Hamas E-Ink Displei i kost?

Ol 'bare display modules' i kost klostu$5–$300, ol divelopmen kit wantaim ol draiva bod i kost klostu$10–$450, na pinis e-pepa displei i kost klostu$800–$2,500.

Wanpela 2.9-inch e-ink modul i kostim $15. Wanpela 25-inch e-ink monita i kostim $2,000. Dispela em i no wanpela 'type'. Dispela em i trupela samting bilong wanpela maket we wanpela kampani tasol i bosim, we i gat ol 'patent' i pasim, na i no gat planti kompetisen.

Prais Landskep

Ol namba tru i bikpela tru long mak bilong ol.

Long liklik arere-1.5" i go long 2.9" panellong ol ilektronik sel lebol na ol IoT sensa-yu lukluk long $5 i go long $20 long ol bare modul, $10 i go long $30 wantaim ol draiva bod. Prais bilong ol komoditi. ESL maket i bin kirapim ol volium i go antap inap long mekim ol dispela samting i kamap gutpela tru.

Dispela4.2" i go inap 5.8" maki karamapim ol samting bilong werim na ol liklik displei. Ol prais i go antap long $18-$45 long ol 'bare modules', $25-$60 wantaim ol 'driver boards-em i gutpela yet long planti projek.

Sikispela insem i ples we planti manmeri i save bungim e-ink pastaim. Kindle Paperwhite. Fomat i bin senis insait long 15 yia. Dispela em i e-rida standet, na prais i soim dispela 'maturity': $30 i go long $65 bilong modul, $45 i go long $80 wantaim wanpela draiva bod. Em i no liklik pe, tasol em i no bikpela tumas. Yu baim samting olsem $5-$10 long wan wan 'diagonal inch' long dispela sais.

Orait dispela ben i go antap tru.

Na bihain i gat25.3-inch klas-desktop e-ink monita, waitpela weil bilong e-pepa wol. Pe bilong ol 'raw panel' i go antap long $800-$1,200. Ol monita we ol i wokim pinis i save salim long $1,500-$2,500. Ol samting bilong ikonomi long hia i no gat as bilong en, tasol bai yumi go long dispela.

Kala i save senisim olgeta samting.Ol kala displei i save kostim 1.5× i go inap 3× moa long ol monokrom ekvivalent bilong ol long olgeta sais klas. Wanpela 13.3-inch Kaleido 3 kala modul i salim long $449 long ofisel stua bilong E Ink-na dispela em i panel tasol. Gallery 3 ful-kala panel wantaim 50,000 kala i gat bikpela pe moa, tasol ol i no save tokaut long stretpela prais bilong en.

Ol dispela prais i no bin senis tumas insait long wanpela tenpela yia. Dispela samting tasol i tokim yu olsem wanpela samting i bruk.

Bilong wanem E-Ink i kost olsem em i kost

E Ink Holdings, wanpela kampani bilong Taiwan, i bosim95% bilong global e-pepa displei maket. Larim dispela namba i go insait. Olgeta Kindle. Olgeta Kobo. Olgeta reMarkable. Olgeta Boox. Olgeta Supernot. Olgeta ilektronik sel lebol insait long olgeta supamaket, olgeta famasi, olgeta haus kago. Olgeta i yusim ol E Ink panel.

Dispela i no pasin bilong bosim maket. Dispela em i monopoli.

Stori bilong kampani i stat long MIT's Media Lab long 1990s, we ol risetsa i bin kamapim 'core microencapsulated electrophoretic' teknoloji. Dispela 'spin-off' kampani, E Ink Corporation, i bin kisim long Taiwan's Prime View International long 2009. Tripela yia bihain, long 2012, E Ink i bin kisim SiPix, em wanpela bikpela kampani tasol bilong en long dispela taim. Risal bilong en em i wanpela saplai sen wantaim wanpela 'chokepoint' tasol.

Taim yu baim wanpela e-pepa divais long wanpela kampani, mani bilong yu i go long wanpela kampani long Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Ol 'patent' i mekim na 'monopoli' i stap longpela taim.'Core microencapsulated electrophoretic display patent', we ol i bin putim long 1996, i pinis. Long tingting, dispela i mas opim ol 'floodgates'. Olgeta manmeri i mas inap long wokim ol e-pepa displei yusim ol besik teknoloji.

Tasol E Ink i no bin malolo long ol dispela yia we ol i bin lukautim 'patent-.

Kampani i save tromoi samting olsem$150 milien long wanwan yia long R&D-wanpela mid-pela pesen bilong mani ol i kisim. Long wanpela kampani i save wokim ol displei, dispela i antap tru. Samsung Display, we i wok long bikpela skel, i save tromoi liklik hap mani long risets. R&D intensiti bilong E Ink i winim ol kampani bilong wokim ol marasin.

