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1. edoceo · 1790604719 · focus · HN ↗

   I was just working on something similar. Was about to buy the xteink for my display. You've accelerated my progress. How's the battery life?

   1. seamus_c · 1790605029 · focus · HN ↗

      Honestly it's pretty good, but it's too new to give you an actual number. I haven't had to think about it so far. As a LoRa Meshtastic node the device ran for days and still had plenty of battery.

      In normal operation battery life is by how often you do a refresh, the rest of the time it's in deep sleep. I think for this application I could build in a refresh schedule tied to when the house is active (mornings, evenings, weekends) to reduce the number of refreshes. It syncs on touch if it hasn't synced in the last 5 minutes (and there's a button for when your feeling impatient)

   2. utopiah · 1790610527 · focus · HN ↗

      I&#x27;d check <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Josh-writes&#x2F;microslate-firmware&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Josh-writes&#x2F;microslate-firmware&#x2F; for the xteink as it is less focused on only reading, but keep in mind it&#x27;s a screen only, so not touch. Buttons though are pretty good so enough for tick items on a list IMHO.

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