▲ 163 ▼ "How I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard" - by Joel Hawksley (hawksley.org) submitted 8 months ago by lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 22 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 60 points 8 months ago (10 children) That 32" display is priced as "ask for a quote", lol. permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago (5 children) It's something like $2k. Pretty insane for a project like this. You can just get the actual e-ink panels pretty cheap, but then you need to build a driver for it. Not simple. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 8 months ago (2 children) Yeah, I know how crazy expensive e-ink is, so I was curious what this dude paid. Dropping 2k on this means you have a lot of cash lying around. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vinnymac@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) The pain I felt when I cracked my 12” display still echoes in my mind. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago Oof. That hurts just hearing about it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Windex007@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago* (1 child) I like the project, but it seems like as soon as buddy got access to real-time e-ink he just never looked back. As well, I get the UI appeal of negative space, but my god it costs a fortune in e-ink. As everyone is noting here, this project shows a pattern of "money is no object" in every decision made. That doesn't mean it has to be, though. My gut tells me you could slash the cost in (at least) half while retaining like 90% of the utility. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago Yeah, I just think this is an insane spend for most people. I much more affordable option, though smaller, are these TRMNL displays: https://trmnl.com/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] lefixxx@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (2 children) This is what I dislike about yhese types of dashboard projects. The eink is too costly permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] swicano@programming.dev 9 points 8 months ago The way eink display prices scale is insane. You can get a 13 inch one for like 200, but any bigger than that it skyrockets. Must be that they still struggle to get good display yields across that large of an area, defect rates or something. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org 4 points 8 months ago but its nice ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ permalink fedilink source parent [–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago It's so grey. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago (5 children) It's something like $2k. Pretty insane for a project like this. You can just get the actual e-ink panels pretty cheap, but then you need to build a driver for it. Not simple. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 8 months ago (2 children) Yeah, I know how crazy expensive e-ink is, so I was curious what this dude paid. Dropping 2k on this means you have a lot of cash lying around. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vinnymac@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) The pain I felt when I cracked my 12” display still echoes in my mind. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago Oof. That hurts just hearing about it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Windex007@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago* (1 child) I like the project, but it seems like as soon as buddy got access to real-time e-ink he just never looked back. As well, I get the UI appeal of negative space, but my god it costs a fortune in e-ink. As everyone is noting here, this project shows a pattern of "money is no object" in every decision made. That doesn't mean it has to be, though. My gut tells me you could slash the cost in (at least) half while retaining like 90% of the utility. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago Yeah, I just think this is an insane spend for most people. I much more affordable option, though smaller, are these TRMNL displays: https://trmnl.com/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 8 months ago (2 children) Yeah, I know how crazy expensive e-ink is, so I was curious what this dude paid. Dropping 2k on this means you have a lot of cash lying around. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vinnymac@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) The pain I felt when I cracked my 12” display still echoes in my mind. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago Oof. That hurts just hearing about it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vinnymac@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) The pain I felt when I cracked my 12” display still echoes in my mind. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago Oof. That hurts just hearing about it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago Oof. That hurts just hearing about it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago* (1 child) I like the project, but it seems like as soon as buddy got access to real-time e-ink he just never looked back. As well, I get the UI appeal of negative space, but my god it costs a fortune in e-ink. As everyone is noting here, this project shows a pattern of "money is no object" in every decision made. That doesn't mean it has to be, though. My gut tells me you could slash the cost in (at least) half while retaining like 90% of the utility. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago Yeah, I just think this is an insane spend for most people. I much more affordable option, though smaller, are these TRMNL displays: https://trmnl.com/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago Yeah, I just think this is an insane spend for most people. I much more affordable option, though smaller, are these TRMNL displays: https://trmnl.com/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lefixxx@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (2 children) This is what I dislike about yhese types of dashboard projects. The eink is too costly permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] swicano@programming.dev 9 points 8 months ago The way eink display prices scale is insane. You can get a 13 inch one for like 200, but any bigger than that it skyrockets. Must be that they still struggle to get good display yields across that large of an area, defect rates or something. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org 4 points 8 months ago but its nice ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] swicano@programming.dev 9 points 8 months ago The way eink display prices scale is insane. You can get a 13 inch one for like 200, but any bigger than that it skyrockets. Must be that they still struggle to get good display yields across that large of an area, defect rates or something. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org 4 points 8 months ago but its nice ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ permalink fedilink source parent