Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to E-Ink Powered UK Rail Departure Board Using Badger 2040W
Hey HN community, I've recently embarked on a tinkering project that merges the versatility of the Badger 2040W with the practicality of an E-ink display. Inspired by the UK Rail departure boards, I've created an E-ink version that updates in real-time with departure information. Would love to hear your thoughts, suggestions, or similar projects you've come across!
This project uses a Badger 2040W microcontroller and e-ink display to recreate UK railway departure boards with real-time updates. It is designed for hobbyists and makers interested in electronics tinkering and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. E-Ink Powered UK Rail Departure Board Using Badger 2040W launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2025 · stavros.io · its alternatives →
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Recently, we wanted to find a way to display Generative AI art in our office at Photoroom.
2023 · eliot.blog · its alternatives →
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E-ink bird frame for Raspberry Pi - real-time bird detection by audio, fully local AI, rendered as real, hand-cut 1800s bird illustrations. - arnegiacomo/fugleramme
Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Project E Ink▲20332" e-ink screen that displays daily newspapers on your wall
2023 · projecteink.com · its alternatives →
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I made a thing! In 2014, I was holding a stack of iPhones and thought to myself: "Hey, if I had each phone display a playing card, I could click a button and they'd shuffle themselves" I pared that idea all the way down to this: trading cards made of e-ink displays. Right now, each card costs me about $20 each, but with only a bit more scale, I think I can get that down to $10. In doing this project, I learned how to design electronics and circuit boards. I learned Rust and wrote my first driver, I upped my CAD skills, 3D printed, and did my first resin casting. I generated the images on the…
2022 · wyldcard.io · its alternatives →
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2023 · stavros.io · its alternatives →
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Join the paperd.ink waitlist to get early access to open-source e-paper (eink) devices.
2021 · paperd.ink · its alternatives →
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Low power, E-Ink dashboard for every day life running on a hacked Kindle. - davidhampgonsalves/Life-Dashboard
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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After years of making screwdrivers and teaching people to repair electronics, we just made our first electronic tool. It's been a journey for us to build while hewing to our repairable principles. We're really excited about it. It's a USB-C powered soldering iron and smart battery power hub. Super repairable, of course. Our goal is to make soldering so easy everyone can do it: https://www.ifixit.com/fixhub We didn’t want to make just another iron, so we spent years sweating the details and crafting something that met our exacting standards. This is a high-performance iron: it…
2024 · hackaday.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · rahulrav.com · its alternatives →
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Fastest E-Ink Tablet with 60 Hz
2024 · daylightcomputer.com · its alternatives →
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Hey Hackers. This is a project I solo-developed that turns completed PCB assemblies into an easy to use boardview with some accompanying boardscans. There are lots of easier and better ways of doing this, but this is an experimentation to do it as cheaply as possible, with the highest quality and lowest chance of errors. The technical details are in the link. Most public boardviews are almost entirely the result of industrial espionage, other than a few encrypted subscription based software platforms that provide extensive access. The process output is released as donationware, as my main…
2024 · usoldering.com · its alternatives →
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Displio▲91A tiny, programmable e-ink wifi display (pre-launch)
2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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32" e-ink screen with generated art based on tech headlines
2023 · projecteink.com · its alternatives →
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Power efficient dashboard for Kindle 4 NT devices. Contribute to pascalw/kindle-dash development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I've always been fascinated by thermal printers – there's something magical about seeing text and images materialize on paper in seconds. But I found that working with them programmatically was always a pain. You either had to deal with ancient printer protocols or use clunky vendor-specific SDKs. So I built Printercow (https://printercow.com) – it turns any thermal printer into an HTTP endpoint with just one command. Technical details: - Supports any ESC/POS compatible printer (Epson, Star Micronics, etc.) - Handles paper widths from 58mm to 120mm - Automatic image dithering…
2025 · printercow.com · its alternatives →
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A hobby project of mine that was surprisingly easy to put together! I love waking up and seeing the freshly generated image.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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