Comment by augusteo
6 hours ago
Nice project. The $15 price point is genuinely impressive for something like this.
I've been curious about e-ink displays for a while but haven't taken the plunge. What's the refresh rate like in practice? And does it actually help you notice interesting posts you'd otherwise miss, or is it more of a fun desk decoration?
You can get e-paper pricetags quite cheap. Then you can use https://openepaperlink.de/ and configure one of the tags to pull the HN RSS.
> The $15 price point is genuinely impressive
That $15 price is only possible because AliExpress operates within a Chinese export system that is indirectly subsidised by the state. AliExpress benefits from significant Chinese government support.
The refresh rate must be something like 20fps when scrolling the text of long posts. I’m not sure and haven’t measured.
While I’m working I glance at it from time to time and get a sense of the wide breadth of conversations going on at any moment.