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Re:E Ink Gallery 3 by nicd on Thursday April 28, 2022 @02:52PM (#31196659)
One of my friends works on an e-ink product. My understanding is that one of the major trade secrets are the e-ink waveforms (the sequence of voltages used to print and erase content on the display). They are shared under NDA and baked into product firmware. Apparently the open-source versions are significantly worse.
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Re:E Ink Gallery 3 by userbinator on Thursday April 28, 2022 @09:24PM (#31200286)
Apparently the open-source versions are significantly worse.

Or perhaps that's just what they want you to think...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16140284

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Re:E Ink Gallery 3 by mdp2021 on Thursday April 28, 2022 @03:24PM (#31197043)
> the open-source versions are significantly worse

That can be overcome, especially with sustained collaborative effort.

But the production of the displays, controller software aside, will not be "cheap".

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Re:E Ink Gallery 3 by ratmice on Thursday April 28, 2022 @03:57PM (#31197443)
Hearsay, but I've read in the past that these were tailored specifically to the display, so difficult to actually collaborate since each display is a little different.
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