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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. it's raining niggers here! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    woah nelly!

    1. Re:it's raining niggers here! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      you know what's worse than a nigger? A nigger lover. A nigger can't help being a nigger. He could (in theory) learn to speak english, wear proper clothes, bathe daily, and keep his cock in his pants, but it's not his fault that he can't. He didn't choose to have nigger parents. However, a nigger lover willingly chose to pretend niggers are human.