Dispela invesmen i save kamapim ol 'patent' failing oltaim. Ol kala filta arei. Refresim ol wevfom hariap. Ol plastik sabstret we i save tanim tanim. Ol 'contrast ratios' i kamap gutpela moa. Low-temperature operesen. Olgeta jeneresen bilong teknoloji i save bringim nupela intelektual propeti. Olgeta nupela samting i save putim narapela 'layer' long strongpela banis.

Taim bilong 'patent' i pinis i no senisim wanpela samting. Strongpela banis i kamapim ol nupela banis.

Olgeta kompetisen husat i laik go insait long maket i mas mekim wanpela disisen: givim laisens long teknoloji bilong E Ink (na kisim strong bilong ol long putim prais), kamapim ol narapela rot we i save raun long planti tausen paten (i gat bikpela pe na i save kisim bikpela haptaim), o kisim olsem ol prodak bilong ol bai i no gat gutpela teknoloji (na olsem na ol i no inap long salim).

I gat tu wanpela nogut samting i kamap we i helpim monopolist. Total reveniu bilong E Ink long wanwan yia i stap klostu long $1 bilien. Dispela i luk olsem planti inap long taim yu skelim wantaim global displei panel maket, we i save winim $150 bilien long olgeta yia. E-pepa i kisim liklik hap bilong hap bilong displei indastri.

Liklik maket i min olsem liklik prodaksen volium. E Ink i save operetim ol liklik faktori taim yu skelim wantaim ol bikpela Gen 10.5 fasiliti we BOE na Samsung i save yusim long wokim LCD na OLED. Ol liklik volium i min olsem i no gat 'economies of scale'. Ol 'fixed cost' bilong wokim ol 'cleanroom', ol ikwipmen, ol wokman bilong enjiniaring-i save go long liklik lain tasol.

Nogat 'economies of scale' i min olsem ol prais i stap antap. Wanpela 6-inch e-ink panel i kost $30–$60. Wanpela 6-inch LCD panel i kost $3-$8. Ol wok bilong wokim ol samting i wankain, tasol bikpela senis i kamapim bikpela spes long prais.

Ol bikpela prais i pasim adopsen. Ol manmeri i save lukluk long ol e-ink masin, lukim ol narapela masin i winim LCD, na planti taim ol i save makim masin we i no gat bikpela pe. Ol kampani i save wokim ol masin i save putim mak long ol e-ink prodak lain bilong ol bikos maket i liklik.

Limit adopsen i mekim maket i stap liklik. Na dispela saikel i go het yet.

Dispela em i wanpela trap we i save strongim yu yet na i save bruk tasol sapos wanpela i putim planti bilien dola long winim skel-o sapos wanpela bikpela senis long teknoloji i mekim wok bilong wokim ol samting i no gat wok moa. Tupela i no bin kamap. Tupela i no luk olsem bai kamap klostu.

Skelim bilong LCD

Dispela spes namel long e-ink na LCD i mas kisim luksave, long wanem, em i soim olsem prais bilong e-pepa i no stret.

Long 6-inch sais-e-rida standet-wanpela LCD panel i kost $3 i go long $8. Wanpela e-ink panel i save kostim $30 i go inap $60. Em i wanpela8× i go long 10× premiumbilong e-pepa. Tupela teknoloji i bikpela pinis. Tupela wantaim i kamap long skel (tasol i gat narapela narapela skel). E-ink premium i no inap long eksplenim long wok bilong wokim samting tasol.

Long 10 ins, ol LCD panel i save kost $8 i go long $15. Ol E-ink panel i save kostim $100 i go inap $180. Reshio i go nogut moa long10× i go long 12×. Yu ken baim 10-pela LCD panel long pe bilong wanpela e-ink panel.

Dispela 25-inch sais klas i soim olgeta samting i no gat as bilong en. Wanpela 25-inch LCD panel-kain olsem insait long wanpela besik opis monita-i kostim $40 i go long $80. Wanpela 25-inch e-ink panel i kostim $800 i go long $1,200. Em i wanpela15× i go long 20× premium.

Wanpela 25-inch LCD monita we ol i salim pinis aninit long $100 long stua, wantaim panel, ol samting bilong draiva, banis, pawa saplai, na winmani. Wanpela 25-inch e-ink monita i pinis na ol i salim long $2,000 o moa.

Teknoloji i narapela, yes. E-ink i nidim stretpela 'waveform' jeneresen. Wok bilong wokim ol samting i yusim 'microencapsulation' na i no 'liquid crystal alignment'. Ol kaikai i ken i go daun, na ol 'tolerance' i ken stap strong.

Tasol dispela teknoloji i 15× i go inap 20× moa kompleks? Em i 15× i go long 20× moa dia long wokim long wankain skel?

Nogat. Dispela prais i no kamap bikos long teknoloji tasol. Em i stret long maket straksa. Taim wanpela kampani i bosim saplai na i no gat kompetisen, ol prais i soim strong bilong maket, na i no kost bilong wokim samting.

