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Which watch has an e-ink(/epaper) display? I can only think of Watchy. Pebble was LCD.
by ClassyJacket 2y ago
Which watch has an e-ink(/epaper) display? I can only think of Watchy. Pebble was LCD.
- bitdivision 2y agoNo, pebble was definitely e-ink. And I think the most recent ones had colour epaper. Edit: Sorry, looking further down I see that they say epaper, which is not the same: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42845508 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42845508 It looks like they're memory in pixel (MIP) displays, which are basically reflective LCDs I think.
- jsheard 2y ago> It looks like they're memory in pixel (MIP) displays, which are basically reflective LCDs I think. Reflective LCDs with embedded memory, hence the name. Normal LCDs need to be refreshed continuously, but MIP LCDs remember the last frame and efficiently refresh themselves, so the CPU is free to go into deep sleep as long as the display is static.
- Avamander 2y agoI'm pretty sure they were transreflective LCDs with an FPGA to handle the low-power refresh.
- FuriouslyAdrift 2y agoNot a "normal" one, though... "black and white memory LCD using an ultra low-power "transflective LCD" manufactured by Sharp"
- mikestew 2y ago"Normal" enough that many of Garmin's watches still use MIP LCD...which is what the Pebble used.