Thread: Build your own E-Ink reader for $3K!
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Old 02-25-2009, 02:20 AM   #8
delphidb96
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Originally Posted by Phogg View Post
Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy a branded reader and disassemble it?
Absolutely!

The fascinating thing about the development kit is that you can get 96% of the functionality by shelling out $99 for an S3C2440 ARM9 development kit on eBay and then getting an e-ink replacement screen. Add in the e-ink drivers from the OpenInkpot GIT repository, customize for the particular buttons/keys on the 2440's board and you're 'in business'. And this development kit comes with both Linux and WinCE (WinMobile) OS tools.

So why hasn't the PVI/E-Ink developer kit come down in price? Who knows, who cares. And didj'all notice that the E-Ink dev kit uses a plain-jane Gumstix computer? That's between $119-$299. Hmmm...

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