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This would be absolutely amazing for a productivity device. I've rooted my Kindle Paperwhite and set it up with a terminal and used it to SSH into my laptop jus

This would be absolutely amazing for a productivity device. I've rooted my Kindle Paperwhite and set it up with a terminal and used it to SSH into my laptop just to try it, but the latency makes it a bit irritating just to keep up with typing. To be able to use a fully graphical environment in e-paper, even in grayscale, would be amazing. I built a cyberdeck that primarily uses a pair of XReal AR glasses as its display, but to have the option to use either those or this would be so awesome.

WillAdams 1y ago
Even without the advantages of e-ink, a display which one can view _anywhere_ is a compelling thing, which opens up a lot of possibilities --- my favourite Windows device was a Fujitsu Stylistic ST-4110 w/ a transflective LCD, which I used as my main computer, e-book reader, notepad (writing/drawing/annotating with a stylus), and map display when traveling. The transflective display eliminated issues regarding reflection or the display getting washed out by even full, bright, direct sunlight (I would use it for reference material for building sand castles at the beach). Unfortunately, transflective LCDs do _not_ showroom well (dim) and no one seemed willing to make the investment to show their capabilities (build a daylight-equivalent light booth on the store floor). I keep eyeing a Daylight Computer, but these days, I just use a Kindle Scribe for reading and note-taking/sketching/reference, and I limit my activities when in full sun to those things which it can do well, changing location/finding shade when I need to do other things.
- RossBencina 1y ago
  Are you familiar with Sun Vision RLCD displays? They seem to get good reviews. Not cheap though: https://www.sunvisiondisplay.com/ https://www.sunvisiondisplay.com/
  - WillAdams 1y ago
    I wish that someone would use an updated (high-resolution) one to make a battery-powered tablet which uses a Wacom EMR stylus.
- afandian 1y ago
  HannsNote2 looks amazing in the sunshine. But very slow processor and very low capacity battery. It’s a niche use case but great for a couple of hours of KOReader in the sun. https://www.hannspree.com/product/hannsnote2 https://www.hannspree.com/product/hannsnote2
  - WillAdams 1y ago
    USI stylus: https://www.hannspree.com/product/active-stylus-pen https://www.hannspree.com/product/active-stylus-pen Currently, all of my devices (Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360, Kindle Scribe, Wacom One display, Samsung Galaxy Note 10+) have Wacom EMR.
    - afandian 1y ago
      Not only USI but v 2.0, which doesn’t seem to be very widespread. Either way (compared to my Remarkable 1) I wouldn’t recommend the stylus.
Igrom 1y ago
Can you showcase the cyberdeck? I've found a post by you on Twitter, but I don't know if you demo it elsewhere.
lagniappe 1y ago
I use a similar setup :) Have you done a blog post or anything?
criddell 1y ago
> I built a cyberdeck Have you written about this anywhere? If not, I’d love to see a ShowHN post about your project and I bet I’m not the only one. What’s your background? I ask because I really want something like a TRS-80 Model 100. Is interfacing a low end (power efficient) board to an LCD or eInk display something an electronics neophyte could reasonably take on? A lot of homemade slab computers seem to rely on Raspberry Pi boards but those draw quite a lot of power and tend to run Linux. It’s not a combination that I’m going to be able to run for weeks at a time on 4 AA batteries (one of my goals). When building your cyberdeck, were there any resources in particular that you found helpful?

WillAdams 1y ago

Even without the advantages of e-ink, a display which one can view _anywhere_ is a compelling thing, which opens up a lot of possibilities --- my favourite Windows device was a Fujitsu Stylistic ST-4110 w/ a transflective LCD, which I used as my main computer, e-book reader, notepad (writing/drawing/annotating with a stylus), and map display when traveling. The transflective display eliminated issues regarding reflection or the display getting washed out by even full, bright, direct sunlight (I would use it for reference material for building sand castles at the beach). Unfortunately, transflective LCDs do _not_ showroom well (dim) and no one seemed willing to make the investment to show their capabilities (build a daylight-equivalent light booth on the store floor). I keep eyeing a Daylight Computer, but these days, I just use a Kindle Scribe for reading and note-taking/sketching/reference, and I limit my activities when in full sun to those things which it can do well, changing location/finding shade when I need to do other things.

RossBencina 1y ago
Are you familiar with Sun Vision RLCD displays? They seem to get good reviews. Not cheap though: https://www.sunvisiondisplay.com/ https://www.sunvisiondisplay.com/
- WillAdams 1y ago
  I wish that someone would use an updated (high-resolution) one to make a battery-powered tablet which uses a Wacom EMR stylus.
afandian 1y ago
HannsNote2 looks amazing in the sunshine. But very slow processor and very low capacity battery. It’s a niche use case but great for a couple of hours of KOReader in the sun. https://www.hannspree.com/product/hannsnote2 https://www.hannspree.com/product/hannsnote2
- WillAdams 1y ago
  USI stylus: https://www.hannspree.com/product/active-stylus-pen https://www.hannspree.com/product/active-stylus-pen Currently, all of my devices (Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360, Kindle Scribe, Wacom One display, Samsung Galaxy Note 10+) have Wacom EMR.
  - afandian 1y ago
    Not only USI but v 2.0, which doesn’t seem to be very widespread. Either way (compared to my Remarkable 1) I wouldn’t recommend the stylus.

Igrom 1y ago

Can you showcase the cyberdeck? I've found a post by you on Twitter, but I don't know if you demo it elsewhere.

lagniappe 1y ago

I use a similar setup :) Have you done a blog post or anything?

criddell 1y ago

> I built a cyberdeck Have you written about this anywhere? If not, I’d love to see a ShowHN post about your project and I bet I’m not the only one. What’s your background? I ask because I really want something like a TRS-80 Model 100. Is interfacing a low end (power efficient) board to an LCD or eInk display something an electronics neophyte could reasonably take on? A lot of homemade slab computers seem to rely on Raspberry Pi boards but those draw quite a lot of power and tend to run Linux. It’s not a combination that I’m going to be able to run for weeks at a time on 4 AA batteries (one of my goals). When building your cyberdeck, were there any resources in particular that you found helpful?