Color e-ink MacBook Pro

A. L. Wies (@DrogenDiego) has married an M1 MacBook Pro with a 40Hz color e-paper display from OED (one of E Ink's few competitors):

"I wanted to share my InkBook. It's a E-Paper Laptop. I bought a used 16 inch MacBook Pro M1 that had a broken screen and replaced it with an OED 13 inch color E-Paper Panel.

"It is based on the modos Paper Dev Kit that's available on https://www.crowdsupply.com/modos-tech/modos-paper-monitor

"I adapted the firmware to my needs and wrote custom dithering algorithms. Mine is using edge aware bayer dithering for most of the content. I also show floyd steinberg error diffusion dithering. It looks very natural but looses brightness.

"I put a thin 6 mm wooden case behind the display to fit the PCB. But with a custom PCB it would've been possible to include everything in the display case.

"It's connected via USBC and acts as an external display. I managed to keep the front camera working :)

"I will do a seperate video where I explain in detail how I did it and the steps involved.

"This year is gonna be really cool for E-Paper. The technology is ready now for everyday E-Paper screens.

"if you have questions you can write in the comments. I will answer them ;)"

A far cry from 2012!

❧ 2026-01-27