E-Ink Day Schedule
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Yea doing that the first time was a pain but FBink is pretty widely supported on these type of devices and…
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13 positive, 54 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 11 critical, out of 81 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.
Design: 4 for, 0 againstIdea: 2 for, 2 againstExecution: 3 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 against
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E-ink crispness is satisfying for semi-static displays
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The crispness of e-ink is 99% of what makes me want it for semi-static displays. It’s just ridiculously satisfying to look at.
Waterluvian on HN
Repurposing old e-readers as displays is fun
From 2 comments
I repurpose all my old ereaders (Kindles and Kobos) into displays for something, weather, agendas, some even do images (albeit very low resolution). It's great to have these…
politelemon on HNI have just bought aranet4, a CO2 meter, which uses eink and I think partly because of that has a ridiculously long 5 year battery life. But I understand why… it’s 169eur, the…
yankput on HN
Objections
E-ink displays are expensive
From 2 comments
All I want for Christmas is for eink displays to be as cheap as commodity LCDs.
ThrowawayTestr on HNI have just bought aranet4, a CO2 meter, which uses eink and I think partly because of that has a ridiculously long 5 year battery life. But I understand why… it’s 169eur, the…
yankput on HN
Kindle radios and batteries fail under constant use
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I repurpose all my old ereaders (Kindles and Kobos) into displays for something, weather, agendas, some even do images (albeit very low resolution). It's great to have these…
politelemon on HNI did something similar with a first gen kindle. Some day it stopped working, I opened the enclosure to find a completely cracked-open kindle with a battery the size of a weather…
iforgotpassword on HN
Requests
Action buttons or scrolling to view next week
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Thanks! Everybody will have their opinion, 100% :) FWIW: In family scenario, being able to quickly check next week (a simple scroll), can be very beneficial as we plan our kids…
NikolaNovak on HNYea, you are definitely not the first one who suggested adding one or two "action buttons", even if there isn't a touch screen. So I am definitely taking that idea seriously.
konschubert on HN
Questions
Does the device run without a phone and can it scroll?
From 1 comment
Ooh that looks interesting and not TOO expensive, for a "out of the box" solution. Does it work well / is it self-sufficient without phone once you set it up? Can you adjust the…
NikolaNovak on HN
Is there a PoE option?
From 1 comment
This looks really neat! Does it have an ethernet port? And maybe PoE?
plugin-baby on HN
Alternatives named
Invisible Calendar smart screen
From 2 comments
If you’re not up for DIY, I’ve been using a unit from https://www.invisible-computers.com/ for years and I love it. Not affiliated; just a happy customer.
Arubis on HNThat's cool. I regret throwing my ancient kindle away now. The expensive corporate version of this is called a Joan - https://getjoan.com/digital-signage/
Neil44 on HN
OpenEPaperLink
From 1 comment
I can recommend checking out https://openepaperlink.de/. It's a project to repurpose e-ink electronic shelf labels (in various sizes, ranging from 1.54" to 7.4"). I have been…
ros86 on HN
Waveshare e-ink screens
From 1 comment
I repurpose all my old ereaders (Kindles and Kobos) into displays for something, weather, agendas, some even do images (albeit very low resolution). It's great to have these…
politelemon on HN