Gemini on ESP32 and [suggestion] examples in spec

[avalos at rawtext.club]

Wow, that keyboard+screen is really cool! I want to order one, but
only for this experiment project. The one I wrote on my gemsite
requires extremely cheap components, so that they can be affordable
for people with low income in areas without a lot of infrastructure.

On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 10:12:10AM +0100, Andre Garzia wrote:
> Kevin,
> 
> This feather wing might be what you want. The screen is not touch but it
> comes with a kickass keyboard:
> 
> https://www.tindie.com/products/arturo182/keyboard-featherwing-qwerty-keyboard-26-lcd/
> 
> I wanted to use this and an ESP32 (or the Giant Board with ARM) to create a
> small Gemini client but at the moment I can't really devote time to it.
> 
> Best
> Andre
> 
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2020 at 23:57, Kevin Sangeelee <kevin at susa.net> wrote:
> 
> > > I've been trying to write my Gemini client for ESP32, and so far has
> > > been extremely easy. Just wanted to know if anyone is building a
> > > similar project.
> >
> > This is quite interesting, would you mind writing it up somewhere? What
> > are you planning to use for input and output?
> >
> > I've been toying with the idea of building a low-power Gemini terminal
> > to operate
> > over a LoRa network, and ESP32 is one of the options I'm considering for
> > the gateway.
> >
> > I haven't yet found a touch-screen display for the client that can be
> > driven over SPI and supports 80 columns (e.g. 640px wide), at least not
> > anything readily available.
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> 
> 
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