While Valve will not be making and providing their own e-ink display for the Steam Machine, they have opened it up so anyone can now do it.
    • napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.orgEnglish
      321·
      1 month ago

      While Valve will not be making and providing their own e-ink display for the Steam Machine, they have opened it up so anyone can now do it.

      Quite literally the first sentence of the article. No, it has not. But there are now instructions to retrofit it with one.

    • Orygin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      18·
      1 month ago

      They made a face panel with an e-ink display for their internal testing (display status, temps, speed etc). Said they would not sell it but they released how to make one yourself

  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
    19·
    1 month ago

    That’s cool that they host their own repository. Maintaining their distance from Microsoft I guess haha.

    • JackFrostNCola@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      1 month ago

      And the ‘countdown clock’ animation for when its booting games or loading in levels. I wouldnt even mind if it randomly scrolled fallout ads while your playing ‘sugar bombs’, ‘radaway’, etc.

  • WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.todayEnglish
    7·
    1 month ago

    May as well open it - I doubt the SM will be doing massive sales at current prices, so even fewer would have sprung for this add-on. Opening it up is at least good PR/marketing.

      • anguo@piefed.caEnglish
        3·
        1 month ago

        Yes, e-readers nowadays have a “frontlight”, a fiber optic mesh overlaid on top of the display. But the list of materials they provide doesn’t have anything that would provide this light.

    • variaatio@nord.pubEnglish
      4·
      1 month ago

      intensive studio lighting? e-ink is reflective so good enough front light makes them surprisingly bright.

  • Hello_there@fedia.io
    41·
    1 month ago

    Most of the screens you see on modern cases don’t have firmware for Linux. So good to see a modern one that does. Would make sense for this to be used on any of the Linux gaming boxes that are around.

  • tiramichu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 month ago

    They’re now calling it the “Inkterface” and there’s a good few things you’ll need to make it including:

    • 1 x Adafruit ESP32 Feather with 2MB PSRAM.
    • 1 x Adafruit eInk Breakout Friend.
    • 1 x Adafruit 5.83" Monochrome eInk Panel.
    • 13 x M2.5 x 5mm Pan Head Machine Screws.
    • 4 x 1/4" x 1/4" x 3/16" Stepped Magnet SB443-OUT.

    Funny how these days it’s so completely assumed every maker has a 3D printer that it doesn’t get mentioned, no more than instructions would mention anything as trivial as needing a screwdriver.