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I made a 32" Digital eInk Newspaper

Greg Raiz · 82.7K views · 2021-03-28 · 5:08

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Overview

A short project video in which Greg Raiz turns a 32-inch eInk display into a wireless digital newspaper showing daily front pages. It runs for months on battery, and the code is published on GitHub.

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HN commenters cite it as inspiration for large eInk displays and their own DIY projects.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2021–2023

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Embedded systems & DIY electronicsConsumer devices & gadgets
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einkdigital newspapervisionectdiylow-power display

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sho_hn · 2023-01 · Reference

My inspiration is this: [VIDEO] But I actually only watched the first 30 seconds and then got hooked on the idea. The impl is mine :-)

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mynameisash · 2021-12 · Reference

I really want an 8.5x11 or bigger, very low power e-ink device that I can use as essentially a photo display. I was inspired by this[0], but as I'm not a hardware guy at all, trying to make one is out of my reach. Hopefully this PineNote will become that device sometime. [0] [VIDEO]

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zius · 2021-09 · Reference

Joan’s parent company, Visionect[1], also produces the Place & Play, a 13” or 36” eInk display[2]. Some guy created a rotating newspaper frame from it[3]. Looks quite amazing, and it has a 1 year battery life. [1] [LINK] [2] [LINK] [3] blog: [LINK] and video: [VIDEO] and code: [LINK]

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