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🆕 blog! “eInk Display for Octopus's Agile Energy Tariff”

I'm a little bit obsessed with building eInk displays. They're pretty cheap second hand. They're low energy, passive displays, with good-enough performance for occasional updates. Here's a new one which shows me what the current cost of my electricity is: Background After installing solar panels, a …

👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/12/eink-

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Terence Eden’s Blog · eInk Display for Octopus's Agile Energy Tariff
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Apparently I didn't properly code my eink screen for *negative* pricing 😅

On the plus side, right now electricity is costing me zero pounds, zero shillings, and zero pence.

Might roast some potatoes just for the hell of it 😉

(We both get £50 if you join Octopus share.octopus.energy/metal-dov)

@Edent
Ooo what is the display? Another Kobo type thing or something more specific?