Inkplate-6-hardware
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| 0.0 | 4.6 | |
| about 3 years ago | 10 days ago | |
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Inkplate-6-hardware
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New life to old Kindles (just the screen)?
They figured out the protocol for Kindle screens and designed a platform around them. The schematics and hardware design are on github as is the Arduino software, so if you want to play around with a screen you already have then that should supply all the info you need.
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Is it viable/possible to build your own E-Ink tablet?
Hardware design & schematics
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Making your own e-paper dashboard for home from scratch
See also https://inkplate.io/, which is a Wi-Fi-enabled display made from recycled Kindles (GitHub repo is here: https://github.com/e-radionicacom/Inkplate-6-hardware)
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CutiePi – thinnest Raspberry Pi 4 tablet
The Inkplate 6 works pretty well - I am using it for my digital picture frame. The only disappointing thing for me is, that they haven't released the actual source files (Eagle, Kicad, etc..) for the hardware yet. [1]
[1] https://github.com/e-radionicacom/Inkplate-6-hardware/issues...
kindle-weather-dashboard
- Pi (?) mit Touchscreen in Tür einbauen
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Building an E-Ink weather display for our home
You can also use the built-in web browser without jailbreaking Kindle: https://github.com/matopeto/kindle-weather-dashboard or my https://github.com/niutech/kindle-dashboard
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Making your own e-paper dashboard for home from scratch
I have my old Kindle displaying the weather through the built-in browser, using this code:
https://github.com/matopeto/kindle-weather-dashboard
If you want to display something more, you could just self-host a page.
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Using a telegram bot to help me manage a solar off-grid setup
Someone's kindle weather display, just use this as a starting point and change graphics / information as you see fit : https://github.com/matopeto/kindle-weather-dashboard
What are some alternatives?
cutiepi-board - Open source hardware design for the CutiePi tablet
wallpanel-android - WallPanel is an Android application for Web Based Dashboards and Home Automation Platforms
The-Open-Book
slint - Slint is a declarative GUI toolkit to build native user interfaces for Rust, C++, or JavaScript apps.
cutiepi-shell - A mobile shell for Raspberry Pi OS
PiJuice - Resources for PiJuice HAT for Raspberry Pi - use your Pi Anywhere
kindle-dash - Power efficient dashboard for Kindle 4 NT devices
weather-joan - Display the current weather on a Joan e-ink device
tinydrm - Discontinued. Out of tree tinydrm modules
comporellon - ePaper Calendar & Weather Display Software
Inkplate-Arduino-library - Inkplate family Arduino library. The easiest way to add e-paper to your project.
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