Quick progress update:

Farnell apparently doesn't know that mondays and tuesdays are work days. New components still not arrived.

Bought the only e-book reader I could find close to where I live: a French-designed (understand: shit) thing to probe the voltages and signals and luckily succeed in driving the panels.

Luckily components (FFC connector and SMPSes) will be here tomorrow.

Meanwhile I'm rotoscoping dicks and it's too much fun.