lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-214 hours ago"How I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard" - by Joel Hawksleyhawksley.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down15
arrow-up1127arrow-down1external-link"How I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard" - by Joel Hawksleyhawksley.orglemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-214 hours agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·15 hours agoIt’s something like $2k. Pretty insane for a project like this. You can just get the actual e-ink panels pretty cheap, but then you need to build a driver for it. Not simple.
minus-squareWindex007@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-29 hours agoI like the project, but it seems like as soon as buddy got access to real-time e-ink he just never looked back. As well, I get the UI appeal of negative space, but my god it costs a fortune in e-ink. As everyone is noting here, this project shows a pattern of “money is no object” in every decision made. That doesn’t mean it has to be, though. My gut tells me you could slash the cost in (at least) half while retaining like 90% of the utility.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 hours agoYeah, I just think this is an insane spend for most people. I much more affordable option, though smaller, are these TRMNL displays: https://trmnl.com/
minus-squarestate_electrician@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·14 hours agoYeah, I know how crazy expensive e-ink is, so I was curious what this dude paid. Dropping 2k on this means you have a lot of cash lying around.
minus-squarevinnymac@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 hours agoThe pain I felt when I cracked my 12” display still echoes in my mind.
minus-squarestate_electrician@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoOof. That hurts just hearing about it.
It’s something like $2k. Pretty insane for a project like this. You can just get the actual e-ink panels pretty cheap, but then you need to build a driver for it. Not simple.
I like the project, but it seems like as soon as buddy got access to real-time e-ink he just never looked back.
As well, I get the UI appeal of negative space, but my god it costs a fortune in e-ink.
As everyone is noting here, this project shows a pattern of “money is no object” in every decision made.
That doesn’t mean it has to be, though. My gut tells me you could slash the cost in (at least) half while retaining like 90% of the utility.
Yeah, I just think this is an insane spend for most people.
I much more affordable option, though smaller, are these TRMNL displays: https://trmnl.com/
Yeah, I know how crazy expensive e-ink is, so I was curious what this dude paid. Dropping 2k on this means you have a lot of cash lying around.
The pain I felt when I cracked my 12” display still echoes in my mind.
Oof. That hurts just hearing about it.