Comment by mattmanser

Comment by mattmanser a day ago

I have an old kindle I was keeping in a draw as I planned to do something similar as the OP when I had time.

I've done no research yet though, what's the problem of reusing a kindle screen? It's not like old displays where you can plug a ribbon into something else?

mtlynch a day ago

Maybe you can, but I haven't seen anyone do that. It is tricky because the cases are apparently glued shut, so you need to do some delicate surgery to access the screen without breaking the device.[0, 1]

[0] https://blog.lidskialf.net/2021/02/08/turning-an-old-kindle-...

[1] https://www.instructables.com/Amazon-Kindle-e-ink-Screen-Tra...

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nyrikki a day ago

No connection to this project, but I also have a couple sitting around for "some day" The biggest issue is that most of the adapter boards that are often available are not that great, so having a board built from EDPiy is an option.

https://github.com/vroland/epdiy

For the kindles that have wifi, custom firmware is probably easier?

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