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I've been working on an e-ink laptop. I wanted a machine I could stare hours at and feel okay about it. I didn't seem to find a device like that out there. I'm
by catchmeifyoucan 1y ago
I've been working on an e-ink laptop. I wanted a machine I could stare hours at and feel okay about it. I didn't seem to find a device like that out there.
I'm designing everything from the chassis to the software OS. E-ink has its own design constraints. I'm building 5 apps for it: a browser, reader, mail, writer and code editor. It's still a ways to go. Here's a picture of what I have so far:
https://www.heyraviteja.com/kitiki.png https://www.heyraviteja.com/kitiki.png
- 999900000999 1y agoDepending on what your goals are just adding a Bluetooth keyboard to an Android E Reader gets you 90% of the way there. https://shop.boox.com/products/go103 https://shop.boox.com/products/go103 I dabbled in hardware and I quickly found you need millions to do anything. However, this definitely is a market waiting for a product. I’d lean towards looking if you can add a custom screen to the framework laptop. That’ll be much cheaper to build and easier. I reckon you’d only need a custom Linux driver for the screen.
- 3abiton 1y agoMy main gripe with boox is their closed source bloated firmware and no ability to unlock the bootloader.
- catchmeifyoucan 1y agoThanks for sharing! Agree, building hardware hasn't been the easiest thing. Interesting, I like the idea of a custom screen on the Framework. I'm sure that may come with its own challenges as well :)
- cheschire 1y agohey maybe the kid that made the anyon_e would be inspiring for you! Here's a couple related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fks3PBodyiE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fks3PBodyiE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0sLQvuLwxQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0sLQvuLwxQ
- catchmeifyoucan 1y agoHuge inspiration! I loved the anyon_e videos. He DIY'ed the laptop and made it look really nice.
- nalinidash 1y agoThe site is unreachable for me