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I want to hook up a small e ink screen to a pi and use it with my mechanical keyboard as a modern typewriter of sorts but the prices on eink are so prohibitive
by wyre 5y ago
I want to hook up a small e ink screen to a pi and use it with my mechanical keyboard as a modern typewriter of sorts but the prices on eink are so prohibitive it doesn’t seem worth it.
- JohnTHaller 5y agoThe response time is what makes devices like this kinda annoying.
- dredmorbius 5y agoFor text-based interaction, current-generation E-ink is more than suficient. Source: Own an Onyx BOOX Max Lumi and use it in this mode frequently.
- reginaldo 5y agoDo you say that from experience? I have both a Dasung Paperwhite monitor and a fairly hacked reMarkable 1 that I use for that purpose. Both work well for typing, as long as you type in a way that full refreshes are the exception, not the norm.
- zimpenfish 5y agohttps://shop.pimoroni.com/products/inkplate-6 https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/inkplate-6 (800x600) seems ok for £99 (~$135) although it has its own embedded processor. Or you can get the slightly lower res https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/inky-impression-4 https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/inky-impression-4 (640x400) with colour for £48 (~$65)
- wyre 5y ago£99 for a 800x600 monitor is exactly what I mean when I say eink is price prohibitive and not worth it.
- wasmitnetzen 5y agoI have an Inkplate 10. I like it, but it's not a regular monitor, it doesn't have any standard ports like HDMI. Displaying an image from the SD card takes multiple seconds.