Slowboard 1085

A 10.85-inch four-ink e-paper panel, four mechanical keys and a printed wedge case in the spirit of the Amiga 500. Three decks of cards by default, and four keys whose job is shown on the screen.

Build it The kit

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On the desk

The keys

Inside

Try the keys

Press a key. The demo runs ten times faster than the real panel.

The keys

Red, yellow, black and white. No key has a fixed job: a strip along the bottom of the screen shows what each one does right now, whether that's the next card, back to the first, or an answer to an app's question. Tap or hold.

Spec sheet

list SLOWBOARD-1085
panel    Waveshare 10.85" e-Paper HAT+ (G), 1360×480, 4 inks
board    Luckfox Lyra Zero W, 3×Cortex-A7, 476 MB usable
keys     4 mechanical, Alps mount
case     printed wedge pedestal, badge and key inlays
refresh  partial 12.1 s · full 39.0 s · 3 min rest per area
software 3.7 MB on the device, 5 MB for the hub (measured)

The board spends each refresh carefully, so the panel lasts longer and never flickers for nothing. How the refresh rules work.

Updates, now and then

A short note when there is a new board, a new slowapp, or kit news. Rarely more than one a month.