Let’s do a cost breakdown associated with building an e-ink laptop. Here I list the retail price of the major components I used, and what I paid for them. I provide as many links as possible and purchase notes for each item. At the end of this post, I outline a budget-friendly version of thisContinue reading “the cost of building an e-ink laptop”
guide: config e-ink screens to use with raspberry pis
Waveshare’s e-ink screens with a HDMI display interface board are as plug and play as you’re going to get with raw panel options. The HDMI boards works well right out of the box with MacOS and Windows systems. However, to get them to work nicely with a Raspberry Pi, some light configuration work needs toContinue reading “guide: config e-ink screens to use with raspberry pis”
i made an e-ink laptop
I call it the Electronic Cabbage. It’s fully functional laptop with a 10.3″ e-ink screen. It’s connected to a Raspberry Pi 4 8GB running Ubuntu 21.10 desktop, with a 60% Cherry MX clear keyboard and a trackpad underneath the wrist rest.
a wish of e-ink monitors
I’ve been obsessed with e-ink since the pandemic hit. It’s been a nice little distraction – the sinking into an in-between space of the analogue and the digital. The idea of an e-ink monitor really sounded like a wonderful idea after months and months of 16 hours day that involved staring in the bright, fiery sunContinue reading “a wish of e-ink monitors”