FrameOSPimoroni Inky Frame 5.7"
Pimoroni Inky Frame 5.7" (Pico W) running FrameOS as a thin client - the backend renders, the Pico draws.
Official Pimoroni store
Official store page for this device.
Manufacturer docs & datasheets
- Vendor
- Pimoroni
- Model
- Inky Frame 5.7"
- Technology
- E-ink
- Colors
- 7 colors (ACeP)
- Resolution
- 600×448 px
- Size
- 5.7″ diagonal
- Interface
- Pico W board
- Platforms
- Pico W
- Status
- 🟡 Should work
- FrameOS driver
waveshare.EPD_5in65f
Part of the FrameOS device database. Spotted an error, or tested this panel? Edit this page on GitHub - it's a markdown file.
The Pimoroni Inky Frame 5.7" is a 600×448 seven-colour ACeP display with a Raspberry Pi Pico W on the back - the most common Inky Frame, and a lovely bit of hardware that has always been limited by what fits on its microcontroller.
FrameOS runs it as a thin client: the backend renders and dithers the scene, and the Pico streams the packed panel bytes into the controller. So you get the full FrameOS scene editor, apps and state fields on a board with 264 KB of RAM - as long as the backend is reachable when the frame renders.
deep_sleep uses the board's RTC and power latch to shut it down completely between refreshes,
waking on the next interval or a front button.
Setup
- Download
frameos-<version>-pico-w.uf2from the latest release. - Hold BOOTSEL while plugging in USB and copy the file onto the
RPI-RP2drive. - Add a frame in the backend with Flash embedded device and the Pimoroni Inky Frame 5.7" preset.
- Provision it over the USB serial console - see the Pico guide.
Status
🟡 Should work, not yet confirmed on real hardware. Tell us on GitHub or Discord if you try it.