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Ask HN: Cheap E-ink panels for Home decor
Does anyone here know of places I can get cheap E-ink panels? I'd love to hang some around the around the house showing around some pictures/motivational quotes/weather displays/vector graphics etc.
I do not want to use full color LCD/LED panels because of its power needs. I'd prefer a battery-operated wireless solution.
- detaro 10y agoCheapest e-ink you can get is probably buying used kindles or other readers :/ (Some kindles have been hacked, Sony made some with root-able Android, so you can even use the other parts of the hardware) Individual panels are still expensive, and large sizes are even more expensive, if you can even get them.
- beamatronic 10y agoThis is a really interesting idea. Probably the older Kindles are the single largest users of (black and white at least) e-ink panels. To what extent are they rootable and reflashable? If you do get this working please do write up your experience and follow up with some after photos.
- dman 10y agoWhat about projectors?
- reacharavindh 10y agoOP here. I found a very recent hack for E-Ink Kindle. I might try this next weekend on a Kindle I can buy off Craigslist. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=275877 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=275877 I was hoping more in the lines of cheap panels themselves off eBay or alibaba that can work with Rasp pi/Arduino.