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Jacob | Jan. 31, 2024

Couldn't be happier

For OpenEPaperLink Mini-AP v3 / zigbee<->wifi gateway

I'm glad I placed an order when I did, before they all sold out. I wanted small screens for using around my house with homeassistant and openepaperlink was the perfect solution. The hardware is well designed, the resin printed case looks great, and there was obviously care put into the software and UX. It was easy to connect to my network, the web portal works and looks great, and updating the firmware is quick and easy. You have a variety of options for what you can put on the displays using only the AP, most of which are centered around the EU; out of the builtin ones, the date one is great for putting next to a calendar.

The real power comes when you connect it to HomeAssistant. I've experienced some bugs with the integration, but since it's an extension developed by someone else I can't complain here. You can design decent UIs using the integration - you'll mostly be using [drawcustom](https://github.com/svenove/open_epaper_link_homeassistant/blob/main/docs/drawcustom/supported_types.md), and it works well enough for almost anything you'd want to do.

Some tags batteries last longer than others, but overall the battery life has been surprisingly long; I have a tag that updates every 20 minutes that's been going strong for over 2 months now.

Great job Nic, this is a killer project and you should be proud of it.

Response from {Electronics by Nic} | Feb. 1, 2024

Thanks for the review! It's a great motivation for me to hear that people are happy with the hardware and the software!