Inkplate 2

Board
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Inkplate 2 pinout
Pinout

Specifications

Radiosinherited from ESP32

Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 4 · 2.4 GHz
Bluetooth LE
BLE 4.2
Bluetooth Classic
yes
802.15.4
no

USB

Native USB
no
Connector
usb-c

Board

Form factor
inkplate
Dimensions
65.3 × 35 × 9.8 mm
Battery connector
yes
Charging
yes

Display & extras

Display
2.13in 212x104 3-color E-Ink (red/black/white)
Extras
e-ink
Built onInkplate 2 BoardESP32 SoC

A pocket-sized ESP32 board with a 2.13in three-color e-paper display, USB-C, and onboard Li-ion charging — built for ultra-low-power always-on labels and tags.

Firmware for this board

No firmware recipes yet — help add one.

Notes

  • 4 MB flash
  • MCP73831 Li-ion charger IC
  • 8 uA low-power mode current
  • Official BOM lists the exact module ordering code ESP32-WROVER-IE-N4R8 (4 MB flash, 8 MB PSRAM)
  • io.gpio_free=5 DERIVED, not quoted (SPEC-io-power.md §5.3). Vendor free-GPIO page table marks 13 native ESP32-WROVER-IE-N4R8 pins FREE (not tied to internal components): IO2,4,5,12,13,14,15,25,26,34,35,36,39 (note: the page's own TL;DR prose list omits IO4, but the per-pin table marks it FREE -- used the table). Subtracting esp32's reserved_pins that are among those free pads -- strapping {2,5,12,15} (4) and input_only {34,35,36,39} (4) -- gives 13 - 4 - 4 = 5 (remaining: IO4,13,14,25,26). Math not vendor-stated; verify before treating as exact.

Verify my board

Reads the connected chip over USB and checks it against what esp-atlas cites for Inkplate 2 — over Web Serial, no backend, nothing leaves your browser.

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Serial monitor

Not connected.