New Project: Wall mounted display using e-paper display

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My project is to but together an e-paper display for a simple status center.
At the moment it will not have any touch buttons and I've not decided if the display end will be mains powered or battery.

I expect to have to write an app to read the various sensors to be displayed and sending them off to the display.

I would appreciate any thoughts / input others may have on some similar project, mostly the App. For me the hardware is quite basic.

Thanks

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Any reason why you dont just use an arduino module with wifi already on it to talk to hub using Hubduino? I interested in the e-paper displays, haven't messed with one yet.
My set-up is Hub <--> Arduino/ESP32/LoRa/OLED Display <--> Arduino/LoRa sensors.

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I was thinking it might be easier to use an Android e-ink device… install fully kiosk browser and just feed the device a web page to display over wifi, like any of the dashboards or create your own http page to display.

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The difficulty might be parsing the data from the hub to the arduino. Dont recall an existing app that goes that direction with data locally.

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I've used Hubduino and has success. But then I found the cc2530 zigbee modules they are super solid ( I currently have 3 running in sensors). I like the fact that I don't have to go through my router, and they act as repeaters.

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I'll have to look for such an animal. It might be an alternative :slight_smile: Thanks

UPDATE: I looked at the Android e-Ink tablets. All the ones I've found are larger than I envisioned. But they have touch screens. I'll keep in mind.