Kala Teknoloji: Kaleido, Galeri, na Spektra

Kala e-ink i kamap pinis, tasol i gat kain kain teis wantaim ol narapela narapela pasin na prais.

Kaleido

Kaleidoi makim E Ink's mass-maket kala solusen. Dispela teknoloji i putim wanpela kala filta arei (CFA) antap long wanpela standet blak-na-wait e-ink leia-konseptual wankain olsem hau ol LCD displei i save kamapim kala, maski piksel teknoloji i stap aninit i narapela kain olgeta. Risal:4,096 kala long 150 PPIkala resolusen, wantaim monokrom leit aninit i givim 300 PPI bilong blak-na-wait konten. Teks i stap sap yet bikos em i save soim long ful resolusen. Ol piksa i gat kala i luk olsem i no gat nois na i gat liklik -resolusen bikos ol i bin filterim long CFA.

Ol 'refresh rate' i stap gut long ritim - wankain olsem ol 'monocrome' panel. Yu no inap luksave long bikpela delei taim yu tanim ol pes o lukluk long ol kala konten.

Ol 'trade-offs em i tru. Ol kala i luk nogut tru taim yu skelim wantaim LCD o OLED. Saturesen i liklik. 150 PPI kala resolusen i min olsem ol gutpela kala i luk malumalum liklik. Pasin bilong sanlait stret long ritim-e-ink's killer feature-i go daun liklik bikos kala filta i save pulim lait.

Kaleido 3-pela modul i kost klostu50-80% moawinim ol wankain monokrom panel. Wanpela 7-inch Kaleido 3 panel i ken kostim $50-$70 we wanpela monokrom panel i ken kostim $30-$40. Pe bilong en i bikpela tasol i no bikpela tumas, na dispela i as na Kaleido i kamap long ol masin bilong baim ol samting olsem Kobo Libra Kala na ol kain kain Boox kala model.

Galeri 3

Galeri 3em i wanpela narapela kain rot tru, na em i gat narapela kain prais. Gallery 3 i no save rausim waitpela lait long ol kala, tasol em i yusim foapela-pigmen sistem-cyan, magenta, yelo, na wait- we i stap insait long wanwan 'microcapsule'. Olgeta piksel i gat olgeta 4-pela kala, we ol i ken muvim i go long ples bilong lukluk long en long rot bilong ol narapela narapela 'electrical field sequences'.

Nogat kala filta i nidim. Risal: klostu50,000 kala long ful 300 PPIresolusen long olgeta displei. Ol piksa i gat kala i klia moa long Kaleido. Dispela teknoloji i kamap klostu long wanem samting yu ken kolim "gutpela inap" kala riprodaksen long planti yus kes.

Tred-of em i spit. Long muvim foapela kain kala i go long stretpela ples bilong en i save kisim taim. Wanpela ful-kwaliti kala refresh inap long kisim inap 1.5 seken. Ol 'fast refresh' mod i stap tasol ol i daunim stretpela kala. Yu no lukim vidio long Galeri 3 displei. Yu no wok long skrolim gut wanpela kala pepa.

Ol panel bilong Galeri 3 i stap tasol bilong ol premium aplikesen. E Ink i no save pablisim prais, na ol pinis prodak we i yusim Gallery 3 i no save brukim ol panel kos. Tasol evidens i klia long ol prais bilong ol stua: ol kala e-note tablet we i yusim Gallery 3 i gat $500-$800 premium antap long ol monokrom ekvivalent wantaim wankain samting. Wanpela reMarkable 2 i kost $450. Wanpela wankain kala bilong Gallery 3 i kostim $900 o moa.

Spektra 6

Na bihain i gatSpektra 6, we i lukluk long narapela kain maket: ol sain na ol stua. Dispela teknoloji i yusim 6-pela-kala autput long foapela-pigmen maikrokap akitektsa, we i gutpela long ol bikpela-fomat displei we i no save senis planti taim. Tingim ol promosen sain bilong ol stua, ol infomesen bilong ples balus, ol lebol bilong ol samting bilong musium-ol aplikesen we yu nidim kala, sais, na zero pawa konsumsen namel long ol apdet. Ol sais bilong ol panel i kamap 75 ins long 2025. Ol prais i go antap long planti tausen dola. Ol sels i save kamap tasol long rot bilong ol B2B rot wantaim ol kontrak we ol i toktok long en, ol komitmen bilong volium, na ol kastom integresen sevis.

Sapos yu ritim dispela atikol na traim long painimaut hau long baim wanpela Spectra 6 panel bilong wanpela projek bilong yu yet, bekim em: ating yu no inap, na yu no inap tru long baim.

Wanem samting ol narapela narapela baia i save baim

Maket bilong e-ink i save sevim ol narapela narapela baia long ol narapela narapela prais. Ples yu sindaun insait long 'hierarchy' i makim hamas yu baim.

