FrameOSPimoroni Inky Impression 13.3" (2025 / Spectra 6)
1600×1200 Spectra 6 full-color e-ink HAT for FrameOS - specs, setup and driver details.
Official Pimoroni store
Official store page for this device.
3D-printable case
Exact FrameOS Case Maker presets for this display.
12 mm electronics depth
Open Case Maker
6 mm electronics depth
Open Case Maker- Vendor
- Pimoroni
- Model
- Inky Impression 13.3" (2025 / Spectra 6)
- Technology
- E-ink
- Colors
- 6 colors (Spectra 6)
- Resolution
- 1600×1200 px
- Size
- 13.3″ diagonal
- Interface
- SPI HAT
- Platforms
- Raspberry Pi
- Status
- 🟢 Confirmed working
- Buttons
- 4 (usable in scenes)
- FrameOS driver
pimoroni.inky_impression_13
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 Impression 13.3" (2025 / Spectra 6) is a 13.3″ e-ink panel with a resolution of 1600×1200 pixels showing six Spectra 6 ink colors. Spectra 6 is the current generation of color e-ink: six vivid ink colors with much better saturation than the older 7-color ACeP panels. A full refresh takes roughly 15-30 seconds. Pimoroni's boards are the easiest e-ink hardware to start with: panel and driver electronics come as one unit that plugs straight onto the Pi's GPIO header - no soldering, no separate driver board.
The four side buttons are registered automatically and can trigger events in your scenes - switch scenes, cycle images, anything.
How it works
FrameOS ships a native Nim driver
(pimoroni.inky_impression_13) compiled straight into the binary that runs on your Raspberry Pi - no Python, no
vendor libraries. Each render pass draws your scene into a full-color image,
dithers it to the panel's palette, and pushes the result to the display over SPI.
Setup
- Plug the board onto the Pi's GPIO header.
- Add a frame in the FrameOS backend and select the Pimoroni Inky Impression - 13.3" 2025 edition driver.
- Save & deploy. The panel blinks through a refresh cycle and shows your scene.
Status
🟡 Should work, not yet confirmed on real hardware. The driver shares its controller logic with panels that are confirmed working. If you have this display, tell us on GitHub or Discord and we'll mark it confirmed.