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atarijedi · 05-10-2008, 05:35 PM

Hello all,

I'm new here, actually just started reading the forums today after purchasing a few PDF's, and I was thinking

"hey, it would be neat to have a eBook reader that uses e-ink so I can carry these books around with me"

But alas, I couldn't find any that I really liked, the Iliad came the closest, so then I thought

"hey, maybe I will make my own from scratch!"

After seeing the $3000 prototype kit costs, that dream was crushed, however, I did notice a nice tidbit of information when reading the datasheets. There are 2 display modes, greyscale and 1-bit, each has a different refresh time of 740ms and 260ms respectively, so if someone could mod their reader to use 1bit mode, then it would refresh in 1/4 of a second!

I am still thinking of building my own, maybe getting an older iliad or sony or something and taking the e-ink screen out of it and hooking it up to one of those new Gumstix Verdex boards.

Anyways, it'll be nice to talk to people about this kind of stuff.

Atarijedi

Ervserver · 05-10-2008, 08:15 PM

Hello atarijedi, would like to see your project when ya get er done

MickeyC · 05-10-2008, 09:33 PM

Hi atarijedi and welcome to the Forum. Be sure and keep us posted on how you're doing with your project.

05-10-2008, 05:35 PM	#1
atarijedi Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: None	New Here Hello all, I'm new here, actually just started reading the forums today after purchasing a few PDF's, and I was thinking "hey, it would be neat to have a eBook reader that uses e-ink so I can carry these books around with me" But alas, I couldn't find any that I really liked, the Iliad came the closest, so then I thought "hey, maybe I will make my own from scratch!" After seeing the $3000 prototype kit costs, that dream was crushed, however, I did notice a nice tidbit of information when reading the datasheets. There are 2 display modes, greyscale and 1-bit, each has a different refresh time of 740ms and 260ms respectively, so if someone could mod their reader to use 1bit mode, then it would refresh in 1/4 of a second! I am still thinking of building my own, maybe getting an older iliad or sony or something and taking the e-ink screen out of it and hooking it up to one of those new Gumstix Verdex boards. Anyways, it'll be nice to talk to people about this kind of stuff. Atarijedi

05-10-2008, 08:15 PM	#2
Ervserver Wizard Posts: 2,624 Karma: 1008294 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Iowa, USA Device: Nook Simple Touch	Hello atarijedi, would like to see your project when ya get er done

05-10-2008, 09:33 PM	#3
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi atarijedi and welcome to the Forum. Be sure and keep us posted on how you're doing with your project.

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