SPECIFICATION
Product Type    :   EPD
Model Number :   12.48inch e-Paper
Description       :   
Screen Size: 12.48"
Color: Black and White 
Display Resolution: 1304*984
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Revision History 
Rev. 
1.0 
Issued Date 
Mar.05.2018 
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Preliminary
Revised Contents 
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 
CONTENTS 
ITEM 
Cover 
Revision History 
Contents 
Application 
Features 
Mechanical Specifications 
Mechanical Drawing of EPD module 
Input/Output Terminals 
Command Table 
Electrical Characteristics 
Typical Operating Sequence 
Optical Characteristics 
Handling, Safety and Environment Requirements 
Reliability test 
Point and line standard 
Packing 
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1. Over View
The display is a TFT active matrix electrophoretic display, with interface and a reference system design. The 12.48” active area contains
984×1304 pixels, and has 1-bit white/black full display capabilities. An integrated circuit contains gate buffer, source buffer, interface,
timing control logic, oscillator, DC-DC, SRAM, LUT, VCOM, and border are supplied with each panel.
2. Features
 High contrast
 High reflectance
 Ultra wide viewing angle
 Ultra low power consumption
 Pure reflective mode
 Bi-stable
 Commercial temperature range
 Landscape, portrait mode
 Antiglare hard-coated front-surface
 Low current deep sleep mode
 On chip display RAM
 Waveform stored in On-chip OTP
 Serial peripheral interface available
 On-chip oscillator
 On-chip booster and regulator control for generating VCOM, Gate and source driving voltage
 I2C Signal Master Interface to read external temperature sensor
 Available in COG package IC thickness 300um
3. Mechanical Specifications
Parameter 
Screen Size 
Display Resolution 
Active Area 
Pixel Pitch 
Pixel Configuration 
Outline Dimension 
Weight 
Specifications 
12.48 
984(H)×1304(V) 
252.976(H)×190.896(V) 
0.194×0.194 
Square 
261.5(H)×211(V) ×1.18(D) 
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5.
Input/Output Terminals
5-1) Pin out List
FPC-1 pin out list 
Pin # 
Type 
Single 
Description 
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TSCL 
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RST 
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SCL 
SDA 
LSYNC_M1 
M1M2_SYNC_M1 
M2M1_SYNC_M1 
VDDIO_M1 
VDD_M1 
VSS_M1 
VDD_18V_M1 
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VSH_M1 
VGH_M1 
VSL_M1 
VGL_M1 
VCOM_M1 
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VSL_S1 
Serial communication chip select 
This pin is N-MOS gate control 
Current sense input for control loop 
Positive source voltage for Red 
I2C clock for external temperature sensor 
I2C data for external temperature sensor 
Input interface setting. Select 3 wire/4 wire SPI interface 
This pin indicates the driver status 
Global reset pin. Low reset 
Serial communication Command/Data input 
Serial communication chip select 
Serial communication clock input 
Serial communication data input 
2+2 cascade sync signal 
2+2 cascade sync signal 
2+2 cascade sync signal 
IO voltage supply 
Digital/Analog power 
Digital ground 
1.8V voltage input &output 
OTP program power (7.5V) 
Positive source voltage 
Positive gate voltage 
Negative source voltage 
Negative gate voltage 
VCOM output 
This pin indicates the driver status 
Positive source voltage for Red 
Positive source voltage 
Positive gate voltage 
Remark 
Note 5-1 
Note 5-5 
Note 5-4 
Note 5-3 
Note 5-2 
Note 5-1 
Note 5-4 
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FPC-2 pin out list 
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Serial communication chip select 
This pin is N-MOS gate control 
Current sense input for control loop 
Positive source voltage for Red 
I2C clock for external temperature sensor 
I2C data for external temperature sensor 
Input interface setting. Select 3 wire/4 wire SPI interface 
This pin indicates the driver status 
Global reset pin. Low reset 
Serial communication Command/Data input 
Serial communication chip select 
Serial communication clock input 
Serial communication data input 
2+2 cascade sync signal 
2+2 cascade sync signal 
2+2 cascade sync signal 
IO voltage supply 
Digital/Analog power 
Digital ground 
1.8V voltage input &output 
OTP program power (7.5V) 
Positive source voltage 
Positive gate voltage 
Negative source voltage 
Negative gate voltage 
VCOM output 
This pin indicates the driver status 
Positive source voltage for Red 
Positive source voltage 
Positive gate voltage 
Remark 
Note 5-1 
Note 5-5 
Note 5-4 
Note 5-3 
Note 5-2 
Note 5-1 
Note 5-4 
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Note 5-1: This pin (CSB) is the chip select input connecting to the MCU. The chip is enabled for MCU communication only when CSB is 
pulled Low. 
Note 5-2: This pin (DC) is Data/Command control pin connecting to the MCU. When the pin is pulled HIGH, the data will be interpreted as 
data. When the pin is pulled Low, the data will be interpreted as command. 
Note 5-3: This pin (RST_N) is reset signal input.   The Reset is active  Low. 
Note 5-4: This pin (BUSY_N) is BUSY_N state output pin. When BUSY_N is low, the operation of chip should not be interrupted and any 
commands should not be issued to the module. The driver IC will put BUSY_N pin low when the driver IC is working such as: 
- Outputting display waveform; or
- Programming with OTP
- Communicating with digital temperature sensor
Note 5-5: This pin (BS) is for 3-line SPI or 4-line SPI selection. When it is “Low”, 4-line SPI is selected. When it is “High”, 3-line SPI (9 bits 
SPI) is selected. Please refer to below Table. 
Table: Bus interface selection 
BS 
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H 
MPU Interface 
4-lines serial peripheral interface (SPI)
3-lines serial peripheral interface (SPI) – 9 bits SPI
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