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If you’ve got a busy schedule, then it’s all too easy to become overwhelmed. This is why they want to interest you in something that is not assembled into a fi

If you’ve got a busy schedule, then it’s all too easy to become overwhelmed. This is why they want to interest you in something that is not assembled into a finished product, but presented as a bunch of PCBs, and relies on a custom self-hosted Python server for which one can "always choose to add different sources by editing the Python code on the server".

brokensegue 2y ago
It does come fully assembled?
- extra88 2y ago
  All the electronic components are surface mounted to the PCB but that doesn't make it a finished product. They've made the PCB about as nice-looking as one can but most people still wouldn't want it that way; the raw buttons on the front in particular are not a good look or feel. There's no stand and the only mounting solution provided is a hole in the board. Power appears to be through the Pico's USB port on the side.
  - rv3392 2y ago
    The expectation is that anyone looking at Pimoroni products will probably just 3D-print (or produce in some other way) a case. They're not trying to sell this as a finished product.
    - extra88 2y ago
      Sure, I was just elaborating on why "fully assembled" does not mean "finished product" to most people.
NoboruWataya 2y ago
For many people, assembling things like this is a hobby, and spending time on hobbies is actually quite important to avoid becoming overwhelmed by a busy schedule.
rv3392 2y ago
That's the point though? They're trying to show off the functionality of the display/board to interest you in using it for a side project (might not even be a calendar). Pimoroni's entire target market is hobbyists, educators and people who want to do bespoke things with electronics. They're not interested in buying finished products because they either enjoy working on projects or it would be too limiting for their needs or both. If you just want a finished product buy one of the other countless e-ink calendar displays that exist.

brokensegue 2y ago

It does come fully assembled?

extra88 2y ago
All the electronic components are surface mounted to the PCB but that doesn't make it a finished product. They've made the PCB about as nice-looking as one can but most people still wouldn't want it that way; the raw buttons on the front in particular are not a good look or feel. There's no stand and the only mounting solution provided is a hole in the board. Power appears to be through the Pico's USB port on the side.
- rv3392 2y ago
  The expectation is that anyone looking at Pimoroni products will probably just 3D-print (or produce in some other way) a case. They're not trying to sell this as a finished product.
  - extra88 2y ago
    Sure, I was just elaborating on why "fully assembled" does not mean "finished product" to most people.

NoboruWataya 2y ago

For many people, assembling things like this is a hobby, and spending time on hobbies is actually quite important to avoid becoming overwhelmed by a busy schedule.

rv3392 2y ago

That's the point though? They're trying to show off the functionality of the display/board to interest you in using it for a side project (might not even be a calendar). Pimoroni's entire target market is hobbyists, educators and people who want to do bespoke things with electronics. They're not interested in buying finished products because they either enjoy working on projects or it would be too limiting for their needs or both. If you just want a finished product buy one of the other countless e-ink calendar displays that exist.