Inkplate 4 MicroPython setup fails with AttributeError: type object 'Inkplate' has no attribute 'GFX'

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Customer:

I cannot get Inkplate 4 to work with MicroPython. I also cannot find board definitions for Inkplate 4 in the Arduino board definitions, and ESP-IDF does not mention Inkplate 4 either. Is this working software for Inkplate 4?

I followed the guide at GitHub - SolderedElectronics/Inkplate-micropython: MicroPython driver for Soldered Inkplate devices · GitHub but some steps did not work.

When running:

python3 esptool.py –chip esp32 write_flash -z 0x1000 -v1.18.bin

I get:

Warning: Deprecated: Command 'write_flash' is deprecated. Use 'write-flash' instead.
esptool.py v4.8.1
Connected to ESP32 on /dev/ttyUSB0:
Chip type: ESP32-D0WD-V3 (revision v3.1)
Features: Wi-Fi, BT, Dual Core + LP Core, 240MHz, Vref calibration in eFuse, Coding Scheme None
Crystal frequency: 40MHz
MAC: e8:6b:ea:fb:de:08
Stub flasher running.
Configuring flash size…
Flash will be erased from to 0x0018ffff…
Compressed 1631216 bytes to 1052559…

I cannot get past this last step:

Inkplate-micropython# python3 pyboard.py –device /dev/ttyUSB0 "Examples/Inkplate4/basicBWR.py"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 16, in
File "inkplate4.py", line 72, in begin
File "inkplate4.py", line 269, in setRotation
AttributeError: type object 'Inkplate' has no attribute 'GFX'

Originally submitted via email support on 14 May 2025. Migrated to the forum for community visibility.

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Soldered Support:

The MicroPython module for Inkplate 4 was written for a different model. For Inkplate 4, you should use our Arduino library instead:

The Arduino library is much more feature-packed. The MicroPython repository offers a basic implementation that was a code contribution which we attempted to fit to different Inkplate models.