FrameOS
Hardware
smart display software
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How HN took it
13 positive, 23 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 38 comments about the project. Thread score +0.32.
Idea: 9 for, 1 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Polished drag-and-drop editor and an interesting project
From 3 comments
The first picture on the page is the editor, and dammmnnnm wowwww. From it's bullet point: > Diagram Editor: A drag-and-drop interface to combine Nim apps into scenes. Fork and…
jauntywundrkind on HNThis is awesome! There are a lot of projects trying to duplicate this but very few have the polish, especially on the creation side. Selfishly, I’d love support for the lower…
eightysixfour on HNI was imagining something like MotionEYE OS https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneyeos/wiki Where I would download the sdram binary image and flash with Balena then boot on…
bitwrangler on HN
Fills a gap left by poor digital signage software
From 1 comment
This would go a long way in Medical Kiosks, Digital Art and Signage. The digital art thing is big in hospitals (Source: I was the technology designer for SFGH, UCSF, and the…
samstave on HN
Objections
Requires a Raspberry Pi; no ESP32 or low-power support yet
From 3 comments
Why do we need full-blown RPi to run FrameOS? There are many cheap ESP32-based e-paper displays like LILYGO T5-4.7", so please add support for ESP32.
niutech on HNpretty cool Seems to require a pi. Wonder if it can work with this: https://amazon.com/dp/B0C4TS1NMS
m463 on HNThis is awesome! There are a lot of projects trying to duplicate this but very few have the polish, especially on the creation side. Selfishly, I’d love support for the lower…
eightysixfour on HN
Not really an operating system, runs on top of Linux
From 2 comments
Looks really interesting. Am I right in thinking it's not actually an OS, but rather software that runs on top of an OS on the Pi?
NoboruWataya on HNNote this is not an OS, but something that runs on top of Linux.
snvzz on HN
Requests
Support for ESP32 and low-power e-ink boards
From 3 comments
Why do we need full-blown RPi to run FrameOS? There are many cheap ESP32-based e-paper displays like LILYGO T5-4.7", so please add support for ESP32.
niutech on HNThis is awesome! There are a lot of projects trying to duplicate this but very few have the polish, especially on the creation side. Selfishly, I’d love support for the lower…
eightysixfour on HNVery cool ! I built a series of scripts to exchange e-ink images through Gmail last year which I baptized DispatchPi…
malcolmosh on HN
Support for more e-ink drivers and Waveshare displays
From 1 comment
Does this work only with HDMI displays? I have a waveshare e-ink display which connects only via GPIO interface.
ycuser2 on HN
Support for old Kindle hardware
From 2 comments
This looks really good. I can see it's not listed in your list of devices but I'm wondering if there is anyway to get this running with an old kindle.
12th on HNWould be cool to run this on old kindle ebook hardware.
bluepuma77 on HN
Questions
Whether it can run on e-ink displays connected via GPIO rather than HDMI
From 1 comment
Does this work only with HDMI displays? I have a waveshare e-ink display which connects only via GPIO interface.
ycuser2 on HN
Whether a Pi can sleep for battery power
From 1 comment
Can a Pi go into sleep mode running FrameOS so the device can be battery powered?
proee on HN
How to prevent burn-in on dashboards
From 1 comment
for dashboard software like this are there any reliable techniques to prevent burn-in? I'd like to set up a large screen with a dashboard but I don't want to wreck the screen
fudged71 on HN
Alternatives named
MagicMirror
From 1 comment
I use MagicMirror to do this. It's a great piece of software. I'm a bit shocked nobody has mentioned this yet. https://magicmirror.builders/
293984j29384 on HN
Tidbyt OS
From 1 comment
Would be amazing if this could be adapted to replace the Tidbyt OS. Such a promising device with such terrible software.
gotwalt on HN
MotionEye OS
From 1 comment
I was imagining something like MotionEYE OS https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneyeos/wiki Where I would download the sdram binary image and flash with Balena then boot on…
bitwrangler on HN