You aren't signed in     Sign In    Help

esquire e-ink cover

In order to view this Flickr video, you'll need to
install the latest version of the Adobe Flash Player.



I picked up the Esquire E-ink'ed cover today and took a bunch of high res photos, For the makers out there... It has: a programming header, 5-pin ISP, a Microchip PIC 12f629 which is flash programmable, 8 pin, 6 lithium coin cell CR2016s, 3 volts each. 2 e-ink screens with flex connections - looks like it was made to be reprogrammed and different screens. The top screen 11 segments, the bottom has 3. It was design 06/04/2008. The PCB was made by Forewin, half thickness, 2 layer board (FR4). I think someone out there will likely reflash the PIC and make the segments go on / off at different time and perhaps put other displays on it, there's a little bit of hacking to be had but not that much really. 

Comments

view profile

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML  Pro User  says:

Amazing! thanks for showing this!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

josh.klein says:

Woah woah woah! That's cool.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

viksit  Pro User  says:

Super cool! :)
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

drewzhrodague says:

Can we just pick these up at the news stand? This would be interesting to play with.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

.schill  Pro User  says:

That is pretty neat. I assume the issue is specially-priced also, given most magazines don't ship with hardware? :)
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

elctrojkr says:

"Esquire will distribute 100,000 issues with the special cover - each with a built-in battery that will keep the display active for as long as six months -- on newsstands. The magazines are available at Borders, Barnes & Noble and select newsstand vendors."
www.marketwatch.com/news/story/ford-flex-part ners-esquire...{7CBFFB33-83E5-4139-92A8-23BDE07227A1}&di st=hppr
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

inthebitz  Pro User  says:

Howdy! I just hacked the screen with the Arduino, and posted some code if anyone's still interested, and has these lying around :) antipastohw.blogspot.com/2008/10/hacking-esqu ire-cover-e-...
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

pt  Pro User  says:

nicely done, i'll post this on MAKE
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Would you like to comment?

Sign up for a free account, or sign in (if you're already a member).

[?]
view photos Uploaded on September 8, 2008
by pt

pt's photostream

10,857
uploads

Tags

Additional Information

AttributionNoncommercialNo Derivative Works Some rights reserved Anyone can see this video

Add to your map