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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."

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  1. Re:What would happen by MattGWU · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't get it. What do YOU think will happen?

    All I can see is a company gets a black eye, blames the whole thing on 'those evil hackers', and sends a potentially cool technology away forever.

    And if the first thing you think of when you think of porn is 'Goatse', man, I'm sorry.

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    "These people look deep within my soul and assign me a number based on the order in which I joined" --Homer re:
  2. Re:What would happen by nizo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If the internet has done one thing for me, it has killed whatever curiosity I had to go look at new shock images.

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  3. Re:Adn so it begins... by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And they already know how to make flat paper speakers so they damned things will be talking whenever somebody is in range.

    If they had video cameras, they'd be vandal resistant too.

    "Watch Big Brother! Tonight of ABC! Watch Big Brother Tonight on ABC! Mr Morris, please do not touch this advert, it is the property of Orwell Advertising Inc. Mr Morris, video of the incident has been sent to law enforcement"

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