Show HN: E-Paper 7-color display showing the current weather

Re:Show HN: E-Paper 7-color display showing the current weather by butchlugrod on Friday June 07, 2024 @10:56AM (#40609333)

I use the Inkplate 6Color for some similar projects. Built-in ESP32 controller, so no Pi required. Can be fully battery-powered, so if you make intelligent use of the deep-sleep/wake schedule, you can stretch that battery charge for a couple of weeks. My favorite one is a red "On Air" sign that hangs on my office door (used for meetings and recordings.) I just trigger a shortcut on my Mac and it automagically updates my status and mutes my devices. They have example open source projects for weather displays, news, Google Calendars...

https://soldered.com/product/inkplate-6color-color-e-paper-b...

Cheap e-ink projects are super fun and useful.

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Re:Show HN: E-Paper 7-color display showing the current weather by blixt on Friday June 07, 2024 @11:07AM (#40609423)

Nice, super clever use of it! Yeah it's super fun and makes me want to put these screens all over my house.

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Re:Show HN: E-Paper 7-color display showing the current weather by localfirst on Friday June 07, 2024 @02:57PM (#40611747)

holy crap! this hits all the checkpoints

edit: shocked at the prices!

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Re:Show HN: E-Paper 7-color display showing the current weather by declan_roberts on Friday June 07, 2024 @03:46PM (#40612221)

All of the cool e-ink projects I want to do fall apart when I'm reminded of the cost of e-ink panels.

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Re:Show HN: E-Paper 7-color display showing the current weather by Loughla on Friday June 07, 2024 @10:23PM (#40614805)

What was the name of the eink computer that was on here last week? I can't find it back for the life of me. I desperately want a flat white display for work. Reading technical grant proposals on a regular screen is killing my eyes.

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Re:Show HN: E-Paper 7-color display showing the current weather by computerfriend on Saturday June 08, 2024 @12:15AM (#40615240)

Maybe https://daylightcomputer.com/? There are also monitors such as https://shop.dasung.com/products/dasung-25-3-curved-e-ink-mo....

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Re:Show HN: E-Paper 7-color display showing the current weather by Qwertious on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @10:17AM (#40718154)

Modos laptop?

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Re:Show HN: E-Paper 7-color display showing the current weather by roygbiv2 on Saturday June 08, 2024 @12:13AM (#40615226)

Yeah I keep checking the prices of them to see if they come down but nope. Meanwhile you can get a touch tft 3.5" for like a dollar.

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Re:Show HN: E-Paper 7-color display showing the current weather by megablast on Friday June 07, 2024 @10:47PM (#40614897)

He said it is cheap, so don't worry about the ridiculous price.

Meanwhile you can get an esp32 + 2.8" tft screen + sd card for $15.

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Re:Show HN: E-Paper 7-color display showing the current weather by yshui on Friday June 07, 2024 @09:10PM (#40614498)

I have a similar project too! I have an e-ink display connected to a Pi Zero that shows just a "Yes" or "No" telling me if it's going to rain outside in the next three hours. (On a second thought, maybe I don't need a 7 color display...)

My display is this one: https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/inky-impression-7-3?varia... which seems to be cheaper.

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