Introducing the E-Ink Meeting Room 365 Display

We've released an open-source E-ink display, compatible with Meeting Room 365, based on the popular Inkplate 6Plus project by soldered.com.

You can use this to equip your meeting rooms with a DIY and affordable E-ink Meeting Room Display, backed by events from any Meeting Room 365 connector, such as Office 365, Google Workspace, and Exchange.

Features and Functionality

The display has all the basic features and functionality of our normal displays, such as instant reservations, extending meetings, and ending early. The E-ink product also offers power-saving features, to help you keep your displays running for weeks in-between charges, without a power source.

You can customize various settings unique to the E-ink display, such as the clock (2 digital options, or an analog clock), and even add your own logo, using tools provided by Soldered.com.

Here is the display with a digital clock option

GitHub Repository

This repository lets you create a Meeting Room 365 display to run on the Inkplate 6 Plus E-Ink Display.

https://github.com/kidGodzilla/mr365-inkplate-display

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Note: This is a DIY project guide! It will require some basic experience with Arduino IDE to complete.

All the Meeting Room 365 Functionality you'd expect, Packed into an open-source Inkplate display

From the manufacturer: A powerful, Wi-Fi enabled ESP32 microcontroller makes this six-inch e-paper display – recycled from a Kindle e-reader - incredibly easy to control. Just plug in a USB cable, open Arduino IDE, and change the contents of the screen with few lines of code – All provided.

You can allow the touchscreen to sleep between interactions to extend battery life

Battery Life

Up to a month between charges (wake button is pressed before making a reservation), or a full week with touchscreen instantly active during business hours.

Alternatively, keep power connected to simplify operation and maintenance.

1200mAh battery provides 20 days of standby use (display updates every 10 minutes, physical button press is required before performing reservation / cancel / extend actions.

1200mAh battery provides 7-8 days of active use (display does not enter standby during business hours, refreshes more often).

Extended 2000mAh battery options are available which provide 30+ days of standby use and up to 2 weeks of active use.

Learn more about the Inkplate 6 Plus Hardware

Demo of the Inkplate 6Plus

Demo of our application

The Team behind the Hardware

https://soldered.com/about/
https://twitter.com/solderedcom
https://www.instagram.com/solderedelectronics/
https://github.com/solderedelectronics

Purchasing Hardware

Total cost is about $220 per display for the InkPlate 6 Plus, battery, and 3d-printed enclosure. All components can be purchased from the manufacturer, or separately.

Soldered Inkplate 6PLUS with enclosure and battery - e-paper display with touchscreen - Soldered Electronics

Inkplate 6PLUS is a perfect device for interactive e-paper projects. It’s the easiest to use device available on the market.

Soldered Electronics

Setting up Inkplate 6 Using the Arduino IDE

In order to get started with Inkplate 6, follow the steps in the guide below:

Meeting Room 365 Open-source E-Ink Display for the InkPlate 6 Plus

Meeting Room 365 Inkplate Display

Meeting Room 365 Support