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This is an open hardware eink device with general purpose usage in mind. Tuxink utilizes a battery-operated raspberry pi zero w and an e-paper display. I was inspired by this hacked together solution by N.O.D.E.!
- ePaper or eInk Display.
- Powered with a LiPo battery and trickle-charged by a solar charger.
- Weigh 500 grams or less.
- All the parts are off-the-shelf components.
- Soldering is optional.
- Use pushbuttons for navigation.
- Use a CLI OS for most compatibility.
- Raspberry Pi (Any model) (0WH, 3A+)
- Waveshare 7.5" ePaper Display (or equivilant)
- 16 GB (or larger) MicroSD card
- Keyboard (HID)
- Python 3.X
- Web Browser
- Node.js
- Design nodejs server
- Bridge nodejs to bash
- Make WebApp with containerization user interface in mind
- Push changes onto display
- Implement
cool features
WebApp / EPD Display
- Nodejs server-side application
- Select commands are executed server-side with bash
- Get input with tactile push buttons
- Push rendered changes to the ePaper Display
- Increase refresh rate of epd
- Audio playback - Audiobooks, music, etc
- Newsfeeds - RSS or news websites rendered in a 'reader' view
- youtube-dl - to treat video as audio podcasts
- ffmpeg - to convert or compress video / audio files to a smaller size
- calibre-web
- android-style quick settings
- web SSH
- OpenSSL Self-signed certificate
- some kind of mobile WiFi hotspot with DNS redicrect
- network bridging is optional
- qr code generator
- dynamic sharing of files via DNS redirect directly to file