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Hacking Esquire's E-ink Cover

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 andreyvul · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I meant *beyond* the obvious.
    And I said Goatse because few people are desensitized to it.
    s/Goatse/Shock image/g
    Also, I was being rhetorical. THERE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A F**KING ANSWER.

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    proud caffeine whore
  2. How to watch video? by pipatron · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So how do I watch this video in Linux? After enabling all 186 layers of javascript hell I only get a gray box with the text "Choose from the players listed below.", and nothing listed below.

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    c++; /* this makes c bigger but returns the old value */