Having a child is a major milestone in a person’s life, and there’s a long list of things to get done before that little bundle of joy kicks and screams its way into the world. What better way to make sure you’ve still got time to paint the nursery and assemble the crib than to have an automated loading screen that shows just how far along the organic 3D printing process is?
This fetal development tracker was put together by [mokas] using Adafruit’s ESP32-S2 powered MagTag. As the name implies, the all-in-one electronic ink development board is designed so that it can be adhered to a metallic surface with integrated magnets. The idea is that you can pop a battery in the low-power device, stick it on your refrigerator, and have a regularly updated display of…well, whatever you want.
In this case, [mokas] has combined a CircuitPython routine for displaying a progress bar with some example code that works its way through a slideshow of bitmaps. The fetal development images were pulled from Wikimedia, and a one-line ImageMagick incantation got them properly dithered for display on the e-ink panel.
With this project out of the way, no doubt [mokas] will soon start work on the next parenthood hack. Perhaps some variant of this computer vision system that can detect when a sleeping baby is getting hungry.
What’s an E-Ink display vendor that can supply large displays? Looking for something around 32 inches high.
Most of them are actually between 4 and 5 inches high.
Are they made that large?
E Ink Corp ED420TT1. 642.6 x 856.8 mm (25.2″ x 33.7″) active area, 2160 x 2880 pixels. Seems to be discontinued though.
Probably because the price excluded it from the market.
I want a movie poster size display for a picture frame / concept art display.
How small can one make the bezel, perhaps lots of little displays all working together?
@Jenson Kendle said: “What’s an E-Ink display vendor that can supply large displays? Looking for something around 32 inches high.”
Tile some displays maybe? Here are three old 20 inch Advanced Color ePaper (ACeP) panels side-by-side:
https://www.slashgear.com/e-inks-color-epaper-up-close-24441401
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2V9iuTW3sA
This might look interesting if you don’t have kids or if this is your first pregnancy.
As someone with several kids, I don’t recommend you do this. It doesn’t always work out and reminders can be… a lot, emotionally.
Well said. Looks like a fun project but potential makers should definitely check with their partner to be sure both people are emotionally prepared for the worst outcome. Even then I would warn against it.
Oh, I never thought of that, but still best to keep a positive outlook.
I’d have to wait along time. I’m 63, and in 2019 they warned me that the drugs could or would make me impotent.
Wear a tux at all times.
So you look impotent!