Re:GameBoy on E-Paper ESP32 at 30FPS [video]
by ThrowawayR2 on Sunday October 11, 2026 @01:28PM
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Increasing the refresh rate means much higher power consumption, negating the advantage of an e-ink display requiring zero power when not being refreshed. I've used an e-ink reader with fast refreshing enabled to browse the web and observed that it burned through battery as fast as a tablet with an ordinary illuminated display; at 30 FPS, power consumption would undoubtedly be even worse.
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Re:GameBoy on E-Paper ESP32 at 30FPS [video]
by gblargg on Monday October 12, 2026 @01:09AM
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These techniques seem useful in his original personal organizer project, where the display is static most of the time, it just now updates responsively, Having quick animations more than a couple of frames per second makes a big difference in feel.