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You can make smaller ones for much much less. I’ll post pics of mine a bit later but waveshare 7.5” display in a photo frame and almost any ESP32 dev board and

by lakid 7mo ago

You can make smaller ones for much much less. I’ll post pics of mine a bit later but waveshare 7.5” display in a photo frame and almost any ESP32 dev board and you are set for less than $100 (along with suitable HomeAssistant and ESPhome infrastructure to support it). The original article is a very slick bit of work, so well done

fenykep 7mo ago
The article also mentions using jailbroken kindles which I assume should be the cheapest way to get a decent sized epaper screen with builtin connectivity. edit: https://github.com/sibbl/hass-lovelace-kindle-screensaver https://github.com/sibbl/hass-lovelace-kindle-screensaver
- scary-size 7mo ago
  Yep, it’s super cheap. I wrote about mine here:: https://franz.hamburg/writing/kindling-e-ink-dashboard.html https://franz.hamburg/writing/kindling-e-ink-dashboard.html
Jyaif 7mo ago
You can also buy some for less than $100. I can vouch for the reTerminal: the build quality is excellent, and they come with a battery, sd card reader, and some sensors: https://www.seeedstudio.com/reTerminal-E1001-p-6534.html https://www.seeedstudio.com/reTerminal-E1001-p-6534.html
- boneitis 7mo ago
  Gonna piggyback here to second this and chime in to say I went with the BYOD screen linked within your link for $49 (SKU 104991005). It's definitely more barebones and probably not even as cost-effective if you're still planning on buying the "lifetime" TRMNL API access. I don't have easy access to a 3d printer, so I just have mine sitting on an extra phone stand I had lying around that can be had for a few bucks from Amazon. I couldn't be happier with it and am thoroughly enjoying my complacent, lazy solution :)
  - IanCal 7mo ago
    FWIW you need to pay for the trmnl key ($50) to use your own device with their servers, but if you run a server yourself you don’t need to pay. I’m very tempted, a lot lower resolution than a kindle but it’d be pretty cool.
    - boneitis 7mo ago
      i could have been clearer about that. but yeah, even for what i paid, i was happy to immediately be off to the races designing the couple panels within their web portal and having something functional and useful to me without any real friction from having to figure things out. moving on to the self-hosting side is probably now backburnered indefinitely, even if i do have some grander ideas in the longer term. unfortunately, i'd need more than a weekend project's timeframe to bring them to fruition.
    - ryanckulp 7mo ago
      you can point a higher def Kindle to TMRNL, either our closed source web app or free to an open source server. https://github.com/usetrmnl/trmnl-kindle https://github.com/usetrmnl/trmnl-kindle https://github.com/usetrmnl/trmnl-koreader https://github.com/usetrmnl/trmnl-koreader

by lakid 7mo ago

fenykep 7mo ago

The article also mentions using jailbroken kindles which I assume should be the cheapest way to get a decent sized epaper screen with builtin connectivity. edit: https://github.com/sibbl/hass-lovelace-kindle-screensaver https://github.com/sibbl/hass-lovelace-kindle-screensaver

scary-size 7mo ago
Yep, it’s super cheap. I wrote about mine here:: https://franz.hamburg/writing/kindling-e-ink-dashboard.html https://franz.hamburg/writing/kindling-e-ink-dashboard.html

Jyaif 7mo ago

You can also buy some for less than $100. I can vouch for the reTerminal: the build quality is excellent, and they come with a battery, sd card reader, and some sensors: https://www.seeedstudio.com/reTerminal-E1001-p-6534.html https://www.seeedstudio.com/reTerminal-E1001-p-6534.html

boneitis 7mo ago
Gonna piggyback here to second this and chime in to say I went with the BYOD screen linked within your link for $49 (SKU 104991005). It's definitely more barebones and probably not even as cost-effective if you're still planning on buying the "lifetime" TRMNL API access. I don't have easy access to a 3d printer, so I just have mine sitting on an extra phone stand I had lying around that can be had for a few bucks from Amazon. I couldn't be happier with it and am thoroughly enjoying my complacent, lazy solution :)
- IanCal 7mo ago
  FWIW you need to pay for the trmnl key ($50) to use your own device with their servers, but if you run a server yourself you don’t need to pay. I’m very tempted, a lot lower resolution than a kindle but it’d be pretty cool.
  - boneitis 7mo ago
    i could have been clearer about that. but yeah, even for what i paid, i was happy to immediately be off to the races designing the couple panels within their web portal and having something functional and useful to me without any real friction from having to figure things out. moving on to the self-hosting side is probably now backburnered indefinitely, even if i do have some grander ideas in the longer term. unfortunately, i'd need more than a weekend project's timeframe to bring them to fruition.
  - ryanckulp 7mo ago
    you can point a higher def Kindle to TMRNL, either our closed source web app or free to an open source server. https://github.com/usetrmnl/trmnl-kindle https://github.com/usetrmnl/trmnl-kindle https://github.com/usetrmnl/trmnl-koreader https://github.com/usetrmnl/trmnl-koreader