E-paper Forum Topic: disc e-paper

sasha on "disc e-paper"

sasha — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:45:02 +0000

The advantage of that is it will allow the end-user to place the thermostat anywhere they like, so that it flows with their interior design. cheers,

sted on "disc e-paper"

sted — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:30:10 +0000

Thanks. I consider reading at the thermostat at night not as a problem. Indeed, you can simply turn the lights on + extra lightning would unnecessary complicate it. A single battery is currently the best solution. But I'm not sure about the wifi yet.

sasha on "disc e-paper"

sasha — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:33:04 +0000

I think it looks beautiful. well done! My initial thoughts are that this thermostat will be difficult to read at night when the lights are off (e-paper is a reflective display), but the end-user could simply turn on the lights in the room if they want to adjust settings. I'm not sure if you have thought of this, but since e-paper requires very little power, this thermostat does not need to be hardwired into the wall. You could simply have this powered by a single battery and connect to the main thermostat unit via wifi.

sted on "disc e-paper"

sted — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:10:08 +0000

here is the picture

sted on "disc e-paper"

sted — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:06:05 +0000

Thanks for the reply. I'm working on a thermostat. My first thought was to work with pre-designed pixels, but maybe thats not necessary here. I attached a picture to give an idea of what I have in mind. The black blocks are in e-paper (pre-designed). The gradations are on the case above the e-paper, but i didn't model it. Any feedback is welcome.

keysersoze on "disc e-paper"

keysersoze — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:12:00 +0000

Yes, that is easily possible with the products on the market at the moment. The beauty of the e-ink model is that each microcapsule acts as an individual cell and so if you have a sheet of it, you oculd dut it to whatever shape you'd like. With some other e-papers it might be more trickey as they rely on pre-designed pixels (cf Sipix cups) but with E-Ink you could just cut to size, whack the electronics on the back and you're good to go. What in particular are you interested in if I can ask?

sted on "disc e-paper"

sted — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:25:35 +0000

I'm a industrial designer, and i'm working on a display. Is it possible to produce a round e-paper. Like a disc or a half circle? If it is possible, would it be more expensive?