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"How I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard" - by Joel Hawksley (hawksley.org)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 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.

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  • [–] 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.

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  • [–] 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.

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