μDays What to Expect

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Battery life Up to 10 years
Connection No Wi‑Fi needed
Power Cordless
Updates Once per day

What it is

μDays is a small e‑ink display for a number that matters: days together, days married, days until a wedding, days until a deadline, or any other countdown or count‑up you want to keep visible.

It is meant to feel more like a quiet object than a gadget. Once your screen is loaded, it can sit on a shelf, desk, nightstand, or wall without a power cord, app, Wi‑Fi connection, or daily attention.

When you want a different screen, you can build a new one from the site and load it onto the display again.

How It Works

1. Buy a microDays display
2. Add a CR123A battery
3. Pick a screen template
4. Plug it into your computer
5. Download and load the screen file
6. Place it anywhere

What to expect when you have a screen

1

It updates itself, then goes back to sleep

The display wakes once a day at the refresh time you chose when building your screen. It updates the count, saves power, and turns itself off again.

2

The image stays visible with no power

Because the screen is e‑ink, the image remains on the display even while the board is asleep. Power is mainly used during the brief refresh.

3

No app, cloud sync, or Wi‑Fi connection

Your screen runs from the file you load onto the device. It does not need to stay connected to your computer, phone, router, or an online account to keep counting.

4

Refreshes are brief and normal

Black/grey/white screens refresh quickly. Red/black/white screens take longer and may flash during the update. That is normal e‑ink behavior.

5

You can reprogram it whenever you want

Nothing is permanent. Build a new screen, load the new file, and the same display can become a different countdown, milestone, or daily reminder.

What You Need

microDays board: The e-ink display board that will run your custom screen.
CR123A battery: A common camera/security battery available at any pharmacy, grocery store, hardware store, or Amazon.
USB cable: Used to connect the board to your computer when loading a new screen.
Computer: Any computer with internet. You only need it to upload the custom screen file.

Screen options

μDays currently supports two display styles. Choose the one that matches your hardware when building a screen.

Black, Greys & White Red, Black & White

Dimensions & Screen Specs

Overall size: 80 × 47 mm, approximately 3.15 × 1.85 inches.
Mounting holes: Four MountingHol 2.2mm_M2 holes. Spacing: 41 × 74 mm, approximately 1.61 × 2.91 inches.
Display: 2.9 inch e-ink dot matrix display.
Resolution: 128(H) × 296(W).
Driver IC: SSD1680.
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