Hobbyist/Maker Tier

Sapos yu wokim wanpela projek bilong yu yet-wanpela smat haus displei, wanpela e-pepa weta stesin, wanpela art instalesen-yu baim long Waveshare, Adafruit, Good Display, o AliExpress. Ol samting yu save baim: wanpela 2.9" i go inap 7.5" divelopmen kit wantaim draiva bod, ribon kebol, na sampela kod. Prais:$15 i go long $120i dipen long sais na ol samting bilong en.

Sekim tru: yu baim ol prais bilong ol stua wantaim ful mak. Olgeta namelman i save kisim wanpela kat. Waveshare i save baim ol panel long E Ink (o ol distributa we i gat tok orait long en), putim ol samting bilong draiva, raitim ol pepa, lukautim sipmen, na givim sapot long ol kastoma. Olgeta dispela i save kostim mani.

Wanpela 7.5-inch Waveshare tripela kala kit i kost $50-$90 i dipen long wanem hap yu baim. Dispela wankain panel, taim Amazon i baim long planti milion dola, ating pe bilong en i aninit long $20 wantaim ol samting bilong draiva. Yu baim 3× i go 4× premium long sans bilong baim wanpela yunit long wanpela taim.

Dispela i no rong-liklik-kwantiti distribusen i gat ol kos tru. Tasol dispela i min olsem ol baset bilong ol hobby i save pinis hariap. Wokim wanpela foapela-panel e-ink dashbod i ken kostim $300 long ol panel tasol.

Liklik Prodaksen Tier

Taim yu odarim 100-1,000 yunit bilong wokim prototaip o liklik prodaksen, gem i senis. Yu wok long rot bilong ol distributa, Alibaba saplaia, o traim long kontektim fektori stret. Prais i save ron20-40% aninit long ritellong ol dispela volium. Wanpela panel we i kost $60 long Waveshare i ken stap long $40-$45 long rot bilong wanpela distributor rilesensip.

Tasol trupela samting i kamap hat. Ol kwot i nidim NDAs-ol saplaia i no laikim ol kompetisen i save long prais bilong ol. Minimum namba bilong ol oda i save kamapim ol hevi: ating yu mas baim 500 yunit long kisim gutpela prais, tasol yu mas kisim 200 tasol long namba wan prodaksen ran bilong yu. Ol taim bilong lid i save go inap long sampela wik o mun. Kwaliti i kamap wankain olsem hevi bilong yu.

Ol liklik baia i no gat strong. E Ink i no wari long 500-yunit oda bilong yu. Ol i salim planti milion panel i go long Amazon. Bisnis bilong yu i stap laip o i dai bihainim ol disisen bilong alokesen we yu mekim long ol kastoma we i bikpela moa long yu wan tausen taim.

Enterprise/OEM Tier

Long 10,000+ yunit long wanwan yia, yu wok stret wantaim ol sels ripresentativ bilong E Ink o ol patna bilong wokim ol samting. Ol estimet bilong indastri i soim olsem ol bikpela OEM i save baim$10-$15 long wanpela 6-inch panel-komperim wantaim $30–$60 long stua. Prais bilong volium em i tru, na spes i bikpela tru.

Amazon, Kobo, Rakuten, na ol bikpela ESL vendor olsem Pricer na SES-imagotag i wok long dispela lain. Ol i save toktok long ol kontrak bilong planti yia, garanti alokesen, kastom spesifikasen, na prais we ol wan wan baia bai i no inap lukim. Gap namel long ritel na volium prais i ken winim 70%.

Ol dispela rilesensip i save kam wantaim ol wok tu: ol komitmen bilong volium, ol divelopmen patnasip, sampela taim ol windo bilong nupela teknoloji tasol. Taim E Ink i lonsim nupela panel sais o kala teknoloji, ol bikpela OEM i save kisim namba wan akses.

Sapos yu laik kirapim wanpela kampani bilong yusim e-rida na resis wantaim prais bilong Kindle, kliagut olsem yu no resis wantaim bren na ekosistem bilong Amazon tasol. Yu resis wantaim ol kos bilong ol komponen bilong ol, we ating 50-70% daunbilo long bilong yu.

Sekenderi Maket

I gat tu wanpela 'shadow market' bilong ol 'e-ink panel we planti baia i no save tingim: ol samting we ol i bin yusim gen na ol samting we i stap yet. Ol as bilong dispela em ol Kindles na Kobos we ol i bin yusim gen (ol skrin i save stap longpela taim moa long ol divais), ol ilektronik shelf lebel sistem we ol i no wok moa (ol stua i save apgredim na tromoi olpela hatwea), ol samting i stap yet long ol projek we ol i bin kenselim, na ol wok bilong wokim ol samting i go antap.

Ol prais i ron30-50% bilong nupela panel kost. Wanpela 6-inch panel we i gat pe bilong $40 nupela em yu ken kisim long $15-$20 long wanpela 'recycler'.

