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by krabizzwainch 1029 days ago
I’m a little disappointed that this doesn’t go into the off the shelf screens from waveshare. That’s where the fun really is for me at least. I wrote an epub reader in Python and built an eReader with a raspberry pi. I guess it’s a little less hacking and more so developing.
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ShadowBanThis01 1029 days ago
Or anywhere, really. This statement: "Grab a reMarkable or Kobo and get hacking" isn't realistic to me. I don't run out and buy current products that cost $300 to "get hacking."

Hacking on a panel scrounged from a discontinued product, or a bare one, sure. But when you're spending multiple hundreds of dollars for a new part, I don't consider that the hacker realm.

Nothing against the author; I've been looking at E-ink for a long time and this page is inspiring. But in the end, the cost turns me away yet again. Also the pitiful refresh rates I've seen...

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II2II 1029 days ago
Look for a second hand device then? I don't know what the situation is like for Remarkable, but Kobo has been around for over a decade and used ones are floating around the second hand market. (The Kobo Touch was introduced over a decade ago and is hackable.) If you're willing to scavange just the screen, there are even more options since you don't have to worry about the device itself being locked down. The drawback with scavenging screens is you have to figure out how to interface to the screen, which is quite the barrier to entry.
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sigil 1029 days ago
Sounds cool! Did you publish code or a writeup somewhere?
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krabizzwainch 1029 days ago
At one point I had a post on reddit about it, but I ended up deleting that. However my post did get scraped by hackster.io so here is the link to their post. https://www.hackster.io/news/diy-e-reader-incorporates-mecha... and here is my github. https://github.com/bwkrayb/37reader

Doing a write up has been a plan of mine for a while now lol I bought a 3d printer to move on from the gutted airpods box and a case has been in a half printed state just waiting for me to design the rest of it. I've run into a creative wall and haven't gotten much further.

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