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5.83” E-PAPER DISPLAY 
5.83inch e-Paper (B) 
2020/11/12 
1.1 
10F, International Science & Technology Building, Fuhong Rd, Futian District, 
Shenzhen, China
Email: sales@waveshare.com 
Website: www.waveshare.com 
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Table of Contents 
1. General Description....................................................
     1.1 Overview............................................................
     1.2 Feature ..............................................................
     1.3 Mechanical Specification........................................
     1.4  Mechanical Drawing of EPD module .......................
     1.5  Input/Output Terminals........................................
     1.6  Reference Circuit ................................................
2. Environmental............................................................
     2.1 Handling, Safety and Environmental Requirements...
     2.2  Reliability test.....................................................
3. Electrical Characteristics .............................................
     3.1  Absolute maximum rating.....................................
     3.2  Panel DC Characteristics.......................................
     3.3 Panel AC Characteristics........................................
4. Typical Operating Sequence.........................................
     4.1  Normal Operation Flow.........................................
     4.2  Reference Program Code......................................
5. Command Table.........................................................
6. Optical characteristics.................................................
     6.1  Specifications ....................................................
     6.2   Definition of contrast ratio...................................
     6.3   Reflection Ratio..................................................
     6.4   Bi-stability ........................................................
7. Point and line standard...............................................
8. Packing.....................................................................
9. Precautions ................................................................
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Revision History
Rev.
1.0
1.1
Issued Date
May.02.2018
May.12.2020
1. Preliminary
1. Updating
Revised Contents
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1. General Description
1.1  Over View 
The  display  is  a  TFT  active  matrix  electrophoretic  display,  with  interface  and  a 
reference system design. The 5.83” active area contains 648 × 480 pixels, and has 1-
bit white/black and 1-bit yellow 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. 
1.2  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
1.3  Mechanical Specifications 
Parameter 
Screen Size 
Display Resolution 
Active Area 
Pixel Pitch 
Pixel Configuration 
Outline Dimension 
Weight 
Specifications 
5.83 
648(H)×480(V) 
119.232(H)×88.320(V) 
0.184×0.184 
Square 
125.40 (H)×99.50 (V) ×1.18(D) 
28±0.5 
Unit 
Inch 
Pixel 
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g 
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Dpi: 138 
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1.4 Mechanical Drawing of EPD module
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1.5. Input/Output Terminals 
1.5-1) Pin out List 
Pin #  Type  Single 
Description 
Remark 
NC 
No connection and do not connect with other NC pins  Keep Open 
GDR 
This pin is N-MOS gate control 
RESE  Current sense input for control loop 
NC 
No connection and do not connect with other NC pins  Keep Open 
VSHR  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 
BS 
BUSY_N  This pin indicates the driver status 
RST_N  Global reset pin. Low reset 
DC 
Serial communication Command/Data input 
CSB  Serial communication chip select 
SCL 
Serial communication clock input 
Note 1.5-5 
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SDA  Serial communication data input 
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VDDIO  IO voltage supply 
VDD  Digital/Analog power 
VSS  Digital ground 
P  VDD_18V 1.8V voltage input &output 
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VOTP  OTP program power (7.5V) 
VSH 
Positive source voltage 
VGH 
Positive gate voltage 
VSL  Negative source voltage 
VGL  Negative gate voltage 
VCOM  VCOM output 
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Note 1.5-1: 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 1.5-2: 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 1.5-3: This pin (RST_N) is reset signal input.   The Reset is active Low. 
Note 1.5-4: 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 1.5-5: 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 
MPU Interface 
4-lines serial peripheral interface (SPI) 
3-lines serial peripheral interface (SPI) – 9 bits SPI 
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1.6  Reference Circuit 
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