Hi! Don't give up.  This forum just isn't that busy.  I myself rarely log in, as it tends to be slow around here.

I am on board for one kit!

I will try to log in more often to follow any updates.

Cheers!

Very nice.

I would like to buy a kit.

Best Regards, 

/Di ck

Hi,

I just started production of a batch of 20 PCBs. I'm still having trouble sourcing key components at decent prices, but it seems manageable. In the meantime, I've uncovered a small issue in my original design, where the display would sometimes restart when batteries are not completely new.

As I have implemented other fixes in the new design, I believe it solves this one too, I'll confirm that once I receive the new PCBs.

As usual, I'll keep posting the updates here, so stay tuned !

Staying tuned!  🙂

Hello, and thank you all for staying tuned.

I have received the latest PCBs just before christmas, and have spent the last days on 2021 installing one on my Beolink 5000 and fixing a few last gripes I had with the firmware.

So, basically, on the hardware front, I managed to get all the components, everything works as expected, all the minor issues from the previous version are fixed, and I could not find any fault in this version.

Firmware-wise, I have added a few optimization, like avoid refreshing the display when the text is blank ( the Beolink 5000 CPU loves to just write blank text before writing the real text ), and a 5 seconds delay before displaying the standby screens, that makes up for the few seconds lost to refresh.

I also worked on an Installation guide PDF, which you can find there : Installation Guide v0.1

That document is not as detailed as I would like, yet I felt it was complete enough to publish it here.

Feel free to leave your feedback about it !

And now, the real business :

If you feel confident you can complete the process described in the installation guide (see especially the parts in red), I can ship 5 kits in the next days.

The remaining 14 kits are still lacking their display, which I will order soon.

Please keep in mind there might still be a few issues that pops up, despite my testing. I will do my best to fix them with you.

Each kit includes an E-paper display, the assembled PCB, a 3D-printed "cradle" for the display, and a lone red wire.

The price is still 50€ 60€ / kit ( see my next message ), shipping from France excluded.

If you are interested in getting one of these kits, please contact me in private.

And last but not least, have a nice 2022 year !

Contacted in private!  🙂

Great job! Contacted in private

I would like to take 2 kits too. 

Hello,

The first 5 kits are now sold ( sorry Vintage_B&O, saw your answer here a bit late ).

Thank you to those early buyers, I cannot wait to have your feedback !

( Also, that means 5 remotes back into service, yay ! 😁 )

I am now ordering 15 E-Paper displays to produce 15 others kits, expected delivery time in a few weeks.

Also, I feel kinda bad for this, but from now on I will increase slightly the price of each kits to 60€.

I want to keep those as cheap as I can, but when calculating the original price I simply factored in the cost of each part, and a small assembly time. I completely failed to account for the time and cost of individually testing (and fixing) and packaging of each kit ( turns out you cannot ship things without putting them in a box first, who would have thought ! )

I will probably end up building a small rig to simulate a Beolink 5000 CPU, to test each kit easily.

Preferred way to order is still through private messages, but I will try to keep a closer eye on the thread to avoid missing orders.

I will post here as soon as I get the new E-Papers.