pascalw/kindle-dash
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Power efficient dashboard for Kindle 4 NT devices
10 mentions on Hacker News by 5 people: 1 story, 9 comments · first 2021-01-28 · latest 2025-12-30
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…to wakeup at specific times from software, and the hardware buttons do usually.wake the device too https://github.com/pascalw/kindle-dash/blob/c83842e7561340e9...
comment by tetris11 · 2025-12-30 · in Turning an old Amazon Kindle into a eInk development platform (2021) -
…unload the audio/mic, stop the window manager if you're not using it, and stop the webreader. https://github.com/pascalw/kindle-dash/blob/main/src/dash.sh
comment by tetris11 · 2025-12-30 · in Turning an old Amazon Kindle into a eInk development platform (2021) -
…little power, as the device is only turned on for mere seconds and sleeps the remaining time. [1] https://github.com/pascalw/kindle-dash/blob/main/src/dash.sh...
comment by PascalW · 2023-09-25 · in Show HN: E-Ink Day Schedule -
…the screen every hour. [1] https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle4NTHacking#Jailbreak [2] https://github.com/pascalw/kindle-dash
comment by PascalW · 2023-08-26 · in E-ink is so Retropunk -
Indeed! And with the help of PascalW's kindle-dash, I did just that with a leftover Kindle. https://github.com/pascalw/kindle-dash
comment by julianlam · 2022-11-13 · in Building an e-ink weather display for our home -
…the weather, etc., and uses Puppeteer (I think) to return an image for the kindle to display. [0] https://github.com/pascalw/kindle-dash
comment by julianlam · 2022-08-22 · in Inky Impression 5.7“ – Colour e-ink display for Raspberry Pi -
…my google calendar events, and the weather (via OpenWeatherMap API) Last time it was on HN: [2] [1] https://github.com/pascalw/kindle-dash [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25939042
comment by julianlam · 2021-03-21 · in CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet -
…to power a dashboard that’s displayed on an old Kindle on my desk (using this great project: https://github.com/pascalw/kindle-dash ).
comment by bradleyjkemp · 2021-02-28 · in Show HN: QueryCal – calculate metrics from your calendars using SQL -
You will have to compete with much cheaper ideas like this kindle-based dashboard https://github.com/pascalw/kindle-dash discussed a while ago here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25939042
comment by m4lvin · 2021-02-21 · in Feedback Welcome: I am developing an e-paper calendar as a consumer product -
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Show HN: Low-power Kindle-based dashboardstory by PascalW · 2021-01-28 · 71 comments