https://github.com/pathikrit/newswall
Rotate and display latest newspapers on e-ink display
https://github.com/pathikrit/newswall
eink newspaper nodejs
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Rotate and display latest newspapers on e-ink display
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/pathikrit/newswall
- Owner: pathikrit
- Created: 2022-12-14T13:44:16.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-02-25T05:11:32.000Z (4 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-26T20:21:14.284Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: eink, newspaper, nodejs
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: https://framed.news
- Size: 2.33 MB
- Stars: 36
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 3
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- Readme: README.md
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README
Newswall [](https://github.com/pathikrit/newswall/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
---
Inspired by the [e-ink newspaper](https://github.com/mmicire/nyt2png) project ([HN post](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26611371); [original idea by Max Braun](https://onezero.medium.com/the-morning-paper-revisited-35b407822494)),
this is a pure node.js port of [graiz/newsprint](https://github.com/graiz/newsprint)
1. Install `yarn` e.g. using `brew`:
```shell
brew install yarn
```
2. Checkout this repo:
```shell
git clone [email protected]:pathikrit/newswall.git
cd newswall/
```
3. The server is a simple [expressjs](https://expressjs.com/) app. Running it locally:
```shell
yarn && yarn dev
```
Then open in your browser. You can now point your e-ink display to
4. Run [tests](/app.test.js):
```shell
yarn test
```
Most of the papers come from [The Freedom Forum](https://www.freedomforum.org/todaysfrontpages/) - please consider [supporting](https://www.freedomforum.org/support/) them.
My Setup
---
I use the [32-inch Visionect display](https://www.visionect.com/shop/place-play-32/ref/pathikrit/)
which can be easily configured in [their online portal](https://portal.getjoan.com/) to point to any website
([this](http://newswall.onrender.com) is currently [deployed on render.com](https://render.com/docs/deploy-node-express-app)).
My excellent [local framing shop](https://tenaflycamera.business.site/)
made a [custom frame](https://photos.app.goo.gl/SYgRZbz4BgVaxsVg8) for me that not only hides the manufacturer's logo on the frame but also hides [a small portable powerbank](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09VP41M71/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1)
that makes it easy to recharge the display without taking the frame off the wall.
I have a [little util](https://github.com/pathikrit/node-joan) which uses [their API](https://portal.getjoan.com/api/docs/) to overlay a little battery status on the bottom of the newspaper being shown.
