Has anybody on here had an experiment with the supermarket tags?

My understanding is that you get a bunch of the tags, somehow get a base-station/transceiver working with them, and push data as images.

I’d love to hear from anyone who’s had a go. I quite fancy having some little displays around the house with useful info for the room.

  • hendrik@palaver.p3x.de
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    1 month ago

    Can you link a source where to buy them or a model? I don’t have any information. But I’d be interested, too.

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      They’re generally sold in bulk to supermarkets. You can get them in the usual Chinese supplier websites for a few dollars each, or scour ebay for old ones that stores may sell when they switch systems or whatever.

      Someone has already made a home assistant integration for a few types of labels: https://openepaperlink.de/

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        1 month ago

        Thank you very much. That seems like a nice addition to my little smarthome. But there are quite a lot of options available. Maybe I can learn something, too. It’d be nice to push some messages through the house and have the weather and train delays available in the bathroom in the morning (for example).

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          My first integration is going to be putting my standard “going out” dashboard by the front door.
          Being able to glance and see UV index, temperature, rain probability is dead useful.