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Ha, this is a good write-up on a very interesting topic I’ve been thinking about a lot myself recently. The setup I’ve been thinking of putting together is sim

Ha, this is a good write-up on a very interesting topic I’ve been thinking about a lot myself recently. The setup I’ve been thinking of putting together is similar, except I’ve been wanting to pair an e-ink monitor with something like a Raspberry Pi 400 (https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-400 https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-400) for a kind of deliberately-slow, ultra-low-wattage dev and writing environment. End result would be extremely goofy I imagine, but that’s also part of the reason I want to do it! Anyways, excited to see the rest of your posts on the project :)

alex-a-soto 6y ago
Thank you for your kind words! The Raspberry Pi 400 is a fantastic computer, and I came close to purchasing one and using it for this project. Sadly, the classic style keyboard of a Thinkpad and a trackpoint won. I love your idea for creating "a deliberately-slow, ultra-low-wattage dev and writing environment." Keep me posted on it! It sounds like it would rock!
- abdullahkhalids 6y ago
  Lenovo sells the Thinkpad style external usb keyboard. That could be torn down and connected to the Rpi. That was my idea anyway.
  - reirob 6y ago
    Or one from https://tex.com.tw/ https://tex.com.tw/
AshamedCaptain 6y ago
The RP400 is all but "deliberality slow, ultra low wattage". It is actually faster and consumes more power than some low-end x86 laptops (Celeron, Atom)!
_ph_ 6y ago
The pi-400 seems to be a great match for an eInk display, I would be very interested in any progress you make!
intpx 6y ago
If slow is what you are looking for, there has finally been some movement on building controllers for bog-standard e-ink panels like you find in kindles. Refresh rate is far below the 75hz in this project, but the price is too. my 10 second search didn't find the project notes I had in mind but I'm pretty sure this is the same end result: https://www.waveshare.com/7.8inch-hdmi-e-paper.htm https://www.waveshare.com/7.8inch-hdmi-e-paper.htm

alex-a-soto 6y ago

Thank you for your kind words! The Raspberry Pi 400 is a fantastic computer, and I came close to purchasing one and using it for this project. Sadly, the classic style keyboard of a Thinkpad and a trackpoint won. I love your idea for creating "a deliberately-slow, ultra-low-wattage dev and writing environment." Keep me posted on it! It sounds like it would rock!

abdullahkhalids 6y ago
Lenovo sells the Thinkpad style external usb keyboard. That could be torn down and connected to the Rpi. That was my idea anyway.
- reirob 6y ago
  Or one from https://tex.com.tw/ https://tex.com.tw/

AshamedCaptain 6y ago

The RP400 is all but "deliberality slow, ultra low wattage". It is actually faster and consumes more power than some low-end x86 laptops (Celeron, Atom)!

_ph_ 6y ago

The pi-400 seems to be a great match for an eInk display, I would be very interested in any progress you make!

intpx 6y ago

If slow is what you are looking for, there has finally been some movement on building controllers for bog-standard e-ink panels like you find in kindles. Refresh rate is far below the 75hz in this project, but the price is too. my 10 second search didn't find the project notes I had in mind but I'm pretty sure this is the same end result: https://www.waveshare.com/7.8inch-hdmi-e-paper.htm https://www.waveshare.com/7.8inch-hdmi-e-paper.htm