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docs/hardware.md and firmware/README.md were updated already; this
catches the root README, docs/architecture.md, docs/widgets.md, and
server/README.md -- all still described the project as single-panel/
single-chip (800x480, ESP32-C6 only) even after image_pipeline.py
stopped hardcoding that.
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# ESPresso Frame
A DIY e-ink photo frame: an ESP32-C6 pulls photos from your
[Immich](https://immich.app) library and displays them on a 7.3" full-color
A DIY e-ink photo frame: an ESP32 board pulls photos from your
[Immich](https://immich.app) library and displays them on a full-color
e-paper panel, waking on a timer to refresh and spending the rest of its
time in deep sleep.
time in deep sleep. The original build is a 7.3" panel on an ESP32-C6;
a larger 13.3" panel on Seeed's EE02 (ESP32-S3) is supported
server-side, but its firmware driver isn't working yet -- see
[`docs/hardware.md`](docs/hardware.md).
- **No cables to a computer, no SD card shuffling.** Provisioning is a
captive portal with a QR code drawn on the panel itself -- scan, join,
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all the work (pulling from Immich, cropping, dithering, packing into
the panel's exact pixel format) and hands the device a stream it can
write straight to SPI. The ESP32-C6 has no PSRAM and not much SRAM to
spare -- keeping it a dumb display client is what makes that workable.
spare -- keeping it a dumb display client is what makes that workable
(the same design carries over to the ESP32-S3 board even though it
does have PSRAM, for consistency).
- **Crops toward faces, not just the center**, using face bounding boxes
Immich already computed for its own People feature -- no bundled face
detector.
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## Hardware
- ESP32-C6 dev board (8MB flash)
- [Waveshare 7.3" E Ink Spectra 6 (E6)](https://www.waveshare.com/7.3inch-e-paper-hat-e.htm) panel -- 800x480, 6-color, SPI
- ESP32-C6 dev board (8MB flash), or Seeed's XIAO ESP32-C6 (production
board) -- both drive the panel below.
- [Waveshare 7.3" E Ink Spectra 6 (E6)](https://www.waveshare.com/7.3inch-e-paper-hat-e.htm) panel -- 800x480, 6-color, SPI.
- Experimental, not yet working: [Waveshare 13.3" E Ink Spectra 6](https://www.waveshare.com/13.3inch-e-paper-hat-plus-e.htm)
(1600x1200) on [Seeed's EE02](https://www.seeedstudio.com/XIAO-ePaper-DIY-Kit-EE02-for-13-3-Spectratm-6-E-Ink.html)
(ESP32-S3) -- server-side support exists, but the firmware driver's
panel init sequence isn't ported from vendor code yet.
See [`docs/hardware.md`](docs/hardware.md) for wiring,
[`docs/architecture.md`](docs/architecture.md) for how the two halves talk
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1. **[`server/`](server/)** -- run the FastAPI server first (Docker
Compose, points at your Immich instance). See
[`server/README.md`](server/README.md).
2. **[`firmware/`](firmware/)** -- build and flash the ESP32-C6, then
2. **[`firmware/`](firmware/)** -- build and flash the board, then
scan the QR codes it draws on first boot to provision it. See
[`firmware/README.md`](firmware/README.md).
## Repo layout
```
firmware/ ESP-IDF project for the ESP32-C6
firmware/ ESP-IDF project (ESP32-C6 devkit/xiao boards, ESP32-S3 ee02)
server/ FastAPI server: Immich -> crop/dither/pack -> the frame
docs/ Wiring and architecture notes
```