The Waveshare 31693 is the model ESP32-C6-LCD-1.69 which is a 1.69-inch LCD development board with 262K display 240x280 Pixels and supports Wi-Fi /BLE 5, AI speech and 160MHz RISC-V Processor, comes with Lithium battery recharge manager, audio codec chip, 6-axis sensor (3-axis accelerometer and 3-axis gyroscope), RTC chip.
Part No: ESP32-C6-LCD-1.69 is the item supplied.
ESP32-C6 1.69inch
LCD Development Board
Built-in ST7789V2 display driver, SPI interface communication
LCD Specifications
DISPLAY PANEL |
IPS |
DISPLAY SIZE |
1.69inch |
Resolution |
240 × 280 pixels |
Color |
262K |
Brightness |
435 cd/㎡ |
Contrast Ratio |
315:1 |
Communication Interface |
SPI |
Display Driver |
ST7789V2 |
Features
The ESP32-C6-LCD-1.69 is a tiny size, low-cost, high-performance MCU board designed by Waveshare. Onboard 1.69inch 262K LCD display, Lithium battery recharge manager, audio codec chip, 6-axis sensor (3-axis accelerometer and 3-axis gyroscope), RTC chip, and so on, which makes it easy for you to develop and integrate into products quickly.
Key features include:
- Equipped with a high-performance 32-bit RISC-V processor with clock speed up to 160 MHz, and a low-power 32-bit RISC-V processor with clock speed up to 20MHz
- Integrated WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5 and IEEE 802.15.4 (Zigbee 3.0 and Thread) wireless communication, with superior RF performance
- Built-in 320KB ROM, 512KB HP SRAM, 16KB LP SRAM and 16MB Flash memory
- Type-C connector for easier use
- Onboard 1.69inch LCD display for clear color picture display, 240 × 280 resolution, 262K color
- Built-in ST7789V2 driver chip, using SPI communication, effectively saving the IO resources
- Onboard QMI8658 6-axis IMU (3-axis accelerometer and 3-axis gyroscope) for detecting motion gestures, counting steps, etc.
- Onboard PCF85063 RTC chip for RTC function requirement
- Onboard RST, BOOT and a programmable side button for easy custom function development
- Onboard 3.7V MX1.25 Lithium battery recharge/discharge header
- Onboard ES8311 audio codec chip, microphone, and speaker for AI interaction
- Reserved GPIO, I2C, USB, and UART pads for external device connection and debugging, enabling flexible peripheral configuration
- Supports flexible clock, module power supply independent setting, and other controls to realize low Power consumption in different scenarios.
Its Bluetooth Low Energy subsystem supports Bluetooth 5 (LE) and Bluetooth Mesh.

Supports AI voice interaction
Allows access to online large model platforms such as DeepSeek, Doubao, etc.
1.69inch LCD display
262K color IPS LCD panel, 240 × 280 resolution, suitable for various scenarios.
What's On Board
What's On Board
- ESP32-C6
- W25Q128JVSIQ
16MB NOR-Flash - PCF85063
RTC chip - QMI8658
6-axis IMU includes a 3-axis gyroscope and a 3-axis accelerometer - ETA6098
High-efficiency Lithium battery charging IC - MX1.25 2P Lithium battery header
for connecting 3.7V Lithium battery, supports charging and discharging - Type-C port
ESP32-C6 USB interface, for program uploading and log printing - MX1.25 speaker header
- Onboard antenna
- PWR button
Supports battery power supply control, single-press, double-press, multi-press and long-press operations - BOOT button
- RST button
- Microphone
- NS4150B
3.0W mono class-D audio power amplifier - ES8311
Low power mono audio codec
Pin Definition
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