering) reads this color_scheme and selects the BWGBRYO palette whose color order matches the panel's native nibbles. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This was referenced Jun 18, 2026
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Closing this because we are stopping the OpenDisplay path for Inkplate 6COLOR and moving to Soldered's ESPHome component instead: https://github.com/SolderedElectronics/Soldered-Inkplate-ESPHome. The firmware mapping itself built and drove the panel, but the board reset during BLE DIRECT_WRITE_START when OpenDisplay firmware woke/initialized the UC8159 before acknowledging the pushed payload. Making this robust would require a larger OpenDisplay direct-write buffering redesign to receive/ACK first and wake/write/refresh later. That is not the integration path we want to carry now that ESPHome supports the board directly. Closing to avoid leaving a half-supported target in Firmware. |
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Summary
Adds the Soldered Inkplate 6COLOR (5.85", 600×448, 7‑color ACeP / UC8159) to
mapEpd()aspanel_ic_type0x0043 → EP585C_600x448.This is a one‑line change because the firmware already drives bb_epaper 7‑color panels (e.g. EP73) and is fully config‑driven. Everything else for the 6COLOR comes from the runtime device config:
panel_ic_type = 0x0043color_scheme = 4(→getBitsPerPixel()returns 4 / the 4bpp ACeP data path)pixel_width = 600,pixel_height = 448reset=19, dc=33, cs=27, busy=32, clk=18, data(MOSI)=23Dependency
Requires the
EP585C_600x448panel in bb_epaper (bitbank2/bb_epaper#33). This repo already pins bb_epaper tomain, so once that lands the enum resolves automatically — please merge after it.Testing
esp32-N4(plain ESP32 = the Inkplate's MCU) against a bb_epaper build that includes the panel.🤖 Generated with Claude Code