News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it. Parent comment

Re:A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that dis... by joezydeco on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @04:30PM (#15135737)
How about including fusible links and resistor ladders into the OLED so you essentially "burn" the picture into the display?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that dis... by kurthr on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @05:09PM (#15136064)
Depending on the resolution... and people would find anything less than 300ppi grainy at this point... there's not much room around each sub-pixel. A pitch of 60-80um is typical and there's not room to do anything like a resistor ladder or fuse with TFT transistors (3um min gate length) in that area.

The cost&size of flash and a TCON to play back a moving image is pretty damn low in 55nm from SMIC though. Less than a buck certainly. OLED and battery will be your dominant costs.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that dis... by abhi3188 on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @08:53PM (#15137330)
even currently the LCD and the battery were the most expensive components inside the cartridge
[ Parent | on HN ]