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Posh frames e-ink friends! Here's my generative newspaper: https://i.imgur.com/tD1t9u3.jpeg

My wallet stopped at 13.3" though :)

Update for those who saw me post it before: I recently charged the battery for the first time since hanging it in March, which met my expectations.

Shout-out also to the people at Halbe Rahmen, the best picture frames in the world.

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Wondering if you have by any chance shared code and plans for the long battery life setup?

Mine is still wired but I'm thinking of using ESP32 + deep sleep.

I _still_ haven't set the GitHub repo to public :( Real-life intruded in a major way (first baby).

esp32 + deep sleep + external RTC is what this is using. I posted some of my experiences with getting it as low as I could here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37663913

Here's a few more pics: https://imgur.com/a/NoTr8XX

I found the mention of Blue Noise Dithering in this project quite interesting! I've not put a lot of effort into picking the nicest possible dithering method (just a basic Floyd-Steinberg) for the embedded article photos, partly because the whole newspaper look didn't seem to warrant it, but it might be worth taking stock of what the latest on dithering is.

Where is the information on how you built it?

There's some info on my Hackaday project listing: https://hackaday.io/project/190478-hyepaper

Also the album link in the other comment.

This is quite an achievement. I really like the curation and the process to make it a front-page. You automated your own editorial news. Love it!

Thank you!

What was the total costs of the components?

If I recall right, about $500 for the electronics and $150-ish for the picture frame (it's a nice one with anti-reflective UV filter glass, because at the time I wasn't sure where I'd hang it and e-ink can be susceptible to UV light).

You could really gaslight house guests with this. Just deny it's changed.

Do you think people are fooled by any tech these days?

I suspect people expect everything to be magic now.

So far my guests are mostly puzzled by "Why'd you frame that?" until I tell them it will in fact change and isn't my most prized selection of news articles :-)

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