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I’m always surprised how much people seem to want to constantly know the weather.
This is super cool, and I wish something like this existed at my place, as it enables information sharing without the need for phones/actual screens that shine in your face when the lights are low or tempt you to doomscroll. That said, the large primary display this uses is $2000. That's very hard to justify for any "normal" household, and that's without any mounts, backend, services etc.
You can make smaller ones for much much less. I’ll post pics of mine a bit later but waveshare 7.5” display in a photo frame and almost any ESP32 dev board and you are set for less than $100 (along with suitable HomeAssistant and ESPhome infrastructure to support it). The original article is a very slick bit of work, so well done
edit: https://github.com/sibbl/hass-lovelace-kindle-screensaver
I’m always surprised how much people seem to want to constantly know the weather.
It's strange that pretty much every weather widget assumes you want to know the current weather conditions and not the forecast.
I’m always surprised how much people seem to want to constantly know the weather.
Well, it's cool, but the usability of it all is below average.
Declutter your life and don't install any more screens in your home ;)
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You can make smaller ones for much much less. I’ll post pics of mine a bit later but waveshare 7.5” display in a photo frame and almost any ESP32 dev board and you are set for less than $100 (along with suitable HomeAssistant and ESPhome infrastructure to support it). The original article is a very slick bit of work, so well done
The article also mentions using jailbroken kindles which I assume should be the cheapest way to get a decent sized epaper screen with builtin connectivity. edit: https://github.com/sibbl/hass-lovelace-kindle-screensaver
I'm actively looking for someone who wants to create B2C devices like this for an app that I built. Email in my profile!
For example the washing machine. You dont need real time information because you know how long it takes since you've done it 1000s of times and it beeps. All these things are just managed in our heads subconsciously.
I’m always surprised how much people seem to want to constantly know the weather.