CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet

Post by tartoran » Sun, Mar 21, 2021, 9:40 PM UTC

isaiahg wrote: post #115

StevePerkins wrote: post #39

Two-hundred bucks is basically "impulse purchase" territory, but I'm nevertheless struggling to see the use case here. If you're into maker projects with Raspberry Pis, then I'm not sure what this does for you. It's a Pi already built into a consumer device. Not seemingly a platform for new maker projects. If you want a tablet with a Linux kernel buried in there somewhere, then there's probably a thousand Android opt…

I have a use for this for sure. I got two 400 models for my 3 and 4 yo and installed all the Linux educational software. Recently I started working on my own educational games for them in C and having something like this I can carry around the house to code on vim while I watch them would be super handy.

Post by c-cube » Sun, Mar 21, 2021, 9:51 PM UTC

solarkraft wrote: post #73

crazygringo wrote: post #47

I love this concept, I just really want one with an e-ink screen instead. I think there's a great niche for "embedded" devices around the home -- weather readout panels, lighting controls, music player, intercom, etc. -- but glowing rectangles mounted to the wall are just too... glowing. E-ink panels is where it's at, and a Raspberry Pi powering it is perfect. Unfortunately, the only real general-purpose e-ink tablet…

A friend & I have a dream of building an E-reader based on the 10" ED097OC4 E-ink display that was built into the Kindle DX and can now be had for around 30€ (old stock?). Most parts of the stack are conceptually figured out: A Pine64 SOPINE module (comparable to the Raspi CM, but cheaper), a Linux DRM driver based on tinydrm ( https://github.com/notro/tinydrm ) or gud ( https://github.com/notro/gud/ ), as panel driv…

Post by baybal2 » Sun, Mar 21, 2021, 10:03 PM UTC

numpad0 wrote: post #102

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It's a big problem to get active matrix monochrome displays these days, let alone reflective ones.

Like the ones used in Chitu Systems SLA resin printers(Elegoo, Anycubic, Creality...)?

Post by sydd » Sun, Mar 21, 2021, 10:16 PM UTC

qwertox wrote: post #120

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Oh my gosh. I've spent hours looking for something like this, and was never able to find one. Unfortunately they're out of stock right now, but I'll be ordering one as soon as I can. Thanks!

I once bought a small E-Paper display [1] for a Raspi, and was very disappointed with the refresh rate, it was useless. I wanted to use it to display room temperature and electrical information like home power consumption, solar panel power generation and stuff like that, and expected a refresh rate of around 1 update per second. Having it blink and do stuff for around 7 seconds just to redraw the next frame made me…

Post by hanniabu » Sun, Mar 21, 2021, 10:22 PM UTC

alisonkisk wrote: post #96

hanniabu wrote: post #88

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I was really hoping this would be a "bring your own pi" solution rather than a build in one. If it were BYOP then it'd be great for portable devices like field readings (hydroponic nutrient readings around the greenhouse, wilderness env readings, etc) or taking retropi gaming on the go. I feel like having it built in dampens that portability aspect, especially since RPIs are often reused for various projects.

There are exist laptop shells for your pi