DIY E-Reader Folds Open Like A Book (Diptyx)

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• FreeBeard@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Looks really nice. How much do you want for one? Surely not more than twice as much as the competition needs. /s

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  • RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’ll wait until they make one with 300 screens I can flip like a book.

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    • errer@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And each screen has infinite battery life! Oh and each is as flexible and light as I dunno, a sheet of paper maybe!

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• natecox@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Did I miss something? Title is “DIY” but it looks like a sales page?

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  • tidderuuf@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Welcome to modern astroturfing in the social media age.

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  • mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There is a build page on the github for the device.

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• solrize@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  pair of 648×480 e-paper displays

  Um lol no. I could see using a pair of Inkplate 10’s connected by (at least metaphorical)) duct tape. Doesn’t seem worth mucking with special hardware.

  Every affordable e-reader I know of is simply too small though. I mostly want to read stuff like ArXiV preprints (A4 sized pdf’s) so would want at least a 13" screen. Someone a few days ago posted a link to a 14" Android tablet with a semi-reflective display at around $300. It seemed interesting but I’d rather degoogle.

  There are some hinged Waveshare displays that look nice but they are regular TFT displays so wouldn’t be great for a portable e-reader with long battery time.

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  • mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I hope you get what you want. Me I want something I could put in my pocket.

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    • Jason2357@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The small kobo kinda fits in a jean pocket, easily in cargo shorts or inside jacket pocket. Only comfortable for reading novels though. I prefer a little bigger even if it isnt pocket size.

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    • solrize@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Oh hmm, I just use my phone for that. It doesn’t seem worth having an additional, limited purpose device. I assume a 7" e-reader is too big for a pocket.

      The Inkplate 10 isn’t pocketable but it’s very light, easy to put in your backpack or whatever. I just wish they had a 13" version. The 13" Ipad Air is really very nice if you don’t mind Apple products.

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  • ChilledPeppers@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Give PineTab a look. Pine64 makes open source hardware that is pretty cool.

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    • solrize@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This? pine64.org/devices/pinetab/

      It’s just 10" and looks like an old design. Micro USB, oops. The Inkplate is 10" ESP32 epaper so it uses very little power. Alternatively there are tablet-style x86 laptops and I almost bought one last year. Now the price is way up due to DRAM shortages and so on, oops. I have some scrounged HDMI monitors so I want to try using one in portrait mode with my raspberry pi 400. If that works I could see getting one of the Waveshare dual screen monitors and maybe a Pi 500+.

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  • Jason2357@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    EInk gets expensive fast as the size gets bigger. At 10” its hard not to just use an lcd and bigger battery.

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