Yeah. That's what a display does. This is like advertising a monitor as something that can be "anything you want it to"
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So... It could it be be brown, it could be blue, it could be violet sky, it could be hurtful, it could be purple, it could be anything I like... Right?
A boombox? With little cassettes that change into animals on command?
Can it be the father figure I never had?
Do you expect child support? 🫠
It has a kickstand yes
Dad?
I got a TRMNL X and a Seeed e-ink display. I like them. The color Seeed display looks reasonably good for what it is. The TRMNL X has been running without recharging showing a single static image for well over six months. It might be approaching a year.
I just looked at their site and see that they have a color display that I wasn't aware of and I'm mildly interested in purchasing one. I guess that's my endorsement: bought one device, would buy another. Not affiliated, just a nerd who likes electronic toys.
They haven't improved my life in any meaningful way, but I read a neat blog post about how someone used one to create a message board for a parent who survived a stroke or some other memory-impairment. The adult children could write helpful messages to the parent through a custom web portal created by the developer son. Got me interested, though we're not doing anything practical like that.
The TRMNL X has been running without recharging showing a single static image for well over six months. It might be approaching a year.
I mean, if it's just a single static image you can go ahead and unplug the battery, e-ink doesn't need energy to maintain an image.
I bought the Seeed TRMNL DIY kit a while back, and had less time than I'd like to fiddle with it, but I was a bit disappointed with the current state of hosting your own server for it.
800 × 480 seems like it must have a pretty low DPI right?
Look at the picture