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I'd like a large e-ink display to mount on the wall and display my calendar.
by mike-cardwell 11y ago
I'd like a large e-ink display to mount on the wall and display my calendar.
- masklinn 11y agoeink apparently has 32" displays: http://www.einkgroup.com/news.php?recordId=526 http://www.einkgroup.com/news.php?recordId=526 Or you could tile smaller modules: http://www.eink.com/press_releases/e_ink_mpicosys_pdi_eWall_unveiled_092513.html http://www.eink.com/press_releases/e_ink_mpicosys_pdi_eWall_...
- mike-cardwell 11y agoThere have been lots of press releases about large e-ink displays over the last few years. I never find anywhere that I can actually buy them though.
- masklinn 11y agoThese are specialised industrial suppliers, you can't buy it at a place, you have to request a quote from a supplier[0] and pray you'll get a callback (then try again through a different channel, because they most likely won't reply to somebody who just wants a 32" panel, note how the contact form has a "volume" selection starting at "< 10000 units/year"). Seriously. When you try to get an evaluation/test kit you get a 7-segments display[1]. [0] http://www.eink.com/contact_sales.html http://www.eink.com/contact_sales.html [1] http://www.eink.com/quick_start_kit.html http://www.eink.com/quick_start_kit.html
- userbinator 11y agoIf you want smaller ones, ebook readers like the Kindle have made those relatively cheap and others have reverse-engineered the drive signals required: http://www.essentialscrap.com/eink/index.html http://www.essentialscrap.com/eink/index.html http://www.eevblog.com/forum/microcontrollers/interfacing-epd-(e-ink)-display-from-kindle-anyone-tried/ http://www.eevblog.com/forum/microcontrollers/interfacing-ep...
- ChuckMcM 11y agoNo one has funded actually putting a larger display into production, the eink folks show them off periodically to show that they can make them if wanted. I'm more inclined to do the 6 rows of 7 displays which allow for a day aligned calendar for every month. It wastes a few displays of course, but the displays are easier to get.
- j_s 11y agoOnly 42 Kindles required! :)
- ChuckMcM 11y agoooh, I saw a bin of rebadged e-book readers at the auction liquidation place, that would have been a great use for them. Definitely will keep an eye out for them.
- ChuckMcM 11y agoAnd then looking further I saw this : http://www.wvshare.com/product/4.3inch-e-Paper.htm http://www.wvshare.com/product/4.3inch-e-Paper.htm now there is a hack-a-day worthy project. 42 of those bad boys (just $250 including shipping!) and a frame and clever raspi software with a multiplexing serial I/O circuit and voila, the forever calendar for your wall.