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Valve open-source the Steam Machine e-ink screen so you can make your own

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Re: Valve open-source the Steam Machine e-ink screen so you can make your own

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Post by whatisthiseven »

dgellow wrote: post #3

In case you're wondering and don't want to click around, the display is a standard Adafruit 5.83'' eInk panel: https://www.adafruit.com/product/6397

Anyone know what the refresh rate for these displays are, at least with the stock firmware? Reading the datasheets didn't help, though maybe I didn't know what to look for.

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Post by haunter »

rbanffy wrote: post #11

Is the Steam Machine a decently priced desktop compared to the "generic" ones?

Wildly depends where you live.

For the same price I can get a prebuilt desktop PC with double the performance (Ryzen 7 5700 + RTX 5060 Ti)

Even if you go mini ITX you can get a better PC with 50% more performance (Ryzen 7 5600x + RTX 5060) https://pcpartpicker.com/forums/topic/498435-diy-45l-steam-m...

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Post by Neywiny »

whatisthiseven wrote: post #21
dgellow wrote: post #3

In case you're wondering and don't want to click around, the display is a standard Adafruit 5.83'' eInk panel: https://www.adafruit.com/product/6397

Anyone know what the refresh rate for these displays are, at least with the stock firmware? Reading the datasheets didn't help, though maybe I didn't know what to look for.

Assume slow

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Post by gunalx »

whatisthiseven wrote: post #21
dgellow wrote: post #3

In case you're wondering and don't want to click around, the display is a standard Adafruit 5.83'' eInk panel: https://www.adafruit.com/product/6397

Anyone know what the refresh rate for these displays are, at least with the stock firmware? Reading the datasheets didn't help, though maybe I didn't know what to look for.

Probable seconds per frame at least.

Re: Valve open-source the Steam Machine e-ink screen so you can make your own

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Post by embedding-shape »

whatisthiseven wrote: post #21
dgellow wrote: post #3

In case you're wondering and don't want to click around, the display is a standard Adafruit 5.83'' eInk panel: https://www.adafruit.com/product/6397

Anyone know what the refresh rate for these displays are, at least with the stock firmware? Reading the datasheets didn't help, though maybe I didn't know what to look for.

Data sheet seems to say (Page 8 -https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/product-files/6397/P6397+C2226...):

> Image update time - 25 ºC - - 4 - sec

I'm guessing you could probably push that somewhat by going beyond the specifications, would wager a guess how far though.

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Post by claudex »

whatisthiseven wrote: post #21
dgellow wrote: post #3

In case you're wondering and don't want to click around, the display is a standard Adafruit 5.83'' eInk panel: https://www.adafruit.com/product/6397

Anyone know what the refresh rate for these displays are, at least with the stock firmware? Reading the datasheets didn't help, though maybe I didn't know what to look for.

The datasheet says 4 seconds for the image update time. However, I didn't found the time for partial refresh.

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Post by delecti »

rbanffy wrote: post #11

Is the Steam Machine a decently priced desktop compared to the "generic" ones?

You can't build a machine which is as powerful, small, quiet, and cheap, nor can you take for granted that a machine you build can have a controller that can wake it from sleep, or which has HDMI-CEC (both are possible, but take extra work or hardware). You can rather easily build a machine with multiple of those attributes, but you'll have to pick ones to sacrifice in the name of the others.

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Post by weberer »

rbanffy wrote: post #11

Is the Steam Machine a decently priced desktop compared to the "generic" ones?

Compared to buying from parts? No.

Compared to an average prebuilt? You can probably find large tower PCs at a lower price, but they'll likely have a low quality motherboard or power supply.

Compared to an average prebuilt that ships with Linux? Absolutely

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