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ikommunicate Kindle app - Saqqara - 2017-03-15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Q8_7nxMiQ
https://github.com/digitalyacht/ikommunicate
I've always been interested in these devices as sunlight readable displays. And in general, a simple high contrast display in a browser is attractive.
It might be impolitic to put this in the Openplotter image, I'm not sure.
RE: ikommunicate Kindle app - e-sailing - 2017-03-15
discussed here http://forum.openmarine.net/showthread.php?tid=324
RE: ikommunicate Kindle app - affinite - 2017-05-12
Ben Ainslie Racing are using e Ink displays on their AC boat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGReqIwKKDM
Dont want to mess with my Kindle just yet but cant wait for mainstream e Ink displays to become available
RE: ikommunicate Kindle app - Littlechay - 2017-05-12
(2017-05-12, 11:10 AM)affinite Wrote: Ben Ainslie Racing are using e Ink displays on their AC boat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGReqIwKKDM
Dont want to mess with my Kindle just yet but cant wait for mainstream e Ink displays to become available
I arrived in New Zealand a few months ago and have been chatting to the R-Class guys in Lyttleton. They have been using e-Ink displays for some time on their race computers (a few years I think), so well ahead of the game it seems.
Their displays are quite small but perfectly adequate for reading digits.. they display speed and time information mainly but I think can also display other stuff as needed such as acceleration etc..
Anyway back to the subject. I think your best bet will be messing with a kindle as I don't see e-Ink displays being on the general market anytime soon. Anything affordable by most of us will have to be home-brew.
Chris