Ol 'trade-offs i bikpela samting. Nogat waranti-sapos panel i no wok gut, yu bai lus. Ol ink panel we inap long bagarap-e-ink panel inap long kamapim ol piksel we i pas o i no wankain long taim na yusim. Yu no save long histori-yu no save hamas taim panel i bin kisim o hau ol i bin putim.

Bikpela samting tru, ol panel we ol i yusim gen i nidim kastom draiva divelopmen. Yu no kisim wanpela gutpela divelopmen kit wantaim ol pepa. Yu kisim wanpela 'bare panel', ating wantaim wanpela 'ribbon connector', na yu yet i mas painimaut 'pinout', 'driving waveforms', na 'initialization sequences'.

Dispela maket em i gutpela tasol long ol saveman bilong wokim ol 'hardware' wantaim ol 'oscilloscope', pasin bilong stap isi, na pasin bilong karim hevi. Em i no bilong ol manmeri i save laikim wok bilong wokim namba wan e-pepa projek bilong ol.

Prais bilong ol samting i pinis

Ol 'bare panel' em i wanpela samting. Ol masin we ol i wokim pinis em ol samting we planti manmeri i save baim, na prais bilong en i soim moa long pe bilong panel tasol.

Wanpela e-rida o e-note divais i gat e-ink panel, tasol tu: wanpela prosesa (planti taim ARM-bes), RAM na stoa, bateri, tats leia (kapasitiv o elektromagnetik), fran lait sistem, plastik o aluminium enklosa, ol baten na ol pot, sofwet, setifikesen bilong pes, setifikesen na mak bilong winmani man bilong wokim na salim ol samting.

Kost bilong panel i ken makim20-40% bilong bil bilong ol samtingbilong wanpela masin bilong ol manmeri. Olgeta narapela samting i bung wantaim.

E-Readers ($100–$280)

Kindle Paperwhite na Kobo Clara i stap long$100-$180 makbilong ol besik monokrom 6-inch e-rida. Ol gutpela samting-lait i hat, bikpela stoa, wara i no inap go insait-i pusim yu i go antap. Ol kala e-rida olsem Kobo Libra Kala i kamap pinis long$200-$280 mak, yusim Kaleido teknoloji. ~$100 premium antap long ol monokrom ikwivalent i soim tupela samting, panel kos i go antap na nupela samting.

Long ol dispela prais, ol e-rida i kamap gutpela tru long planti rida. Wanpela Kindle Paperwhite i no gat bikpela pe olsem wanpela tenpela buk i gat strongpela kava. Value proposisen i klia, maski e-ink i winim LCD.

E-Note Tablets ($400–$900)

Dispela em i hap we prais i go antap tru long ol e-note tablet. ReMarkable 2 i kost klostu long$450. Boox Note Air series i ron$400–$500. Ol 'supernote' divais i save stap long wankain teritori. Long 10.3 ins, ol dispela em ol profesenel tul we ol i salim i go long ol manmeri i save kisim ol not, ol saveman, na ol bisnis manmeri husat i laikim wanpela pepa-rait ekspiriens.

Value proposisen i no klia tumas long hia. Wanpela $450 e-not tablet i resis wantaim wanpela $329 beis iPad we i save mekim olgeta samting e-not i save mekim, na planti milion arapela samting tu. E-note ol baia i baim stret long pepa-ekspiriens, envairomen we i no gat samting i paulim tingting bilong ol, na ai i no hat tumas.

Bikpela-fomat 13.3-inch e-not i go insait long$550-$800 mak. Ol kala vesen-yusim Galeri 3-i ken winim$900. Long ol dispela prais, yu baim wanpela spesel tul bilong ol spesel wokflo. Maket em i liklik tasol i gat planti wok long en.

E-Ink Monitors ($500–$2,500)

E-ink monita i makim nambawan prais long olgeta maket. Dispela 10.3-inch Dasung Paperlike 103 i kost$500–$800. Dispela em i wanpela sekenderi monita we sais bilong en i wankain olsem bikpela tablet, na em i gutpela long soim ol pepa o ol samting bilong lukluk long en taim yu wok long namba wan skrin. Ol 13.3-inch monita bilong Boox (Mira series) na Dasung (HD-FT) i wok$800–$1,200. Long dispela sais, yu ken ritim olgeta pepa, stretim ol teks, o lukluk long ol websait-sapos yu inap long karim 'refresh rate'.

Ol 25.3-inch desktop monita em ol nambawan prodak: Dasung Paperlike 253 long$2,250, Boox Mira Pro long wankain prais, ol kala vesen i wok long kamap$2,500.

$2,250 i baim yu planti long displei maket. Wanpela 32-inch 4K OLED monita wantaim 120Hz refresh, HDR sapot, na planti milion kala: samting olsem $900. Wanpela 27-inch profesenel poto editing monita wantaim faktori kala kalibresen: samting olsem $700. Wanpela 49-inch 'ultrawide curved gaming monitor': samting olsem $800.

