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 "slug": "waveshare-2-13in-e-paper-panel-v4",
 "name": "Waveshare 2.13 in e-Paper V4 raw panel (250 × 122): outline, FPC tail and active area",
 "kind": "modern",
 "category": "Electronic components",
 "group": "Modules, sensors & displays",
 "year": null,
 "question": "What are the Waveshare 2.13 in e-Paper V4 panel dimensions, FPC position and active area?",
 "tags": [
  "waveshare 2.13",
  "2.13 inch e-paper",
  "e-ink display panel",
  "epd panel",
  "ssd1680 display",
  "e-paper bezel"
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  "Waveshare 2.13inch e-Paper V4",
  "waveshare 2.13",
  "2.13in e-Paper V4",
  "2.13 inch e-ink 250x122",
  "SSD1680 2.13 e-paper",
  "2.13 e-paper panel dimensions"
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  "width": 29.2,
  "height": 1
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  "basis": "Waveshare 2.13inch e-Paper V4 Specification, section 3 Mechanical Specifications and section 4 Mechanical Drawing.",
  "overall_mm": {
   "length": 73.5,
   "width": 29.2,
   "height": 1
  },
  "notes": [
   "Datum: panel centre, long side along x, bottom at 0. Panel 59.20 × 29.20 × 1.0.",
   "FPC tail leaves the −x short edge: 12.50 wide, 0.30 thick (stiffener), 14.30 beyond the panel edge; its +y edge is 8.15 from the panel's +y edge. 24 contacts at 0.5 pitch on the last 3.66 of the tail (not modelled).",
   "Active area 48.55 × 23.70, 2.70 from the +x edge and 7.95 from the FPC edge; visible area 49.35 × 24.50 (0.40 larger each side). Neither is cut into the file; use them for the bezel window.",
   "This is the bare panel; the Waveshare HAT version mounts it on a 65 × 30.2 PCB that is not modelled here.",
   "Dimensions are exact nominal (true size), no tolerance added."
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   "publisher": "Waveshare",
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 "related": [
  "adafruit-displays",
  "lcd-oled-displays",
  "raspberry-pi-zero-2-w",
  "raspberry-pi-4-b"
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 "dimensions": "exact (nominal, no tolerance added)",
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  {
   "feature": "panel outline",
   "exact": "59.20 × 29.20 × 1.0",
   "mates": "bezel pocket",
   "fit": "socket",
   "files": "all"
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  {
   "feature": "visible area",
   "exact": "49.35 × 24.50, 2.30 from the +x edge",
   "mates": "bezel window",
   "fit": "designed",
   "files": "all"
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   "feature": "FPC tail",
   "exact": "12.50 wide, 24 contacts at 0.5 pitch",
   "mates": "24-pin 0.5 mm FPC connector",
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   "files": "all"
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  "press": "stays put: pin, tube, bearing or magnet held by interference. ISO 286 equivalent: H7/p6 (locational interference) or tighter.",
  "slide": "assembles by hand and is held by a grub, pinch or clamp: shaft in a hub, rod in a socket, spigot in a bore. ISO 286 equivalent: H7/g6 or H7/h6.",
  "run": "turns or slides in use: pin in a link, rod through a guide. ISO 286 equivalent: H8/f7 (close running).",
  "socket": "large sliding fit: syringe barrel, sleeve, bobbin in a bore. ISO 286 equivalent: H9/d9 (free running) or looser.",
  "clamp": "split part that closes on the mating part with screws: make it at size.",
  "designed": "a gap that is part of the design (piston fit option, displacer gap, air gap): do not change."
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  {
   "q": "How big is the Waveshare 2.13 in e-Paper V4 panel?",
   "a": "59.20 × 29.20 × 1.0 mm, plus a 12.50 mm wide FPC tail extending 14.30 mm from one short edge."
  },
  {
   "q": "What is the active area?",
   "a": "48.55 × 23.70 mm (visible area 49.35 × 24.50 mm), 2.70 mm from the edge opposite the FPC."
  }
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