Hey folks, I put this project into hibernation back in 2022, but I'm
thinking about starting it again. To recap I'm building an expedition
vehicle, which is basically a tiny house on a huge 6x6 truck chassis.
I'd like to control all the electronics with several e-ink touchscreen
displays, running a custom UI written in Gio.

Back in 2022 I bought a Boox Mira 13" e-ink touchscreen, and got Gio
working on it using a Raspberry Pi Zero. This wasn't straightforward
with my limited Linux knowledge, and connecting the display to the
Raspberry Pi Zero with HDMI and power resulted in a horrible mess of
cables. This meant it's essentially ruled out for a neat in-wall
installation, however as a proof-of-concept it was a success.

I've been looking at this PineNote Linux e-ink tablet...
https://pine64.org/devices/pinenote/ ... This would solve the mess of
cables, and it's less than half the price of the Boox Mira. However,
this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOLD5YUNz04 makes me think
that perhaps it'll be significantly more tricky than the Raspberry Pi
to get working with Gio... Can anyone take a look at the specs and
give an opinion on if it might be possible? I have very little Linux
knowledge and I don't want to spend $400 on it and never get it
working...

Also, if anyone has come across another device that might fit the
bill, let me know!



-- 
David Brophy
+44 7971 597702



-- 
David Brophy
+44 7971 597702


On Mon, 6 Jun 2022 at 06:51, David Brophy <dave@brophy.uk> wrote:
>
> Thanks! This is the progress so far:
>
> https://youtu.be/Rcak5JAg_AQ
>
> It's working great! There's still a few bugs (e.g.
> https://github.com/esphome/issues/issues/3341), but all the major
> problems are fixed. I'll get all my setup notes compiled and published
> at some point so it should be pretty reproducible for anyone else
> trying to do something similar.
>
> --
> David Brophy
> +44 7971 597702
>
> On Mon, 6 Jun 2022 at 10:37, Chris Waldon
> <christopher.waldon.dev@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Just wanted to say that it's awesome this is working! I hope to see
> > more updates about your project as you go.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Chris

I would like to do the same and this is what i was planning to use:

E-ink supplier with many sizes:

https://github.com/SolderedElectronics
https://soldered.com/

OS packaging using gokrazy:
https://github.com/gokrazy/gokrazy
https://gokrazy.org/


Kind Regards

Ged

On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 at 17:06, David Brophy <dave@brophy.uk> wrote:
>
> Hey folks, I put this project into hibernation back in 2022, but I'm
> thinking about starting it again. To recap I'm building an expedition
> vehicle, which is basically a tiny house on a huge 6x6 truck chassis.
> I'd like to control all the electronics with several e-ink touchscreen
> displays, running a custom UI written in Gio.
>
> Back in 2022 I bought a Boox Mira 13" e-ink touchscreen, and got Gio
> working on it using a Raspberry Pi Zero. This wasn't straightforward
> with my limited Linux knowledge, and connecting the display to the
> Raspberry Pi Zero with HDMI and power resulted in a horrible mess of
> cables. This meant it's essentially ruled out for a neat in-wall
> installation, however as a proof-of-concept it was a success.
>
> I've been looking at this PineNote Linux e-ink tablet...
> https://pine64.org/devices/pinenote/ ... This would solve the mess of
> cables, and it's less than half the price of the Boox Mira. However,
> this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOLD5YUNz04 makes me think
> that perhaps it'll be significantly more tricky than the Raspberry Pi
> to get working with Gio... Can anyone take a look at the specs and
> give an opinion on if it might be possible? I have very little Linux
> knowledge and I don't want to spend $400 on it and never get it
> working...
>
> Also, if anyone has come across another device that might fit the
> bill, let me know!
>
>
>
> --
> David Brophy
> +44 7971 597702
>
>
>
> --
> David Brophy
> +44 7971 597702
>
>
> On Mon, 6 Jun 2022 at 06:51, David Brophy <dave@brophy.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks! This is the progress so far:
> >
> > https://youtu.be/Rcak5JAg_AQ
> >
> > It's working great! There's still a few bugs (e.g.
> > https://github.com/esphome/issues/issues/3341), but all the major
> > problems are fixed. I'll get all my setup notes compiled and published
> > at some point so it should be pretty reproducible for anyone else
> > trying to do something similar.
> >
> > --
> > David Brophy
> > +44 7971 597702
> >
> > On Mon, 6 Jun 2022 at 10:37, Chris Waldon
> > <christopher.waldon.dev@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Just wanted to say that it's awesome this is working! I hope to see
> > > more updates about your project as you go.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Chris