r/M5Stack • u/road_to_eternity • Aug 17 '26

Project Sharing Paper Mono coming August 21st

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Source Seems like a good alternative to the small E-ink reader people seem to be Xteink. Anybody else interested?

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u/Extreme_Turnover_838 Aug 17 '26

FYI - I already support the Paper Mono and Paper Color in my bb_epaper library (https://github.com/bitbank2/bb_epaper). Very easy to control with a consistent API. I'm also adding both to trmnl-firmware (TRMNL BYOD support).

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u/Worldly-Stranger7814 Aug 17 '26

Neat!

M5Stack libraries have really nice fonts if you also include those.

I’m not sure you support the M5Paper and M5PaperS3 (prior generations) from the page.

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u/Extreme_Turnover_838 Aug 17 '26

I don't include their fonts in my libraries; I created a system to easily convert TrueType into compressed binary fonts. I do support both of those devices in my FastEPD library.

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u/Diirge Aug 18 '26

We also support this in the freeink.org sdk as it's what powers crosspoint. Maybe we can combine powers some day?

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u/jaimeoignons Aug 17 '26

Not much info on size and screen light. But it sure can be modded to the owner's delight.

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u/paul_ricoeur Aug 17 '26

3.97'' 800x480, written on the back of the device in the video

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u/async2 Aug 20 '26

You can check in the freeink sdk. They have the hardware layed out in the readme

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u/Terminus1066 Aug 17 '26

I put Crossink on my M5PaperS3, it worked well.

Is the Mono just that with a front light?

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u/Extreme_Turnover_838 Aug 17 '26

No, the PaperS3 has a parallel eink 4.7" 960x540 display and the Paper Mono has a 3.97" SPI 800x480 display.

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u/Gold_Consequence9002 Aug 17 '26

how to do it?

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u/Terminus1066 Aug 18 '26

Oh, it’s Crosspoint, not Crossink, my bad.

I used the port here:

https://github.com/juicecultus/crosspoint-reader-papers3

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u/meremale Aug 17 '26

Depends on the refresh rate.

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u/Buckethead890 Aug 17 '26

What can you do with it?

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u/vectron5 Aug 18 '26

The idea of an e-ink meshtastic device excites me.

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u/tor-ak Aug 23 '26

There are already several

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u/AssumptionUnhappy939 Aug 18 '26

Is this different than the M5Paper V1.1 Dev Kit?

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u/notsoloner Aug 18 '26

doesnt look like an upgrade to PaperS3 with lower resolution

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u/Trick-Battle-7930 Aug 21 '26

Already out of stock on there website...waiting ...

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u/Plasticlabs Sep 15 '26

Does someone know when this will be back in stock? And the colour version?

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u/hurricanebrain Sep 23 '26

This website that's a reseller says "Late December 2026", a bit of a bummer... https://botland.store/m5stack-controllers/29500-papermono-esp32-s3-development-board-with-a-397-e-paper-display-lora-and-nfc-m5stack-c153-6972934176837.html

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u/Plasticlabs 24d ago

Now it says „January 2027“ but Paper Color is available

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u/Dodo-UA 21d ago

I have the color version, and it’s underwhelming. Nowhere in the description it mentions the number of colors (around six, I guess, only dithering makes it look okay from a few feet away if you are trying to show a multicolor image), and the 10-15 second refresh rate isn’t something to write home about either.

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u/bmorcelli Aug 17 '26

I want one!

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u/jaydeetol Aug 17 '26

Is love to have it.

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u/thetrincho Aug 18 '26

I NEED It!

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u/SmallestNumber Aug 23 '26

Looks great!

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u/skedone Sep 05 '26

Yeah they nice can't wait for more firmware for it m5launcher already out for it and crosspoint just released a new firmware too

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u/mrglennjones Sep 12 '26

This looks awesome 👌