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Seeed and TRMNL ship $48 open-hardware e-paper display kit

Ars Technica reviews the finished $48 e-paper kit

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The review details three ways to run the device — TRMNL's hosted BYOD service (free 14 days, then a $50 one-time license), Seeed's Home Assistant/SenseCraft Seeedash tools, or the open-source self-hosted Terminus server — and contrasts its passive design with Apple's $299 interactive HomeView hub.

Ars Technica reviews the finished $48 e-paper kit
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“privacy first functionality by empowering you to run your own private server, network, and devices. You own the stack and the data.”

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Ryan Kulp Founder of TRMNLSeeed Studio Shenzhen open-hardware companyTRMNL Platform/firmware companyApple Maker of the comparison product HomeView

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