BETA 5 Version for the Soldered Inkplate 6PLUS device

Soldered Inkplate 6PLUS BETA Release

Various stabilization updates and refactoring:

• FreeType updated to last version (V2.13.3)
• Msg appears to wait for deep sleep if page calculation ongoing
• Page calculation percentage display at bottom of book pages during page calculation (PgCalc... XX%)
• Device restart when hardware initialization failed
• Various C++ related best practices code updates (not completed, ongoing)
• SDCard power cycle at startup to ensure proper setup sequencing

See todo.txt for remaining activities to be done.

BETA 1 Version for the Soldered Inkplate 6FLICK device

Soldered Inkplate 6FLICK BETA Release

This is a BETA release and may contains bugs that have not yet been resolved.

Release of the EPub-InkPlate application v2.0.1 for the InkPlate-6 with Extended Case

Update to version 2.0.1

• For Inkplate-6PLUS and Inkplate-10: The ESP-IDF-Inkplate library has been updated (v0.9.6) to support some of these devices to be delivered without a second MCP chip onboard. The presence of the second MCP is now dynamically detected by the software.

• For all Inkplate: Now using ESP-IDF framework v4.3.2

Release of the EPub-InkPlate application v2.0.1 for the InkPlate-6

Update to version 2.0.1

• For Inkplate-6PLUS and Inkplate-10: The ESP-IDF-Inkplate library has been updated (v0.9.6) to support some of these devices to be delivered without a second MCP chip onboard. The presence of the second MCP is now dynamically detected by the software.

• For all Inkplate: Now using ESP-IDF framework v4.3.2

Release of the EPub-InkPlate application v2.0.1 for the InkPlate-10 with Extended Case

Update to version 2.0.1

• For Inkplate-6PLUS and Inkplate-10: The ESP-IDF-Inkplate library has been updated (v0.9.6) to support some of these devices to be delivered without a second MCP chip onboard. The presence of the second MCP is now dynamically detected by the software.

• For all Inkplate: Now using ESP-IDF framework v4.3.2

Release of the EPub-InkPlate application v2.0.1 for the InkPlate-10

Update to version 2.0.1

• For Inkplate-6PLUS and Inkplate-10: The ESP-IDF-Inkplate library has been updated (v0.9.6) to support some of these devices to be delivered without a second MCP chip onboard. The presence of the second MCP is now dynamically detected by the software.

• For all Inkplate: Now using ESP-IDF framework v4.3.2

Release of the EPub-InkPlate application v2.0.1 for the InkPlate-6PLUS

Update to version 2.0.1

• For Inkplate-6PLUS and Inkplate-10: The ESP-IDF-Inkplate library has been updated (v0.9.6) to support some of these devices to be delivered without a second MCP chip onboard. The presence of the second MCP is now dynamically detected by the software.

• For all Inkplate: Now using ESP-IDF framework v4.3.2

Release of the EPub-InkPlate application v2.0.0 for the InkPlate-6 with Extended Case

Update to version 2.0.0

The following are the main aspects that have been updated in this release:

• Added Inkplate-6PLUS support as a new release. Mainly the touch screen, the WakeUp button, and the screen backlit capabilities. A calibration function is available to adjust the touch screen response. All interaction tools (menus, forms, viewers) have been extended to support gesture interactions. Gestures supported are Tap, Touch and hold, Pinching, Swipe left, Swipe right.
• Date/Time support for all Inkplate device types. Include both Date/Time adjustment by hand and through the Internet (NTP server). Uses the RTC Chip when available, or the ESP32 internal real-time clock.
• Bitmap fonts to get more precise pixels painting on low-resolution screens. A specific font format was created to support such a feature (fonts with extension .IBMF)
• Fonts configuration file (font_list.xml) allows for changing the fonts used by the application.
• New fonts supplied with the distribution. Can be used to replace the fonts listed in the fonts configuration file.
• Better support of some EPUB books that use XML namespace extensively.

Installing this version requires the complete replacement of the micro SD Card content. The SDCard folder that is part of the release must be used to initialize the micro SD Card. The content of the config.txt file will need to be updated as stated in the installation manual.

The supplied documents (installation guide and user's guide) have been modified to take into account the new functionalities.

Release of the EPub-InkPlate application v2.0.0 for the InkPlate-6PLUS

Update to version 2.0.0

The following are the main aspects that have been updated in this release:

• Added Inkplate-6PLUS support as a new release. Mainly the touch screen, the WakeUp button, and the screen backlit capabilities. A calibration function is available to adjust the touch screen response. All interaction tools (menus, forms, viewers) have been extended to support gesture interactions. Gestures supported are Tap, Touch and hold, Pinching, Swipe left, Swipe right.
• Date/Time support for all Inkplate device types. Include both Date/Time adjustment by hand and through the Internet (NTP server). Uses the RTC Chip when available, or the ESP32 internal real-time clock.
• Bitmap fonts to get more precise pixels painting on low-resolution screens. A specific font format was created to support such a feature (fonts with extension .IBMF)
• Fonts configuration file (font_list.xml) allows for changing the fonts used by the application.
• New fonts supplied with the distribution. Can be used to replace the fonts listed in the fonts configuration file.
• Better support of some EPUB books that use XML namespace extensively.

Installing this version requires the complete replacement of the micro SD Card content. The SDCard folder that is part of the release must be used to initialize the micro SD Card. The content of the config.txt file will need to be updated as stated in the installation manual.

The supplied documents (installation guide and user's guide) have been modified to take into account the new functionalities.

Release of the EPub-InkPlate application v2.0.0 for the InkPlate-6

Update to version 2.0.0

The following are the main aspects that have been updated in this release:

• Added Inkplate-6PLUS support as a new release. Mainly the touch screen, the WakeUp button, and the screen backlit capabilities. A calibration function is available to adjust the touch screen response. All interaction tools (menus, forms, viewers) have been extended to support gesture interactions. Gestures supported are Tap, Touch and hold, Pinching, Swipe left, Swipe right.
• Date/Time support for all Inkplate device types. Include both Date/Time adjustment by hand and through the Internet (NTP server). Uses the RTC Chip when available, or the ESP32 internal real-time clock.
• Bitmap fonts to get more precise pixels painting on low-resolution screens. A specific font format was created to support such a feature (fonts with extension .IBMF)
• Fonts configuration file (font_list.xml) allows for changing the fonts used by the application.
• New fonts supplied with the distribution. Can be used to replace the fonts listed in the fonts configuration file.
• Better support of some EPUB books that use XML namespace extensively.

Installing this version requires the complete replacement of the micro SD Card content. The SDCard folder that is part of the release must be used to initialize the micro SD Card. The content of the config.txt file will need to be updated as stated in the installation manual.

The supplied documents (installation guide and user's guide) have been modified to take into account the new functionalities.