Long prais bilong wanpela 25.3-inch e-ink monita, yu ken baim tupela profesenel-greid OLED na yu gat mani i stap yet.

E-ink monita i no resis long veliu. Ol i no resis long ol samting. Ol i salim long ol baia i gat ol spesifik nid-long daunim pen bilong ai, pepa-olsem lukluk, rausim lait-na ol i no gat narapela rot. Ol kampani i save long dispela. Ol prais i soim dispela.

Ol Hait Kost Nogat Man i Toksave Long Yu

Sapos yu wokim wanpela prodak wantaim e-ink-no baim wanpela divais we i pinis, tasol yu wokim wanpela nupela samting-penel prais em i stat tasol.

Draiva Elektroniks

Ol raw e-ink panel i no save kisim ol simpol dijitel input. Ol i nidim ol 'controller board' we inap long kamapim ol 'complex waveforms-ol 'voltage sequences' we i gat stretpela taim bilong en we i save muvim ol 'charged pigment particles' insait long ol 'microcapsules'. Ol 'off-the{5}}shelf kontrola i stap. IT8951 em i save kamap long ol bikpela panel. Ol kain kain kontrola bilong Good Display na Waveshare i save lukautim ol liklik sais. Ol dispela i putim$10–$50long bil bilong ol samting bilong yu, i dipen long resolusen na ol samting bilong en. Kastom draiva divelopmen-sapos yu nidim ol spesifik samting, liklik kos long volium, o liklik fom fakta-i save putim sampela wik bilong enjiniaring taim. Yu nidim ol 'hardware engineers' husat i save long 'high-voltage switching, taim konstraksen, na EMI menesmen. Dispela save i no save kamap planti taim.

Divelopmen bilong weivfom

Na tu i gat 'waveform tuning'-dispela em i hap we i save pulim ol manmeri. E-ink displei i no save opim na pasim ol piksel tasol. Olgeta wan wan 'refresh' i gat wanpela gutpela 'calibrated' 'sequence' bilong ol 'voltage pulses' we i mas tingim 'pixel state' bilong bipo, nupela 'state' yu laikim, tempereja, na 'image quality' yu laikim.

Ol dispela 'waveform lookup tebles' em i sikret sos bilong e-ink displei kwaliti. Ol gutpela wevfom i save kamapim gutpela teks wantaim liklik 'ghosting' tasol. Ol 'waveform' we i no gutpela i save kamapim ol piksa we i no gutpela tumas, ol samting we yumi ken lukim, na ol 'pixel wear' i save bagarap hariap.

Divelopmen bilong weivfom i no stap long pepa.I no gat wanpela pablik spesifikasen. I no gat wanpela standet fomat. Dispela em i wanpela 'dark art' we ol i kisim long rot bilong traim na popaia, ol i yusim planti masin, na sampela taim ol i kisim bikpela pe long wok konsalting wantaim E Ink o ol patna we i gat tok orait long en.

Ol kampani olsem Good Display na Waveshare i save givim ol 'pre-'tuned waveforms wantaim ol divelopmen kit bilong ol. Dispela i wok gut long wokim ol prototaip na liklik prodaksen. Ol kastom implementesen-ol kain kain opereting kondisen, ol kain kain panel varien, ol gutpela 'refresh modes-i nidim 'reverse engineering' bilong ol 'waveforms' we i stap pinis o kamapim ol nupela 'waveforms' long stat.

Baset bihainim dispela.

Tasim Integresen

Planti ol e-ink divais we ol manmeri i save yusim i gat 'touch input', em 'capacitive' (finga tatsim) o 'electromagnetic' (stailas, yusim Wacom o wankain dijitaisa teknoloji). Ol 'touch layers' i no stap insait long prais bilong 'base panel'. Em ol seperet komponen we yu mas pas long displei, kalibretim, na bungim wantaim sofwet bilong yu. Kapasitiv tats integresen i skruim20–30%long kost bilong panel. Wanpela $50 panel i kamap $60-$65 taim yu tatsim. Integresen bilong 'electromagnetic digitizer'- we i mas i stap bilong putim stretpela 'stylus' insait long ol 'e-not aplikesen-i save putim wankain prais, sampela taim moa.

Ol sistem bilong lait long fran

E-ink displei i save soim lait. Ol i luk nais tru long lait tasol ol i kamap nating long tudak. Planti ol masin bilong baim ol samting i gat lait long fran bilong stretim dispela hevi. Ol lait sistem long fran i save yusim ol LED na ol lait gaid we i stap long arere bilong tilim lait i go long olgeta hap bilong displei. Ol lait bilong fran we ol i wokim gut na ol i no inap lukim taim ol i dai na ol i save givim wankain lait taim ol i wok. Ol lait long fran we ol i no wokim gut i save kamapim ol 'hotspot' we yu ken lukim, lait i no wankain, na lait i save paulim tingting. Ol modul bilong lait long fran i save putim$5–$20long wan wan yunit i dipen long kwaliti na ol samting olsem stretim kala tempereja. Integresen bilong disain-long mekim lait gaid i pas gut long displei na i no bagarapim kwaliti bilong ai-i nidim moa enjiniaring.

