Product Specifications 
Customer 
Standard 
Description 
Model Name 
Date 
Revision 
4.2” E-PAPER DISPLAY 
4.2inch e-Paper (B) 
2020/11/01 
1.0 
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....................................................
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     1.1 Overview............................................................
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     1.2 Feature ..............................................................
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     1.3 Mechanical Specification........................................
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     1.4  Mechanical Drawing of EPD module .......................
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     1.5  Input/Output Terminals........................................
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     1.6  Reference Circuit ................................................
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2. Environmental............................................................
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     2.1 Handling, Safety and Environmental Requirements...
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     2.2  Reliability test.....................................................
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3. Electrical Characteristics .............................................
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     3.1  Absolute maximum rating.....................................
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     3.2   DC Characteristics..............................................
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3.3  AC Characteristics ..............................................
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     3.4 Power Consumption..............................................
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4. Command Table.........................................................
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5. Command Description.................................................
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6. Temperature Range.................................................... 38
7. Optical characteristics.................................................
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7.1  Specifications ....................................................
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7.2   Definition of contrast ratio...................................
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7.3   Reflection Ratio..................................................
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8. Point and line standard...............................................
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9. Packing.....................................................................
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10. Precautions ..............................................................
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Version 
1.0
Content 
New release 
Date 
Producer 
2020/11/01 
4.2inch e-Paper (B)3/45
1. General Description
1.1 Overview
This display is an Active Matrix Electrophoretic Display (AMEPD), with interface and a 
reference system design. The4.2” active area contains400×300 pixels, and has 1-bit B/
W/R 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 
● 400×300 pixels display
● High contrast
● High reflectance
● Ultra wide viewing angle
● Ultra low power consumption
● Pure reflective mode
● Bi-stable display
● Commercial temperature range
● Landscape,  portrait modes
● Hard-coat antiglare display surface
● Ultra Low current deep sleep mode
● On chip display RAM
● 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 sensor12C / built-in
temperature sensor
1.3 Mechanical Specifications
Parameter
Screen Size 
Specifications
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Display Resolution 
400(H)×300(V)
Active Area 
Pixel Pitch 
Pixel Configuration 
84.8(H)×63.6 (V) 
0.212×0.212
Square 
Outline Dimension  91.00(H)× 77.00(V) × 1.25(D) 
Weight 
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1.5  Input/Output Terminals
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GDR 
RESE 
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VDHR 
TSCL 
TSDA 
BS 
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DC 
CSB 
SCL 
SDA 
VDDIO 
VCI 
GND 
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VCOM 
Description 
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No connection and do not connect with other NC pins 
Keep Open 
N-Channel MOSFET Gate Drive Control 
Current Sense Input for the Control Loop 
No connection and do not connect with other NC pins 
Keep Open 
Positive Source driving voltage 
I2C Interface to digital temperature sensor Clock pin 
I2C Interface to digital temperature sensor Date pin 
Note 1.5-5 
Note 1.5-4 
Note 1.5-3
Note 1.5-2 
Note 1.5-1 
Bus selection pin 
Busy state output pin 
Reset 
Data /Command control pin 
Chip Select input pin 
serial clock pin (SPI) 
serial data pin (SPI) 
Power for interface logic pins 
Power Supply pin for the chip 
Ground 
Core logic power pin 
Power Supply for OTP Programming 
Positive source driver Voltage 
Positive Gate driving voltage 
Negative Source driving voltage 
Negative Gate voltage. 
VCOM driving voltage 
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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 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
- 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. 
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1.6  Reference Circuit 
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