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Hacking Esquire's E-ink Cover

Posted by kdawson on from the be-one-of-the-hundred-thousand dept.

ptorrone writes "I picked up the Esquire E-inked 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. Two E-ink screens with flex connections — looks like it was made to be reprogrammed and different screens. The top screen has 11 segments, the bottom has 3. It was designed 2008-06-04. 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 times and perhaps put other displays on it, there's a little bit of hacking to be had but not that much really."

7 of 205 comments (clear)

  1. The internet is getting to me by Aussenseiter · · Score: 5, Funny

    I really need to stop mentally pronouncing it "E-squire".

  2. Oh wow, a magazine with a digital cover by CitznFish · · Score: 5, Funny

    who cares! until the magazine can read to me while I'm on the toilet, and answer my questions, or rebuttal my comments, I don't care how much technology goes into the cover.

    Then again if Playboy gets a digital cover that talks dirty to me then I have the option of recanting my previous statement.

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    'mmmmmmmmm.... forbidden donut'
  3. Re:What would happen by CaptainPatent · · Score: 5, Funny

    if someone went and re-flashed all the controllers in the Esquire mags to display porn (first thing that comes to mind is Goatse) instead of the original content?

    Um, then it would display goatse.

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    Well, back to rejecting software patent applications.
  4. <blink>? by Hurricane78 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great. The <blink> tag made it to real life!

    Why?? Whyyyyyyyy........??? ;)

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    Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.
  5. Re:What would happen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    All I can see is a company gets a black eye,

    That's not an eye...

  6. Re:Boring, boring, boring by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    1995 called - they want their tag back.

  7. Re:What would happen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    > In the howitworks they seem to have 3 shades: white, black, and grey.

    Unlike e-books, which apparently also have 3 shades: light grey, dark grey, and grey.