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I'm surprised that there hasn't been more noise on this group about the
Esquire cover.

Selected copies of the October issue of Esquire contain "e-ink" on the
cover. The e-ink is driven by a PIC16F629. On their website Esquire dared
hackers to teach them something they didn't know.

The cover turns out to be pretty hobbyist-friendly. The circuit board has
the progamming header brought out to the board edge, the two e-ink displays
are connected to connectors rather than soldered in place, the 629 is a
Flash chip that can be reprogrammed, and the program is not copy protected.
There are SIX batteries in the cover, Esquire claims they are guaranteed
three months but should last for six.

For six bucks.

LOL - I haven't even looked inside the magazine itself to see whether there
is anything worth reading.

I've only begin wading through their code. The display is pretty
interesting - seems to hold it's state when removed from the circuit which I
suspect would lead to a pretty low power consumption in some applications.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "John J. McDonough, WB8RCR"
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 7:18 AM
Subject: [PIC-EL] PIC12F629 Powered Magazine Cover
> cover. The e-ink is driven by a PIC16F629. On their website Esquire
> dared

That's PIC12F629 - I got it right in the subject, I guess I just
automatically type PIC16

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Esquire's video of the front cover
http://www.esquire.com/the-side/video/e-ink-cover-video

My pictures of the innards:
http://wb8rcr.multiply.com/photos/album/8

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Sorry for the dupes, I'm sending this to another group also and I seem to
keep getting it wrong. Must not have had enough coffee yet.

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How'd you get a copy of the issue? I've checked my local book shops and
no one has a "select copy" of this issue for me to even get.

Inquiring minds want to know! I'm certainly interested.

thanks,
DLC

> I'm surprised that there hasn't been more noise on this group about the
> Esquire cover.
>
> Selected copies of the October issue of Esquire contain "e-ink" on the
> cover. The e-ink is driven by a PIC16F629. On their website Esquire
> dared
> hackers to teach them something they didn't know.
>
> The cover turns out to be pretty hobbyist-friendly. The circuit board has
> the progamming header brought out to the board edge, the two e-ink
> displays
> are connected to connectors rather than soldered in place, the 629 is a
> Flash chip that can be reprogrammed, and the program is not copy
> protected.
> There are SIX batteries in the cover, Esquire claims they are guaranteed
> three months but should last for six.
>
> For six bucks.
>
> LOL - I haven't even looked inside the magazine itself to see whether
> there
> is anything worth reading.
>
> I've only begin wading through their code. The display is pretty
> interesting - seems to hold it's state when removed from the circuit which
> I
> suspect would lead to a pretty low power consumption in some applications.
>
> 72/73 de WB8RCR http://www.qsl.net/wb8rcr
> didileydadidah QRP-L #1446 Code Warriors #35
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Clark"
To:
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [piclist] PIC12F629 Powered Magazine Cover
> How'd you get a copy of the issue? I've checked my local book shops and
> no one has a "select copy" of this issue for me to even get.
>
> Inquiring minds want to know! I'm certainly interested.

I certainly didn't do anything special. I simply went to my local Barnes
and Noble and it was there on the magazine rack, flashing at me.

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Well, that could explain it! None of my local bookshops is a B&N. I
don't tend to use "big box" stores. I'll have to go to some 'burbs
stripmall to get one. Sounds like a good reason for a trip. :)

DLC

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis Clark"
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 4:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [piclist] PIC12F629 Powered Magazine Cover
>> How'd you get a copy of the issue? I've checked my local book shops and
>> no one has a "select copy" of this issue for me to even get.
>>
>> Inquiring minds want to know! I'm certainly interested.
>
> I certainly didn't do anything special. I simply went to my local Barnes
> and Noble and it was there on the magazine rack, flashing at me.
>
> 72/73 de WB8RCR http://www.qsl.net/wb8rcr
> didileydadidah QRP-L #1446 Code Warriors #35
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OK,

I found it, got it and yawned a bit. I'll hack it up in a week or
so. :) Has anyone tried to read the magazine that this tech is
attached to? I tried and gave up in disgust - It must be 160 pages of
ads with about 15 pages of articles, but since I could not find a TOC, I
couldn't find any of the stories! Geeze, who "reads" this kind of crap?

have fun,
DLC

John J. McDonough, WB8RCR wrote:
> Esquire's video of the front cover
> http://www.esquire.com/the-side/video/e-ink-cover-video
>
> My pictures of the innards:
> http://wb8rcr.multiply.com/photos/album/8
>
> 72/73 de WB8RCR http://www.qsl.net/wb8rcr
> didileydadidah QRP-L #1446 Code Warriors #35
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