Awesome E Ink

Awesome E Ink is a curated list of awesome resources and links dedicated to electronic ink technology. Electronic ink, or E-ink, is a type of electronic display that mimics the appearance of ordinary ink on paper.

Contents

• Awesome E Ink
  • Contents
  • What is E-ink
  • Readers
  • Tablets
  • Monitors
    • Just monitors
    • Readers with monitor capabilities
    • Apps that turn your e-ink tablet into a monitor
    • SPI e-ink displays as a computer monitor
  • Coding
  • Linux
  • Phones
  • Laptop
  • Smartwatch
  • DIY
  • Great resources about e-ink

What is E-ink

• What Is E-Ink, and How Does It Work? - short but concise introduction into the e-ink technology.
• Benefits of E-ink - why does this technology matter.

Readers

• Amazon Kindle - the family of e-ink devices whose name has become a household name.
• Pocketbook - conservative and reliable devices.
• Onyx Boox - producer with sometimes unconventional but solid views on e-ink future.
• Comparison of e-readers - and there are many others.

Tablets

E-ink devices suitable for taking notes, surfing the web, etc.

• Ewritable - Website that helps to compare e-ink tablets.
• Onyx Boox tablets - powerful general purpose e-ink Android devices.
• Huawei MatePad Paper - alternative made by Huawai.
• Remarkable - very popular solution with a huge emphasis on notetaking.
• PineNote - community driven e-ink Linux tablet!
• Amazon Kindle Scribe - notetaking device from well-known producer.
• Bigme - high-end but expensive devices.
• Boox - Many Android tablets
• Eyemoo S1 - Color RLCD Android tablet
• Hannspree Hannsnote 2 - Color RLCD Android tablet
• Viwoods AIPaper - B&W RLCD Android tablet with wacom stylus
• Hisense Q5 - B&W RLCD Android tablet
• TCL Nxtpaper S8 - Color RLCD Android tablet
• Daylight DC1: - Black & White RLCD Android tablet
• TRMNL: - Hackable dashboard with 100s of plugins
• Supernote - Android e-ink tablets in a variety of sizes

Monitors

Just monitors

• Dasung Paperlike, 13.3" - most affordable choice at the moment.
• Dasung Paperlike 253 - e-ink 25.3" monitor!
• Onyx Boox Mira, 13.3" - highest quality 13.3" monitor from Onyx.
• Onyx Boox Mira Pro, 25.3" - highest quality 25.3" monitor from Onyx.
• Waveshare - 9.7"/10.3"/13.3" E-paper Monitor, Mini HDMI Interface
• Eazeye - LCD monitor with natural backlight
• Radiant - portable 13" RLCD monitor with HDMI, USB and miracast inputs

Readers with monitor capabilities

• Onyx Boox Max Lumi - 13.3" e-ink reader with hdmi input.
• Onyx Boox Max 2 - 13.3" e-ink reader and Android 6 tablet with hdmi input and wacom stylus.
• Onyx Boox Max 3 - 13.3" e-ink reader and Android 9 tablet with hdmi input and wacom stylus.

Apps that turn your e-ink tablet into a monitor

Windows only:

• Spacedesk - turns your ios or android device into a second screen for windows computer.
• SuperDisplay - turns your android device into a second screen for windows computer.

Windows, Linux, Mac:

• Weylus - opensource alternative to Spacedesk & SuperDisplay.
• AnyDesk - Mirrors pc screen on android device. Sessions duration for free version limited to 40 minutes.

For PocketBook readers:

• remote-ink - opensource alternative for the PocketBook e-readers

SPI e-ink displays as a computer monitor

• PaperTTY - Python module to render a TTY or VNC on e-ink.

Coding

• VS-Code e-ink theme - VSCode theme adapted for e-ink monitors.
• JetBrains Eink UI Theme - JB theme adapted for e-ink monitors.
• JetBrains Eink Color Scheme - JB color scheme adapted for e-ink monitors.

Linux

• Screen scale with xrandr - how to scale only one of your screens.
• KDE Konsole E-Ink color scheme - KDE Konsole theme adapted for e-ink monitors.

Phones

• Light Phone - minimalistic e-ink phone.
• Hisense A5 Pro - e-ink android phone that tries to be a normal phone.
• Hisense A5 Pro CC Color - android phone with colorful e-ink screen.
• Bigme Hibreak - B&W and color models available (out in 2024)
• [Minimal Phone] (https://minimalcompany.com/) - android phone with black and white e-paper display and modern android OS
• TCL 40 Nxtpaper - IPS phone with matte finish and paper-like visual mode
• Mudita Kompakt - Mudita Kompakt is a phone designed for your daily balance

Eink Android launchers

• ReLaunchX - versatile reading programs launcher and system-wide shell for Onyx Boox Max
• ThinkLauncher - a minimalist Android launcher designed specifically for e-ink devices
• inkOS - fork of mLauncher/oLauncher designed for e-ink devices

Laptop

• Lenovo Thinkbook plus gen4 - Dual screen (OLED & eink) twist 2-in-1 laptop
• Modos

Smartwatch

• Pebble Core 2 Duo - Open-Sourced PebbleOS Smartwatch

DIY

• Waveshare e-ink modules - e-ink modules for DIY projects from Waveshare.
• Adafruit e-ink modules - e-ink modules for DIY projects from Adafruit.
• Soldered Inkplate - ESP32 based WiFi ready all-in-one e-ink boards
• Glider - HDMI input driver board for eink panel. Plenty of useful information on the README too.
• EPDiy - ESP32 based driver board for eink panel.
• BeepBerry - a portable e-paper computer for hackers (based on RaspberryPi Zero W )

Great resources about e-ink

• My Deep Guide - High-quality reviews from e-ink technology enthusiast.
• r/eink - Reddit e-ink community.
• E-Ink Hacking - Hackaday.io e-ink projects.
• GitHub e-ink topic
• Ewritable - reviews, comparison tables, buying guides.
• Mobileread - forum on ereading, several referring to eink devices
• GoodEreader - reviews
• Eink.link - A curated list of e-ink devices, apps, and resources.

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