Risk bilong Saplai Sen

Ating nambawan bikpela kos hait:wanpela-sos dipendensi. E Ink Holdings em i wanpela saplaia bilong yu tasol bilong ol 'electrophoretic' displei. Sapos ol i gat hevi long prodaksen, orait yu gat hevi long prodaksen. Sapos prais bilong ol i go antap, winmani bilong yu i go daun. Sapos askim bilong ol bikpela kastoma (Amazon, ol bikpela ESL vendor) i pinisim alokesen we i stap, ol oda bilong yu bai go bek.

I no gat 'fallback'. I no gat namba tu as bilong en. I no gat narapela saplaia yu ken kisim long taim bilong sot.

Ol gutpela kampani bilong wokim ol 'hardware' i save kamapim ol rilesensip wantaim planti saplaia bilong ol bikpela samting. Wantaim e-ink, dispela i no inap kamap. Saplai sen bilong yu i gat wanpela poin bilong feil, we wanpela kampani i bosim we ol intres bilong en i no wankain olsem bilong yu.

Wanem samting bai kamap bihain

Pasin bilong tokaut long ol samting bai kamap bihain em i no gutpela. Pasin bilong toksave long bihain taim bilong wanpela maket we monopoli- i bosim em i tupela taim tru. Tasol sampela pasin i luk olsem bai kamap.

Klostu-Taim (1-2 Yia)

Insait long wanpela o tupela yia bihain, prais bilong ol kala panel bai go daun isi isi taim Kaleido 3 prodaksen i go bikpela. Teknoloji i bikpela inap long ol i ken wokim planti, na kompetisen namel long ol kampani i wokim ol masin i mas kamapim sampela presa long prais. Ol bikpela-fomat displei antap long 25 ins bai go insait long bikpela-volum prodaksen. Ol 25.3-inch monita we i stap nau long maket em ol gutpela prodak we ol i wokim long han. Taim prodaksen i kamap wankain, ol prais i ken go daun 10-20%. Maket bilong ol 'electronic shelf label' i wok long gro hariap tru, na dispela i mekim na planti manmeri i laikim ol 'e-ink panel. Dispela em i gutpela nius long bihain taim bilong teknoloji, maski gro bilong ESL i helpim ol liklik panel prodaksen na i no ol sais we ol manmeri i laikim.

Nogat bikpela senis long prais bai kamap insait long dispela taim. Monopoli bilong E Ink i stap gut yet. Ol invesmen bilong wokim ol samting i save kisim planti yia long kamap tru. Nogat wanpela samting long klostu taim bai bagarapim 'status quo'.

Namel-Taim (3-5 Yia)

Long neks yia tri, ol narapela 'core patent' bai pinis, na dispela bai opim rot long ol manmeri i ken resis wantaim ol narapela. I no klia yet sapos wanpela man bai yusim ol dispela op.

Ol Saina kompetiseni soim nambawan birua long E Ink i bosim kantri. Guangzhou OED i bin kamapim 'electrophoretic' teknoloji inap long planti yia tasol i no bin kamap gut long sait bilong bisnis. BOE-bikpela kampani bilong wokim ol displei long wol-i bin putim mani long DES (Digital Electrophoretic System) teknoloji we inap long resis wantaim ol ofa bilong E Ink.

Sapos ol dispela kompetisen i kamap long mak bilong bisnis-bikpela sapos-prais inap go daun 20-30% taim ol kampani i wokim ol divais i kisim strong bilong toktok. Kompetisen i no nidim long kisim bikpela hap bilong maket long senisim prais; i stap bilong wanpela gutpela rot tasol i save senisim wok bilong toktok.

Ol kos bilong e-pepa we i save senis senis i mas go daun taim ol wok bilong wokim ol pepa i kamap bikpela. Ol 'flexible panel' i gat bikpela pe nau long ol 'rigid glass-backed displays. Ol dispela prais i ken go daun taim prodaksen i go antap.

Ol samting yumi no save long en

Tasol nogat wanpela man inap long toksave:BOE o ol narapela bikpela kampani bilong soim ol samting bai putim bikpela mani long 'electrophoretic' teknoloji?BOE i gat inap long wokim ol samting, save long wok enjinia, na mani bilong salensim E Ink stret. Tasol e-pepa em i liklik maket tasol long mak bilong BOE. Wanpela $1 bilien maket em i wanpela rong bilong wanpela kampani we i gat $30+ bilien long winmani bilong en long wanwan yia. Stratejik kes bilong bikpela invesmen i no klia.

