 | Modos - General | 118 Members |
| 14 Servers |
| Modos - General | 118 Members |
| 14 Servers |
| Sender | Message | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Mar 2024 | ||
 Szybet | There is a reason modos needs 50k people to sign up | 20:11:25 |
| Szybet | So the only option for you or any small project are used screens | 20:11:43 |
| Szybet | Or used in other devices screens | 20:11:50 |
| Szybet | Touchscreen is a big problem too, most eink panel dont have it | 20:12:25 |
 Ross Rochford | I see, thank you for explaining. I have found a screen that suits my needs on eink.com. It costs $700 with the driver board, much more than I'd like to spend but it's an option for the sake of the project | 20:28:09 |
| Ross Rochford | For context. My focus is on making a low weight device. I have a few ideas to make something substantially lighter than a typical laptop. E-ink is one piece of this. | 20:29:55 |
| Szybet | Thats 7 ereaders from kobo 🫠 | 20:30:00 |
| Ross Rochford | Yeah. But I'd be making a one-off device | 20:30:43 |
| Ross Rochford | I don't have the electronics experience to repurpose the screen from another device. | 20:32:35 |
| Ross Rochford | I hope you find a supplier to work with. Maybe you could partner with Pine64. Their e-ink tablet seems sold out, I'm guessing they have the same supply problem | 20:37:35 |
| Ross Rochford | Are there any general guides on repurposing e-ink displays from kobos and kindles etc? I guess what you want are the model/part numbers so you can then find the necessary datasheets and wiring diagrams. | 20:50:42 |
| Szybet | In reply to @al:alistair23.me. | 20:51:33 |
| Szybet | In reply to @ross_digi:matrix.orgDo you consider repurpusing an entire ereader for this? | 20:52:44 |
| Ross Rochford | Well, if I can get the screen by itself I'd do that instead | 20:53:26 |
| Ross Rochford | Awesome, thanks, this guide is a good start | 20:53:49 |
| Ross Rochford | I'm looking for a 10" display that refreshes quickly enough to be used for productivity. But I don't need touch | 20:54:45 |
| Szybet | Well
Would make you a very easy eink screen. You could make it hotpluggable and have an detachable ereader and hide the laptop in the keyboard itself | 20:57:44 |
| Szybet | * Well This https://github.com/Szybet/niAudio/tree/main/keyboard \+ this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRqquXvsR1Q&t=6 Would make you a very easy eink screen. You could make it hotpluggable and have an detachable ereader and hide the laptop in the keyboard itself | 20:58:05 |
| Szybet | There are kobo devices that are 10" | 20:58:33 |
 alex-soto | In reply to @ross_digi:matrix.orgAlthough not a solution for you right now but our display controller does work with 10” inch e-ink screens, so hopefully when we make the boards available that could be an option. | 21:03:58 |
| Ross Rochford | Ok great | 21:06:01 |
| Ross Rochford | In reply to @szybet:matrix.org Cool! My problem would be weight. I'm only interested if I can make something stupidly light. I've seen some conflicting weights on eink.com vs waveshare.com. I'm just doing back-of-the-envelope calculations on weight to see if it makes sense | 21:09:49 |
| alex-soto | I’m commuting but I’ll take a look at the video when I get to the office. I think depending on the panel you choose it can be light. | 21:11:26 |
| alex-soto | Also, hoping to make a blog post , from FOSDEM reflections but if anyone is in the Boston/Cambridge area and wants to check out our Paper Monitor feel free to reach out , alex@modos.tech | 21:12:58 |
| alex-soto | Going to start having open office hours for any questions or for people to check out prototype | 21:13:36 |
| Ross Rochford | In reply to @alex-a-soto:matrix.orgEink.com lists a 10" panel that is 80 grams and another one that's apparently 32 grams (?!). But on waveshare I see 10" panels are 300 grams, which doesn't sound right either. | 21:14:25 |
| 6 Mar 2024 | ||
| Szybet | is modos thinking of creating an open source ereader? | 18:11:13 |
| alex-soto | In reply to @szybet:matrix.orgNot at the moment. We’re primarily focused on our display controller and monitor. We’ve had some early conversations about possibly exploring a tablet-like device that could function as an ereader, but nothing officially planned yet. | 18:14:14 |
| Szybet | Hmm okay. Looking through your repos I concluded that we at inkbox, https://github.com/Kobo-InkBox/inkbox better stick to the software side... 😉 | 18:15:38 |
| alex-soto | Oh, Inkbox looks great! Thank you for sharing. I’m going to dig deeper and try it out. Will also share it out with Michael. Yeah, we recently applied for a second NLnet grant to focus on software still waiting to hear back. | 18:19:39 |