Terminal e-ink?

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Hello,

I’m looking for a terminal to put in my entryway with a Gladys dashboard.

Ideally, it would be an e-ink display to save energy.

Has anyone already implemented this with Home Assistant (HA) or Gladys, and if so could they describe it?

Thanks in advance.

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I’d be very interested too :+1:

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I heard about https://trmnl.com/ on my Twitter feed, and there’s a possibility to develop plugins :wink:

That said, I’ve never tried it!

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Given the price, what would be the difference compared to a tablet :thinking:

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consumption? obsolescence?

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Same here… I’d be really interested too. With a tablet you pretty much have to keep it plugged in all the time. A battery life of several months would be a dream…

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Help designing a standalone Gladys screen - Development - Gladys Assistant community

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Indeed Trmnl is very prominent in the Home Assistant (HA) world, but it’s expensive. On the other hand there are very cheap e-ink displays on Aliexpress that can be assembled with an ESP32 and a small 3D-printed case and that is really economical and inexpensive.

I’m going to dig in that direction and take inspiration from these videos for the DIY:

or this:

Otherwise there are cheaper ready-made e-ink screen models like this one: https://www.seeedstudio.com/XIAO-7-5-ePaper-Panel-p-6416.html?sensecap_affiliate=nq9MUW3

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