Color E-ink screens are expensive, and that is doubly true as the dimensions increase. There’s less of a demand for large screens, which means smaller production runs, and consequently higher...Continue reading
Category: E-ink
E-ink is Beta-Testing Electronic Window Tint (video)
Tinted windows are great – they give you privacy and limit the amount of sunlight which can penetrate. But they are not so great when lighting is bad. Luckily for...Continue reading
E-ink to Launch New Kaleido Screens by Year’s End (Digitimes)
Remember how I told you back in August that Onyx teased a 7.8″ color ereader based on the Boox Nova2? Well, Digitimes says that the screen unit for that larger...Continue reading
E-ink Shows Off (Another) Foldable 10.3″ Display, This Time With a Frontlight
Foldable E-ink display prototypes are old hat in 2020 – the oldest prototypes are actually older than some of my nieces. With just the one foldable ereader, the Polymer Vision...Continue reading
Waveshare Now Carries a 5.65″ ACeP E-ink Display
How would you like to get your hands on one of E-ink’s ACeP displays? Well, Waveshare has a 5.65″ screen unit which it will soon be selling for $75. The...Continue reading
Hands On With Waveshare’s NFC-Powered E-ink Screens
Remember 3 months back when I told you about Waveshare selling a line of E-ink screens powered by NFC? Well, after two months of saving up, and a month of...Continue reading
E-ink and Innolux Are Developing 28″ Color ePaper Signage
Here’s something to keep you interested while we wait for the new color ereaders to ship. A couple days ago E-ink announced they are developing a larger color screen to...Continue reading
All You Need to Know About the E-ink Kaleido Screen Tech
With several new color ereaders (such as the Onyx Boox Poke 2 Color) launching in 2020, everyone is wondering just what kind of screen tech is going into the new...Continue reading
Waveshare Now Sells NFC-Powered E-ink Screens in 7.5″, 4.2″, 2.9″, and 2.13″ Sizes
Remember way back in June 2013 when I showed you a proof of concept design for a battery-less E-ink screen powered by NFC? The idea never saw widespread adoption, but...Continue reading
Viewtag’s E-ink Equipped Luggage Tag Clears the FCC
For the past six years or so E-ink luggage tags have been just over the horizon; multiple models have been announced but none have made it to a retail launch...Continue reading
E-ink’s New JustWrite Screen Tech is Intended to Let You Write with Near-Zero Latency
E-ink has developed a new screen tech that could one day replace notepads or compliment Wacom tablets, but it is being weirdly passive aggressive in promoting it. The tech is...Continue reading
E-ink Booth Tour SID Display Week 2018 (videos)
The ereader market is mostly dead, but E-ink is still showing off nifty looking new prototypes. For example, E-ink showed off their new 10.3″ flexible display last week at SID Display...Continue reading
ePaper Hacking: How to Get the Fastest Possible Refresh Rate (video)
Ever wonder just what is involved in refreshing an E-ink screen? Ben Krasnow has posted a video where he first explains how epaper works and then goes on to modify the firmware...Continue reading
E-ink is Now Selling ePaper Screen Units Direct to the Public
It has long been possible to buy E-ink screens and kits through electronics supply warehouses or through niche sites like AdaFruit – all that you needed was a credit card and...Continue reading
Microsoft’s New ePaper Display is Powered by Office Lights and Never Needs Charging
Over the past few years we’ve seen ereader and other epaper displays which were powered wirelessly by NFC. Now Microsoft has come up with a design for an epaper post-it note...Continue reading