When it comes to an eBook reader, the choices are limited. The market is dominated by Amazon’s proprietary Kindle along with a few other options like Kobo, Nook and Onyx.
An interesting news for open source enthusiasts is that a developer, Joey Castillo, is working on creating an open
The extremely tiny screen is the deal-breaker for me, I want to build one of these for my father to replace the over a decade old kindle he uses, but I want to upgrade to a bigger screen.
We can’t afford much, and we have a 3d printer and I know my way around a Pi and wiring, so it would be a great option.
But such tiny display for what should be an upgrade from the tech of 10+ years ago :-(
The problem is that such open hardware projects can mostly only work with the components on the market, and eInk displays (or advanced displays in general) are principally only sold by their manufacturers to the OEMs they have contracts with. We are lucky to have any eInk display available to us at all for these kinds of endeavours!
This, plus making bigger eink displays with reasonable refresh and antighosting is a pain. They are proportionately more expensive.
Aren’t all e-readers tiny? I want an A4 sized one (with a stylus for taking notes and scribbling).
Inkplate 10 is not tiny (10"). I’d prefer larger but it’s a start, and fairly affordable. I might get one sometime.
There are A4 e-readers. Bamboo note for example.
Yes I’ve seen one. Maybe there are more now than when I looked, but at that time there weren’t enough to be able to make a choice as a consumer.
Onyx Boox has the Note Air 3(10in) and the Tab X(13in). They aren’t cheap though, $400 and $900 respectively, mostly because of how expensive those large eInk screens are.