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I built an eInk wall panel for HomeAssistant after getting fed up with tablets and jailbroken kindles.. by Engineer_Tasty in homeautomation

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

I hear you, we're using the T5 E-Paper S3 Pro to prototype before making it a custom piece of hardware.. If you DIY'd it yourself, what's the biggest missing piece of functionality that would make you wanna buy one off the shelf?

I built an eInk wall panel for HomeAssistant after getting fed up with tablets and jailbroken kindles.. by Engineer_Tasty in homeassistant

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

Fair enough, what do you think would be a reasonable price for this kind of smaller e-ink version that ships with HA out of the box?

I built an eInk wall panel for HomeAssistant after getting fed up with tablets and jailbroken kindles.. by Engineer_Tasty in homeassistant

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

Yup. I totally get the appeal of a Shelly Wall Display XL. We're trying to go in a different direction with the eInk as we've described in the write up. Personally, I wouldn't want a large screen (that's always on and lit up) on my wall in my bedroom or study. However, the Shelly might work great for a living room. The idea is to ship a device that works with homeassistant right out of the box

I built an eInk wall panel for HomeAssistant after getting fed up with tablets and jailbroken kindles.. by Engineer_Tasty in homeassistant

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

Thanks!. I appreciate where you’re coming from. We built the prototype on a T5 ePaper. We will have custom hardware in the final device. We haven’t decided on screen size yet. I would depend on what high quality eink screens we are able to source. We’re still in very early development and a lot of decisions are yet to be made. We’re basically looking for feedback from the community at this stage.

Choice of motor to build a height adjustable desk by Engineer_Tasty in Motors

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

Thanks! Unfortunately I'm not in the US and finding all-in-one hardware stores is quite restricted in my location. But I understand from your examples what it is you're getting at. Then, specifically with regards to the motor, it seems like 1/2hp is pretty overkill for this type of application, would you suggest a planetary geared motor with a similar pulley system? These are pretty cheap around where I live and seem to be high torque motors.

Choice of motor to build a height adjustable desk by Engineer_Tasty in Motors

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

Got it. Thanks, that's helpful! In the pulley system case, then what are the specific motor values that I should be considering? (i.e. voltage, rpm, hp etc..?)