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Anyone have any thoughts on how to do the display side of this in VERY low power? Are there cheap android tablets or whatever that might be suitable?

I want to do something like this but don't need to consume tons of watts...

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A cheapy crappy Android tablet for around $200 can display a webpage like that. Personally, I run my dashboard on a Logitech Revue (Google TV, $99 retail, but mine was free) and my lowest power spare monitor using an HDMI->DVI adapter.

The Logitech box uses ~12 watts of power, which is more than my TonidoPlug (3-7 watts) but is more convenient to connect to a display.

We have plans to make an interface that's less bling-heavy and more power-friendly, but it won't hit production anytime soon.

Another way is to simply write your own visualisation. If you're interested in getting early-alpha-unstable-omg access to the read APIs (HTTP and WebSockets), shoot us an email to hello@ducksboard.com

I meant on the hardware side. A PC + display takes up, what, 40 watts minimum?

Maybe there are e-ink devices that support Javascript on web sites? That would probably be among the most low-powered options.

The Kindle supposedly supports apps that could probably also be used, but I think the SDK is still not open to everbody :-(

One of these would probably work great: http://www.mimomonitors.com/

Still requires a PC to run it, right?

Pair it up with a Raspberry Pi! (raspberrypi.org)

They don't exist?

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