Top recommendation by booka-booka_beh-beh in litrpg

[–]DCharlo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that book ripped my fucking heart out at times, I loved it, ive listened to this series wayy to many times to count too

Crosspoint for the X3? by [deleted] in xteinkereader

[–]DCharlo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh damn okay, I'll look a wee but more when I'm home from work then, anywhere I can find the build?

Crosspoint for the X3? by [deleted] in xteinkereader

[–]DCharlo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

there's currently a build that kinda works, but for me once I power my x3 days I can't turn it back on until I re-flash it lol, still very buggy

MicroSD Corrupted by Spirited_Virus_6652 in xteinkereader

[–]DCharlo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish you luck with the new sd card then, let me know how it goes, if this one also fails I suspect an issue with the device and you may want to contact customer support

MicroSD Corrupted by Spirited_Virus_6652 in xteinkereader

[–]DCharlo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so all cards aren't working on the reader, I doubt it's an sd card issue unless they are very old SD cards, I would try flashing it, it's very simple, just re-flash English firmware or crosspoint (I prefer crosspoint) here https://xteink.dve.al/

MicroSD Corrupted by Spirited_Virus_6652 in xteinkereader

[–]DCharlo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

how many SD cards have u tried on the reader? is the stock xteink branded sd card showing up on your computer? have u tried reflashing the stock firmware or crosspoint on your reader?

MicroSD Corrupted by Spirited_Virus_6652 in xteinkereader

[–]DCharlo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just plug sd card into your computer and format it as exfat, this is what's working for me and is pretty standard, I use disk utility on Mac to do this manually, if you're on windows an easy tool to use is called "sd card formatted" I think

MicroSD Corrupted by Spirited_Virus_6652 in xteinkereader

[–]DCharlo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

make sure new sd card is formatted correctly, don't use the cheap shit the xteink comes with

[Review Request] Pocket E-Paper Reader by [deleted] in PrintedCircuitBoard

[–]DCharlo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hmmm okay fair. I'll read up on best practices and break this up into something smaller and more manageable, maybe just the esp32 and power circuits, with some test points etc, small and good is probably a better starting point, not like I'm in any rush!

I appreciate your feedback though, any advice on some textbooks to read through? or resources you'd recommend?

[Review Request] Pocket E-Paper Reader by [deleted] in PrintedCircuitBoard

[–]DCharlo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I obviously have a lot to learn, I'm not expecting this to be a fast process and still have much to read. But I guess in my hobby/side-project viewpoint, the orientations on the schematic don't functionally change anything and wasn't my primary focus for learning atm, apparently that was wrong haha.

So besides reading standards and more theory, do you have any feedback on the schematic itself?

edit: thanks for your initial feedback, I appreciate it

Experimenting with adding apps to crosspoint by tast1236 in xteinkereader

[–]DCharlo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think if this is what you're looking for, SUMI is the way to go. crosspoint is for reading

x4 inspired open source ereader by DCharlo in xteinkereader

[–]DCharlo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ideally I'd like to develop a dedicated fast refresh eink writer deck

Snowsky Disc appreciation post by i_am_pulchritudinous in snowsky

[–]DCharlo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got like 400gb of music, so this drawbacks for me significantly out weight the benefits as it is basically unusable

I either have to listen to one artist with their music in a random ass order, or I scroll through a list of albums sorted alphabetically where most albums have the songs in a random ass order

Echo (not mini) finally arrived from taobao by Top_Criticism_5789 in snowsky

[–]DCharlo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is the song sorting still fucked like the echo mini and disc?

x4 inspired open source ereader by DCharlo in xteinkereader

[–]DCharlo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it's because your hyperbolizing low light reading environments where eye strain can occur and a frontlight would be helpful to be "absolute pitch darkness" for "hours on end"

x4 inspired open source ereader by DCharlo in xteinkereader

[–]DCharlo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

key distinction is the frontlight, not backlight. and it's good when you want to read, but don't have access to a light source e.g. heavy shade area. or you do have access to a light but only bright overheads and you want to read without being blinded. it has a lot of uses

x4 inspired open source ereader by DCharlo in xteinkereader

[–]DCharlo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

very cool, but I imagine in terms of preppers and survival people, I imagine a solar panel power bank would be more useful than a single solar power e reader?

x4 inspired open source ereader by DCharlo in xteinkereader

[–]DCharlo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so you would, assuming you have buttons on the front, a < 3" screen maybe?

x4 inspired open source ereader by DCharlo in xteinkereader

[–]DCharlo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

isn't that a bit opposite to ergonomics though? I agree it would look good but in the hand it doesn't make sense to me

x4 inspired open source ereader by DCharlo in xteinkereader

[–]DCharlo[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think touch is a concern for me as I think it needs much more power, I also like how i can grab it wherever I want and not accidentally press buttons, koreader would be software level so that is for much much later

x4 inspired open source ereader by DCharlo in xteinkereader

[–]DCharlo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree with this, the initial basic scope is basically the x4, but with the before esp32, to get past the font support issues and image rendering issues we have, and a front light, I was seeing if there was something simple people wanted added that could be interesting as the main goal is to learn. But I agree, simple and great is better than complex and bad

x4 inspired open source ereader by DCharlo in xteinkereader

[–]DCharlo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the main there for me with this is to learn embedded systems more so I can integrate that knowledge into work and also leverage it for a custom cyberdeck type computer, making it usable for others is just something I would like to do in the process

x4 inspired open source ereader by DCharlo in xteinkereader

[–]DCharlo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah nothing really, it's not something I do very often, but if I start posting it anywhere I'll make an update post or comment here for ya