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Full machine-readable index: https://core-electronics.com.au/llms.txt # Adafruit eInk Breakout Friend with 32KB SRAM **Type:** Product page · **SKU:** ADA4224 · **Brand:** [Adafruit](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/adafruit-australia) **Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/adafruit-eink-breakout-friend-with-32kb-sram.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/adafruit-eink-breakout-friend-with-32kb-sram.html.md)) Add some bi-stability to your life with an Adafruit EInk Breakout Friend - your fun pal who's happy to lend a hand when you want to work with EInk/E-Paper displays... ## Pricing - **Price:** $15.85 (inc GST) — $14.41 AUD, exc GST - **Quantity discounts:** 10+ $13.97 (exc GST) · 50+ $13.69 (exc GST) ## Availability & dispatch - In stock, ships same business day if ordered before 2PM (Australia/Sydney). - We can dispatch 2 today, and up to 500 more in 8–12 days. ## How to buy - **Build a cart:** compose `https://core-electronics.com.au/cart/link?items=ADA4224:1` (comma-separated SKU:qty pairs) and share the link. 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Share the cart link; checkout takes it from there. - **Search the catalogue:** `https://core-electronics.com.au/search/{query}.md` (URL-encode the query; pages 2-3 at `search/{query}/{page}.md`; `search.md?q=` also works) - **Payment methods, purchase orders, policies and contact details:** https://core-electronics.com.au/llms.txt ## Description Add some bi-stability to your life with an **Adafruit EInk Breakout Friend** - your fun pal who's happy to lend a hand when you want to work with EInk/E-Paper displays. Luckily for us, just about every small-medium size EInk display made these days has a standard 24-pin connection. This breakout will add all the power supply support circuitry and level shifting so you can attach your favorite display (up to tri-color 4.2") and wire it up to your favorite development board. Using Adafruit's CircuitPython or Arduino libraries, you can create a 'frame buffer' with what pixels you want to have activated and then write that out to the display. Most simple breakouts leave it at that. But...just about all EInk displays are write-only and many only let you update the full display (not partial update). That means you have to buffer the full image you want to display, taking up precious RAM. **The Eink Friend is much friendlier - it comes with 256 Kilobit (32 Kilobyte) SRAM chip.** That means you can control up to a 4.2" 300x400 tri-color display (300\*400 \* 2 colors / 8 bits-per-byte = 30KB). This chip shares the SPI port the eInk display uses, so you only need one extra pin. And, no more frame-buffering! **You can use the SRAM to set up whatever you want to display, then shuffle data from SRAM to eInk when you're ready. [The library Adafruit wrote does all the work for you](https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_EPD)**[, you can just interface with it as if it were an Adafruit\_GFX compatible display](https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_EPD). If you prefer not to use the chip, Adafruit's libraries will automatically use the microcontroller/microcomputer internal RAM. For ultra-low power usages, the onboard 3.3V regulator has the Enable pin brought out so you can shut down the power to the SRAM and display. By default the RESE resistor is set to 0.5 ohms, which is the most common value, but by cutting/soldering the bottom solder jumper you can set the resistor to 3 ohms. Comes assembled and tested, with some header. You'll need a soldering iron to attach the header for breadboarding or installing into your project. **Does not come with an EInk display!** For use with just about any EInk display that has a 24-pin FPC connector. [See these schematics to verify that your display matches before purchasin](https://learn.adafruit.com/assets/57645) ## Technical Details Product Dimensions: 34.7mm x 21.5mm x 3.5mm / 1.4" x 0.8" x 0.1" Product Weight: 3.4g / 0.1oz ## Images - [Product image 1](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/catalog/product/4/2/4224-08.jpg)