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I guess it's only matter of time before somebody will start offering supermarket e-pricetags to hobbyist: https://theworklife.com/graham-miln/2013/12/17/e-ink-

• reacharavindh 9y ago
  Yeah. Those would be super useful as general purpose displays. I found something on Alibaba without much technical info about. Hopefully someone gets the idea and mass produces it. https://m.alibaba.com/product/60250435288/Supermarket-esl-digital-shelf-display-label.html?s=p&spm=a2706.7843667.1998817009.9.xm8Qql https://m.alibaba.com/product/60250435288/Supermarket-esl-di...
  • splitbrain 9y ago
    yeah, I wish there was an easy DIY way to program those
    • sigstoat 9y ago
      order enough of them and i expect you could get one of the sellers to give you specs. they just use 433MHz; shouldn't be too hard to talk to them once you know what to send.
• oomkiller 9y ago
  I was able to find them here for cheap: http://www.pervasivedisplays.com/products http://www.pervasivedisplays.com/products I have no relation to them, there might be better distributors, and I have not ordered these. They are available via Digikey
• mcphage 9y ago
  Oh, wow! I did not know those were a thing. Given the volume that supermarkets will be buying them, those will get affordable quick.