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The Invisible Screen – An E-Paper Smart Display

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Re: The Invisible Screen – An E-Paper Smart Display

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Post by MPSimmons »

omoikane wrote: post #44
speps wrote: post #2

Pictures are deceitful, screen is only 7.5", fair price I'm not sure, no details on SDK.

> no details on SDK. The "develop your own content" link on the top page links to: https://www.invisible-computers.com/invisible-calendar/image... I guess being able to display custom images is a plus, but I am not sure I would call that a SDK.

In some ways, it's actually way less limiting than any other SDK. You can directly control every pixel it displays, which is pretty freeing. I like that idea a lot, but I don't like that it's proxied through their server :-(

Re: The Invisible Screen – An E-Paper Smart Display

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Post by konschubert »

MPSimmons wrote: post #50
konschubert wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Creator here. That's exactly what happened.

Hi Creator! Nice looking product! Is it necessary to have the content proxied through your API server? If the company doesn't work out, it would be a shame to have this device stop working, even though it's fully capable of reaching the internal URL I would be hosting my content on. Could that be changed?

Yes, that could be changed, but it's a bit of a hassle to implement with the bluetooth and and storing state on an embedded device. So I haven't implemented it yet and I can't promise if and when it's coming.

If I am not hit by a metaphoric truck, I give my best to make sure not to disappoint my customers. My plan is to keep the backend running for 10 years after I sell the last display.

But of course that's just a plan und I understand that you may not like the odds. That's totally reasonable.

Re: The Invisible Screen – An E-Paper Smart Display

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Post by Aerbil313 »

konschubert wrote: post #30
n8cpdx wrote: post #7

I don’t really understand how it is still trendy to pretend that everyone uses Google for email and calendar. I get that the SF crowd was all about it, but if the last few years have taught us anything it is that there’s more to the techie world than VC free money startups. I reckon there are far more people who need this and who might buy this who are using Outlook/Office 365 either alone or in some combination than…

Hi, if you're using outlook, maybe you can use the .ics integration? (It can be configured through iOS for now, Android is coming soon.) Outlook is on the roadmap. But I felt like supporting .ics was more pressing.

iOS Calendar supports generating .ics too.

Re: The Invisible Screen – An E-Paper Smart Display

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Post by simonebrunozzi »

I love e-ink displays, and I wish there would be more options out there for creartive use, like this one by Invisible Screen (hello Konschubert, thanks for creating this!)

What I'd love is a large, high-res, perhaps color, e-ink display that I can use either as a second screen, or as an indipendent computer. I read hours every day on an LCD screen, and most of that reading would be much better on an e-ink.

Re: The Invisible Screen – An E-Paper Smart Display

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Post by konschubert »

Aerbil313 wrote: post #53
konschubert wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi, if you're using outlook, maybe you can use the .ics integration? (It can be configured through iOS for now, Android is coming soon.) Outlook is on the roadmap. But I felt like supporting .ics was more pressing.

iOS Calendar supports generating .ics too.

But it's a bit of a hack, no?

Re: The Invisible Screen – An E-Paper Smart Display

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Post by IshKebab »

999900000999 wrote: post #23

This seems like a fair price. I couldn't an Eink display to work with a Pi Zero. It's seriously difficult to get working. I don't have an exact need for it now, but once I have a project worthwhile I might pick it up.

It's definitely a fair price. Just a shame it is closed source and not battery powered. The Inkplate series of displays are better on both fronts (open source and support batteries). The downside is you'd need to make a nice wooden case, and do some programming.

Re: The Invisible Screen – An E-Paper Smart Display

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Post by rattus_rattus »

chomp wrote: post #4

I really want to do this with a pi zero w, but with a larger screen. 7.5” is barely larger than a door placard.

I have a similar thing running using a Zero WH and Inkycal. The screen I have is the same size (7.5 inches) but you can use bigger ones too. I didn’t want to shell out more money initially for a larger screen, but I may upgrade it later.

Re: The Invisible Screen – An E-Paper Smart Display

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Post by throwoutway »

konschubert wrote: post #41
declan_roberts wrote: post #34

I can’t believe the price on e-Ink displays still. Unbelievable that they’re more expensive than IPS OLED screens of similar size.

Small market dominated by a monopoly.

Wasnt this suppose to end (the patents expire) in 2022/ 2023?

Re: The Invisible Screen – An E-Paper Smart Display

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Post by azinman2 »

stavros wrote: post #49
blagie wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Creator: If you decide to move this to a full-fledged startup, it should: 1) Have a touch screen 2) Integrate with Outlook calendar and multiple Google calendars 3) Integrate with smart home features (e.g. lights, temperature, etc) 4) Integrate with other data sources (e.g. news) At $150, be open-source and open-hardware (at a lower price point, I'd do without). I'm looking for something like that. Until then, neat p…

No offense to you, but this comment sounds like one of those customers that are never going to use your thing, even if you implement all that. Find the people who want to use a product despite all the lacking features, because the one thing it does is exactly what they need, and build on that.

Exactly
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