Cited on HN 3 times, 2021–2023, never outright recommendedscore 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
HN commenters cite it as inspiration for large eInk displays and their own DIY projects.
A short project video in which Greg Raiz turns a 32-inch eInk display into a wireless digital newspaper showing daily front pages. It runs for months on battery, and the code is published on GitHub.
“Some guy created a rotating newspaper frame from it[3]. Looks quite amazing, and it has a 1 year battery life.” (HN, 2021)
Joan’s parent company, Visionect[1], also produces the Place & Play, a 13” or 36” eInk display[2]. Some guy created a rotating newspaper frame from it[3]. Looks quite amazing, and it has a 1 year battery life. [1] [link] [2] [link] [3] blog: [link] and video: [this video] and code: [link]
Rotating newspaper frame built from an eInk display
I really want an 8.5x11 or bigger, very low power e-ink device that I can use as essentially a photo display. I was inspired by this[0], but as I'm not a hardware guy at all, trying to make one is out of my reach. Hopefully this PineNote will become that device sometime. [0] [this video]
Inspired the commenter's wish for a large e-ink photo display
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