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Posted by stingrae 13 hours ago

Show HN: Open-Source eInk Bike Computer(opentrailpaper.com)
Hey all, i just launched my Eink Bike computer project and think it is cool.

Another tidbit, in the crazy things that AI has done... It has helped create a ANT (common sensor wireless protocol used in workout/biking) implementation for ESP32 by messing around with undocumented registers: https://github.com/RaemondBW/esp32-ant

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seemaze 11 hours ago|
Would love to see video of the application in action. Was recently researching eink displays for motorcycle navigation, but the refresh rates were not up to par for realtime automotive navigation..
stingrae 10 hours ago|
i have been using it in my car during commutes for testing. modern eink displays can do pretty high refresh rates. i think i can hit 20hz.
pilina 12 hours ago||
Battery of my Cubot King Kong Mini is slowly dying. I use it with OpenTracks to record my commutes and use as bikecomputer and sometimes Osmand+ for offline navigation. I am searching for alternative, which needs to be waterproof and cheap (my commutes luckily includes downhill trails sometimes - I dont want to break expensive device). The title gave me high hopes, but I suppose I need to keep searching.
__mharrison__ 11 hours ago||
Very cool. I was messing around vibe-coding an HR monitor on a LilyGo T5.

My thought was I'd love to set an HR zone and then connect it to my e-MTB and have it change power to keep me in a zone.

The refresh rate on my device was horrible, and the models (this was a few months ago) struggled to create a historical line plot of my HR.

evrimoztamur 12 hours ago||
I can't imagine using this in the Netherlands with random rain. The tradeoffs are hard to accept, wondering how it looks and performs in various weather conditions, and if a physical buttoned shell is worth it...
matsemann 11 hours ago||
Garmin Edge 10X0 series is touch only (except for pause and lap button). Was a bit apprehensive myself moving to 1040 from my old 5X0 series with buttons only, but no issues in weather so far. More reliable than a phone display with droplets.
Finnucane 11 hours ago||
I gave up on bike computers years ago after a couple of tries to find one that would survive New England winter. Then I realized I didn't really need to give a crap about anything a bike computer was telling me.
shrinks99 10 hours ago||
Very cool! Did you consider Protomaps for the map tile format at all? It's a pretty clever way of storing everything in a single file and their tooling is pretty nice.
stingrae 10 hours ago|
I hadnt heard of it. I will check it out.
steve_adams_86 4 hours ago||
PMTiles is the underlying technology I believe. We use it on oceanconnect.ca and in my opinion it’s pretty awesome. Very efficient to store and retrieve, and cut our S3 PUT request costs by something like 90% across the project.
StrLght 10 hours ago||
Wow, this looks amazing!

I hope we can get a better suited hardware though. Larger buttons, smaller device overall. 4.7" sounds huge, almost size of a phone.

stingrae 10 hours ago|
yes me too. i may be working on something...
dinan 12 hours ago||
Does this work well in direct sunlight? I know a lot of e-paper panels struggle to refresh in strong sunlight. The waveshare panels look very faded if they update while exposed to UV.
stingrae 12 hours ago||
i have ridden with this unit over five hundred miles and not had any issues. though SF Bay Area summers arent as tough as other places.
carlosjobim 6 hours ago||
Maybe they get air cooled if you pedal fast enough?
hi_hi 8 hours ago||
There’s no mention of the wheel sensor. How does it get the bike telemetry?
dchest 8 hours ago|
GPS
dumbmachine 12 hours ago||
Wow, this is really cool. I really needed something for my neo retro build, this might just fit the bill.
maxrev17 12 hours ago|
Insane! Quality on the ANT too!
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