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Re: The KindleBerry Pi

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Post by pja » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 9:18 AM UTC

jamesmcn wrote: post #10

I'd love to have a 24" or 30" USB-driven eInk screen or three for fairly static stuff like documentation. Running a terminal on an eInk display is probably less painful than repeatedly bashing your toes into a cinder block. Probably. An iPhone would probably make a far better portable screen. Cool hack, though.

The e-ink datasheet[1] says that they don't make them any bigger than 12" sadly:

[1].http://www.eink.com/sell_sheets/pearl%20sell%20sheet.pdf

Re: The KindleBerry Pi

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Post by alexchamberlain » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 11:13 AM UTC

darklajid wrote: post #20

I was hoping for a lower level hack, but it _is_ neat. That said, I still have a couple of broken laptops here and want to check out if I can connect the lcd displays to my Raspberry Pi in the future. When I don't fail at basic googling skills to get past all the inverse projects (replacing a broken screen instead of reusing a working screen from a laptop).

If you get it working, please post here: http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/q/848/86

Re: The KindleBerry Pi

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Post by damaru » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 6:28 PM UTC

kqr2 wrote: post #8

VNC viewer for the kindle: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150434 How to use your Kindle DX as a display: http://www.pcworld.com/article/259582/how_to_use_a_kindle_dx...

I tried the vnc over the raspberry from the kindle and it wasn't really satisfying for what it worth. The e-ink display size and refresh rate is ok for shell action, but not so interesting for the X window...