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stevenaleach · 02-24-2021, 10:38 PM

One-Bit video playing on the memory-display: https://youtu.be/zzJjE1VPKjI?t=73

Black and White-ish grey only, but very crisp and readable. They're used in a lot of smart-watches, low-power instrumentation, etc. And it's sooooooo tiny. For a second screen on an e-ink tablet, I like the fact that it's a perfectly usable UI area but won't compete with the main screen or be that noticeable when it's blank - it's just a bit of rectangular space appropriately sized for a small information tag below the "printed image" above on the canvas -- something like a museum tag set between two small knobs, a blank space where information appears when needed and only when needed.

A nice video demonstrating and explaining the little displays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAoC818Mxy4

02-24-2021, 10:38 PM	#73
stevenaleach Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 134116 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: Android Tablet	One-Bit video playing on the memory-display: https://youtu.be/zzJjE1VPKjI?t=73 Black and White-ish grey only, but very crisp and readable. They're used in a lot of smart-watches, low-power instrumentation, etc. And it's sooooooo tiny. For a second screen on an e-ink tablet, I like the fact that it's a perfectly usable UI area but won't compete with the main screen or be that noticeable when it's blank - it's just a bit of rectangular space appropriately sized for a small information tag below the "printed image" above on the canvas -- something like a museum tag set between two small knobs, a blank space where information appears when needed and only when needed. A nice video demonstrating and explaining the little displays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAoC818Mxy4 Last edited by stevenaleach; 02-24-2021 at 10:53 PM.