FrameOSElecrow CrowPanel 5.79"
Elecrow CrowPanel 5.79" - a dual-controller 4-grayscale e-ink board with an ESP32-S3, running FrameOS on-device.
Official Elecrow store
Official store page for this device.
Manufacturer docs & datasheets
- Vendor
- Elecrow
- Model
- CrowPanel 5.79"
- Technology
- E-ink
- Colors
- 4-level grayscale
- Resolution
- 792×272 px
- Size
- 5.79″ diagonal
- Interface
- ESP32-S3 board
- Platforms
- ESP32-S3
- Status
- 🟡 Should work
- Buttons
- 5 (usable in scenes)
- FrameOS driver
waveshare.EPD_5in79
Part of the FrameOS device database. Spotted an error, or tested this panel? Edit this page on GitHub - it's a markdown file.
The Elecrow CrowPanel 5.79" is a wide 792×272 four-grayscale e-ink board with an ESP32-S3 (8 MB PSRAM). The panel is driven by two SSD1683 controllers side by side; FrameOS handles that for you. Its shape suits a status strip - departures, a now-playing bar, a single-line dashboard.
FrameOS runs on it as a full ESP32-S3 frame - scenes render on the device. Pick the Elecrow CrowPanel 5.79" hardware preset and the panel, GPIO map and all five front buttons (HOME, EXIT, NEXT, OK, PREV) are configured for you. Buttons dispatch scene events, so you can wire them to scene switches or anything else in the editor.
Setup
- In the FrameOS backend, create a frame with Flash embedded device.
- Choose ESP32-S3, select the Elecrow CrowPanel 5.79" preset, and enter your WiFi details.
- Build the firmware and flash it over USB from the browser.
- Install scenes as usual - they sync over WiFi, and the device updates itself over the air.
Status
🟡 Should work, not yet confirmed on real hardware. Tell us on GitHub or Discord if you try it.