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Does anyone know of any projects to hack together an external E-ink display for reading documents? I will honestly print PDFs out to read them sometimes, and I

Does anyone know of any projects to hack together an external E-ink display for reading documents? I will honestly print PDFs out to read them sometimes, and I would love to be able to drag big legal documents onto an e-ink screen to read. But I don't need a whole new monitor, and this Philips display seems way expensive relative to the cost of the individual e-ink panel. Edit: Thank you, everyone, for the recommendations - for the fun of the project I might give this a try, but I guess I can also see why this hasn't become popular yet. For the money I can print out a lot of PDFs...and take a color highlighter to them.

ascagnel_ 3y ago
I jerry-rigged something similar: - Android e-Ink tablet - Vise-grip style holder that connects to a VESA mount - Two-arm VESA monitor stand, with my main monitor on the other arm It's not quite as smooth as I'd like, but it works.
criddell 3y ago
It's not a project, but large e-ink tablets designed for PDF use exist. Fujitsu Quaderno A4 ($650) is good. Sony had one as well, but they've discontinued it and as a result prices have gone up a lot.
justsomehnguy 3y ago
Android E-ink tablet A stand what would be comfortable for you to place the tablet when you don't use it WiFi Syncthing So you just print to PDF to the Syncthing folder, it syncs new files to the tablet, you pick the tablet and read the documents. When you are done you just put it back on the stand. Bonus points if you find a wireless charging solution for this.
- hosh 3y ago
  Printing to an eink tablet — that’s intuitive! I bet someone can even make it into a thing and market it as “smart paper”.
Guest9081239812 3y ago
Waveshare has some HDMI displays. They still look overpriced and small though, so I don't consider them great solutions. https://www.waveshare.com/eink-disp.htm https://www.waveshare.com/eink-disp.htm

ascagnel_ 3y ago

I jerry-rigged something similar: - Android e-Ink tablet - Vise-grip style holder that connects to a VESA mount - Two-arm VESA monitor stand, with my main monitor on the other arm It's not quite as smooth as I'd like, but it works.

criddell 3y ago

It's not a project, but large e-ink tablets designed for PDF use exist. Fujitsu Quaderno A4 ($650) is good. Sony had one as well, but they've discontinued it and as a result prices have gone up a lot.

justsomehnguy 3y ago

Android E-ink tablet A stand what would be comfortable for you to place the tablet when you don't use it WiFi Syncthing So you just print to PDF to the Syncthing folder, it syncs new files to the tablet, you pick the tablet and read the documents. When you are done you just put it back on the stand. Bonus points if you find a wireless charging solution for this.

hosh 3y ago
Printing to an eink tablet — that’s intuitive! I bet someone can even make it into a thing and market it as “smart paper”.

Guest9081239812 3y ago

Waveshare has some HDMI displays. They still look overpriced and small though, so I don't consider them great solutions. https://www.waveshare.com/eink-disp.htm https://www.waveshare.com/eink-disp.htm