Pimoroni Inky Frame 7.3" Spectra 6

The Spectra 6 Inky Frame 7.3" (August 2025 onwards) replaces the seven-color ACeP panel with a Spectra 6 one - deeper, more saturated colors and a much better black - on a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W. You can tell it apart from the older ACeP version by the black border along the top of the panel.

FrameOS runs it as a thin client: the backend renders and dithers the scene to the Spectra 6 palette, and the Pico streams the packed panel bytes into the controller. The backend has to be reachable when the frame renders.

Setup

1. Add a frame in the backend with Flash embedded device and the Pimoroni Inky Frame 7.3" Spectra 6 preset.
2. In its deploy drawer, Download firmware (.uf2) - or take frameos-<version>-pico-2w.uf2 (note the 2w) from the latest release.
3. Hold BOOTSEL while plugging in USB and copy the file onto the RP2350 drive.
4. Connect over USB → Set up as this frame in the drawer - see the Pico guide.

The panel sits upside down on this board; the preset turns every picture for it, so leave the frame's rotation at 0 for upright. The five front buttons (A to E) reach your scenes as button events.

FrameOS ships several Spectra 6 palettes, so you can tune how saturated the render looks against your particular panel.

Status

🟢 Confirmed working (FrameOS 2026.10.19): USB setup from the deploy drawer, the setup screen, rendering, the unchanged-frame skip, rotation, the front buttons and scene events are verified on this board. Battery sleep and an https:// backend haven't been run on it yet - tell us on GitHub or Discord how yours does.