awesome work! the original Kindle project definitely has quirks, so we now offer a KOReader option as well. https://github.com/usetrmnl/trmnl-koreader/

you can point a higher def Kindle to TMRNL, either our closed source web app or free to an open source server.

https://github.com/usetrmnl/trmnl-kindle https://github.com/usetrmnl/trmnl-koreader

glad to hear this. we made a couple more power savings improvements this week, publishing something on the blog about it ~tmrw.

OP's Timeframe looks rad, but yes on the pricy side. check out trmnl .com for smaller / less expensive options and self hosted options. (disclaimer: i'm on the team)

Yo Ryan! I get your emails! I was just reading this thinking “man he should’ve tried TRMNL”

I love my original one and am planning to get a model X when budget permits

I’m a big fan of TRMNL! The big difference with the Boox device is real-time updates, which make the smart home status information much more useful.

thanks for the support and i hear you. a few folks pointed their Boox at TRMNL[1], and we’re finally in the smart home arena now with free 5 min refresh rate for Home Assistant. aiming for JIT refresh by summer.

1. https://www.reddit.com/r/Onyx_Boox/s/ZSLF7u5pm8

bought trmnl & have been sorely disappointed with the transparency regarding self-hosted options & the availability of functionality. Was led to believe Hanami BYOS was identical to the hosted server. have opened a ticket, have had others voice the same sentiment. I appreciate the effort, but lament the reality of TRMNL & the marketing.

you can import ~700 plugins from core to Terminus (Hanami build) or the Laravel build in 1 click. maybe you came on board before that was a reality. we and the community have been rapidly developing multiple self hosted servers with all kinds of features and in different frameworks for comfort. in no marketing materials have we ever claimed that OSS clients were the same as the main web app. in fact that’s why we offer a BYOD license for the web app only. we’ve invested hundreds of thousands into open source so that people can get the TRMNL experience without paying us a penny.

That's just a perpetual license to use their hosted server. You are free to use your own self hosted server for free.

They should really clean up the phrasing because it sound so sketch, like they're locking device features for money, turns people off easily.

what do you think it should be called? for ~$15 optional one time bucks people get 24/7 access to the entire engineering team, me, prioritized feature dev, and can earn monthly payouts from our Creator Fund. we don’t charge a subscription, obviously i’m partial but this model has serves us well. and most of the developer edition fee goes right back to the community via bounties, perks, etc.

Developer Access or something like that, and put part of your comment in there. I would remove the word Unlock entirely, it implies you’re locking code, as opposed to providing a service.

we call it Developer Edition, i think this is functionality the same. https://trmnl.com/blog/developer-edition

I think you’re mixing that up with the byod key, this is a different thing.

we (TRMNL) have a monitor demo, and we also bought a few of the new Modos project, rooting for that creator.

see our demo here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qs7JeK11Cxc

we (TRMNL) have a working demo, debating what to do with it.

unlisted: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qs7JeK11Cxc

Is it me or there is a lot of ghosting?

cheers, im on the TRMNL team.

looks like reMarkable runs linux so in theory our OSS lib would do the trick: https://github.com/usetrmnl/trmnl-display

which can then point to one of several OSS server clients we offer: https://docs.usetrmnl.com/go/diy/byos#implementations

we bought a couple of these at TRMNL for testing purposes ;)

Can't wait to see what you have in mind ;)

yes, https://github.com/usetrmnl/trmnl-kindle

er.. that's jailbreaking a kindle to make it a trmnl.

What I wanted, was jailbreaking a trmnl to make it function as a kindle, given some page turning signal.

oh interesting. i suppose we (or you) could be a plugin that parses epub/* formats and thus, a button click on device would fetch the next screen. double-click can already be set to go in reverse. but the full feedback loop takes a few seconds, not instant like an e-reader.

check out our FW, it's open source and will work with Waveshare <> ESP32. currently running on thousands of devices: https://github.com/usetrmnl/firmware/

I was wanting to, but doesn't that only work with your PCB (pinouts, etc) and specific e-ink display? If not, I have lots of displays I want to drive!