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by alex-a-soto 1y ago
Yeah, to get a 24" e-ink monitor anywhere near that price, we’d need much higher production volumes. Right now, it just isn’t mass-produced enough to bring costs down to the sub-$500 range.
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Show HN: From Hacking a T480 to the Fastest Open-Hardware 75 Hz E-Ink Display(crowdsupply.com)
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by alex-a-soto 1y ago
Hi! Thanks for backing us! We made an effort to attend conferences to share the work we’ve been doing. Our repository also has a lot of information https://github.com/Modos-Labs/Glider We’re working on enclosures, thou
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Show HN: Modos Developer Kit Live on Crowd Supply(crowdsupply.com)
11 points by alex-a-soto 1y ago|2 comments
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Build your own EMR Tablet from scratch [video](youtube.com)
1 points by alex-a-soto 2y ago|0 comments
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by alex-a-soto 2y ago
When our campaign goes live, we'll share a variety of pricing tiers to suit different budgets.
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by alex-a-soto 2y ago
Thank you for the recommendations! We'll look into them.
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by alex-a-soto 2y ago
You know that's not a bad idea... We could use FreeDOS :)
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by alex-a-soto 3y ago
dredmorbius! Thank you! I'd love to chat over email. I enjoyed reading your post sometime ago about 'E Ink Design Principles'.
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by alex-a-soto 3y ago
This is amazing; thank you for the suggestion! I've thought turn-based games could work for e-ink, like correspondence chess or other play-by-mail type games.
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by alex-a-soto 3y ago
Thank you! The number of times I've had to type 'Electrophoretic Display Controller,' >_< I have nightmares about it. But that's a good suggestion, possibly having a page that details how E Ink works and include th
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by alex-a-soto 3y ago
My apologies. We are still figuring that out. I'll update the website with more details when we get there.
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by alex-a-soto 3y ago
Hopefully, someday, once we complete our EPDC, I plan to contact the PINE64 community and MNT Reform to see if they would be interested in incorporating it into their devices.
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by alex-a-soto 3y ago
A lot of the people I've spoken to who are interested in E Ink due to having a physical condition that makes it so they can't use a monitor for extended periods. I've also had people report that they experience challenges foc
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by alex-a-soto 3y ago
From personal experience, carrying around a portable E-Ink monitor, plugging in the cables, and the initial set-up gets tiring. Some tablets are a better choice, but they mainly use Android, which may or may not work for someone, depending
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by alex-a-soto 3y ago
Yes, I and others have considered a more retro feel for the user interface. I mainly want a Symbolics Genera-like interface :)
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by alex-a-soto 3y ago
Electrophoretic Display Controller. Yes, that is correct. It's one of the methods used. Wenting goes into more detail in 'Basics of driving E-paper displays': https://hackaday.io/project/11537-nekocal-an-
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by alex-a-soto 3y ago
No, the high price of an e-ink device is not due to patents; it has more to do with market size, need, constraints of the device, suitable use cases, and many other socio-economic factors that come into play. With that said, we hope to offe
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by alex-a-soto 3y ago
https://www.wentingzhang.com/
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by alex-a-soto 3y ago
Thank you for your kind words. Wenting has led the development of the EPDC. https://twitter.com/zephray_wenting
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by alex-a-soto 3y ago
Thank you. We have a long way to go, and what's exciting is the idea of creating native e-ink applications.
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by alex-a-soto 3y ago
We plan to complete our EPDC by early next year and we'll work on the documentation.
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by alex-a-soto 3y ago
For now we are using ED133UT2.
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by alex-a-soto 4y ago
Yes, this was for our prototype and not the actual chassis. We have had conversations about building additional T41 prototypes for the pilot program and or selling them. It's something we will revisit in the future.
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by alex-a-soto 4y ago
Thank you for the feedback. When we started working on this project, the frame.work was not available, or it's mainboard; we are exploring this approach as a possibility.
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by alex-a-soto 4y ago
Thank you! There are challenges at every step in the process. Some of these challenges are discussed in this blog post: https://alexsoto.dev/challenges-building-an-open-source-eink... Since that blog post, we are exploring
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by alex-a-soto 4y ago
You are correct; an Android-based e-reader with a simple stand Bluetooth keyboard could work. I have used a Remarkable and Dasung Not-ereader for this purpose. I believe creating an e-ink device is, in many ways, a new category of devices t
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by alex-a-soto 4y ago
Thank you for your kind words, it means a lot; I and others share your desire to use a laptop with an e-ink display and we are working it.
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by alex-a-soto 4y ago
Yes, I agree, and that is a good comparison, and a lot to learn from that era of computing. One of the areas we are exploring is building native e-ink applications.
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by alex-a-soto 4y ago
As an owner of multiple Thinkpads and a fan of the classic IBM keyboards, I hear you loud and clear.

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