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Interesting! I built a generative art frame based on "{Shan, Shui}" by Lingdong Huang https://dheera.net/projects/einkframe/ https://dheera.net/projects/einkfr

by dheera 5y ago

Interesting! I built a generative art frame based on "{Shan, Shui}" by Lingdong Huang https://dheera.net/projects/einkframe/ https://dheera.net/projects/einkframe/ but also planning to use it for neural-net based generative art. I wasn't planning on putting a NX in it though, I was thinking of just keeping the Pi Zero in there and have it do all computations in "the cloud" or on a Nano/Xavier box sitting elsewhere on the same network. I'm currently working on a 3-panel version of the above: https://imgur.com/a/3IfKpb3 https://imgur.com/a/3IfKpb3 I didn't make my own frame though, I designed the dimensions and had it custom-built by a frame company, which was surprisingly affordable.

tyingq 5y ago
This is more interesting to me as I'd never suspect it was generated art.
- dheera 5y ago
  Yeah that was what I was going for, guests who come would not even know that there are electronics in the frame, and suddenly the art would change every now and then. Requires drilling a fat hole in the wall to send the USB cable down behind the drywall but meh, needing to patch drywall when moving out isn't the end of the world, usually if you chat up the maintainence folk you can get some extra paint of exactly the right color and spackle/paint it yourself.
  - at_a_remove 5y ago
    What would be amusing is gaze detection such that the art would change only when someone wasn't looking for a while, and then maybe only "advance the scroll" an inch or two.
mfi 5y ago
That is amazing!! I actually looked into buying an E-ink screen for this project, but decided not to due to the cost and the lack of compatibility. Was the E-ink screen simple to work with?
- dheera 5y ago
  As long as you get the HAT, yes. I had to desolder the header and solder on a 90-degree header to get my low-profile layout, that was a pain. They weren't able to ship me a HAT without pins soldered :( The documentation is sparse but they do have one C++ demo example and that's pretty much good enough as a reference to do whatever you want. One thing I will caution is to NEVER unplug or plug the display while the board is powered on, I fried one display by doing that, but Waveshare was nice enough to replace it for free one I got a hold of some employee's WeChat.

by dheera 5y ago

tyingq 5y ago

This is more interesting to me as I'd never suspect it was generated art.

dheera 5y ago
Yeah that was what I was going for, guests who come would not even know that there are electronics in the frame, and suddenly the art would change every now and then. Requires drilling a fat hole in the wall to send the USB cable down behind the drywall but meh, needing to patch drywall when moving out isn't the end of the world, usually if you chat up the maintainence folk you can get some extra paint of exactly the right color and spackle/paint it yourself.
- at_a_remove 5y ago
  What would be amusing is gaze detection such that the art would change only when someone wasn't looking for a while, and then maybe only "advance the scroll" an inch or two.

mfi 5y ago

That is amazing!! I actually looked into buying an E-ink screen for this project, but decided not to due to the cost and the lack of compatibility. Was the E-ink screen simple to work with?

dheera 5y ago
As long as you get the HAT, yes. I had to desolder the header and solder on a 90-degree header to get my low-profile layout, that was a pain. They weren't able to ship me a HAT without pins soldered :( The documentation is sparse but they do have one C++ demo example and that's pretty much good enough as a reference to do whatever you want. One thing I will caution is to NEVER unplug or plug the display while the board is powered on, I fried one display by doing that, but Waveshare was nice enough to replace it for free one I got a hold of some employee's WeChat.