Ol narapela teknoloji bai kamapim gutpela wok bisnis?Cholesteric LCD i gat sampela e-pepa-kain pasin (bistable, reflective) wantaim ol kos bilong wokim i go daun. Ol 'electrowetting' displei i bin promis long kisim planti samting tasol ol i no bin givim planti samting long sait bilong bisnis. Ol nupela teknoloji i ken kamap. Sapos wanpela inap long winim e-ink's kombinesen bilong ol mak-kontras, bistabiliti, lukluk angul, fleksibiliti-i stap yet long lukim.

E Ink bai katim ol prais pastaim long difendim maket sea?Ol 'monopolists' we i bungim ol kompetisen i save daunim ol prais long gutpela rot, na ol i save kisim ol liklik mak bilong daunim invesmen bilong ol kompetisen. E Ink inap long daunim prais 20-30% na stap yet long kisim winmani. Ol bai lusim 'margin' bilong lukautim 'monopoly'? Dispela disisen i no bilong ekonomik tasol-em i gat ol 'game theory', 'corporate strategy', na ol 'assessment' bilong ol 'competitive threats' we ol manmeri bilong ausait i no inap long skelim.

Apple, Samsung, o ol narapela bikpela kampani bai kam insait long maket?Wanpela bikpela kampani bilong salim ol samting bilong elektronik we i wok long kamapim ol gutpela e-ink prodak inap long senisim olgeta saplai sen. Ol i bin toktok planti long Apple long e-pepa na i no gat wanpela samting i soim. Samsung i gat save long wokim ol displei na em inap long resis wantaim E Ink stret sapos em i gat laik long mekim dispela wok. Tupela i no bin mekim ol gutpela samting long dispela samting.

Tru tumas: nogat wanpela man i save. Gutpela samting we inap kamap em i olsem ol prais bai go daun isi isi, teknoloji i kamap gutpela isi isi, na ol aplikesen i go bikpela isi isi-na i no bikpela bagarap. Tasol sapos hevi i kamap, em inap kamap hariap.

E-ink displei prais i no save kamap long hevi bilong wokim, pe bilong ol samting, o gutpela teknoloji. Em i save kamap long straksa bilong maket.

Wanpela kampani i bosim saplai. Ol 'patent' i pasim kompetisen. Maket i liklik tumas long pulim ol salensa we i gat gutpela mani. Ol prais i stap antap yet bikos i no gat wanpela samting i fosim ol long go daun.

Long ol baia, dispela i kamapim wanpela isipela kalkulesen:

Aninit long $50i givim yu ol liklik divelopmen modul-2.9" i go inap 5.8"-bilong wokim ol prototaip, ol IoT projek, na lainim samting. Long dispela prais, e-ink i gutpela long ol wok bilong ol man i save laikim tru ol samting maski ol i gat prais antap long LCD. Ol narakain pasin bilong pepa-olsem lukluk bilong en, i no inap stap strong, na i isi long ritim long san-i stret long pe bilong ol stretpela aplikesen.

$100–$300i karamapim ol konsuma e-rida na ol besik e-not divais. Maket bilong 6-inch e-rida i kamap gutpela tru na i gat gutpela prais. Sapos yu laikim wanpela masin bilong ritim buk, dispela gutpela samting i stap.

$400–$800baim ol profesenel e-not tablet na ol liklik e-ink monita. Yu wok long baim bikpela pe long ol pepa-olsem rait ekspiriens na ai-strein ridaksen. Dispela em ol tul bilong ol spesifik wokflo, i no ol jenerel-pepos divais.

$1,500–$2,500em i desktop e-ink monita teritori. Ol baia long dispela lain i gat ol bikpela nid-ol bikpela hevi long ai, ol i laikim ol samting bilong luk nais, ol profesenel aplikesen we i nidim ol pepa-displei olsem pepa-na i no gat narapela rot. Ol prais i soim olsem ol manmeri i laikim ol samting.

$3,000 na antapi makim ol spesel bikpela-fomat displei, ol kastom indastrial aplikesen, na ol dijitel sain solusen. Dispela em ol samting we ol kampani i baim wantaim ol baset bilong ol kampani, we ol i toktok long en long rot bilong B2B rot.

Ol dispela prais i no stret. Ol i no wok gut. Ol i no soim pe bilong wokim ol samting long gutpela mak. Ol i olsem pe bilong baim samting long wanpela 'monopoli' insait long wanpela maket we i no gat wanpela man i bin wokim wanpela gutpela rot bilong baim samting.

Askim i no olsem ol e-ink displei i gat bikpela pe o nogat. Ol i stap, tru tru.

Askim em sapos wanpela man bai brukim strong bilong E Ink Holdings long maket pastaim long dispela teknoloji i kamap obsolete-na sampela teknoloji bilong soim long bihain taim bai givim ol benefit bilong e-pepa we i no gat ol hevi bilong en na i no gat monopoli prais bilong en.