wraggster
October 21st, 2012, 22:40
http://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/kobowifiweathersmall.png?w=332&h=450 (http://hackaday.com/2012/10/21/hacked-kobo-becomes-a-weather-display/kobowifiweathersmall/)
The Kobo e-reader has been hacked for a while now. It’s pretty easy to enable telnet access by modifying some files. Once [Kevin] was able to telnet into the device and draw to the display, he created the Kobo Wifi Weather Forecast (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194376). This hack was inspired by the Kindle weather display that we discussed in the past (http://hackaday.com/2012/09/17/turning-a-kindle-into-a-weather-display/), but this version runs entirely on the Kobo.
The weather report software is written in Python using the pygame library. After loading the software package onto a Kobo, a few commands are run over telnet to set up Python and run the display. Since Python and pygame run on the Kobo, it allows for direct access to the e-ink display.
There’s a lot of possibilities for a internet connected e-ink device running custom graphics code. It’s asking to be turned into any kind of display you can imagine. What ideas do you have for a custom e-ink display? Let us know in the comments.
http://hackaday.com/2012/10/21/hacked-kobo-becomes-a-weather-display/
The Kobo e-reader has been hacked for a while now. It’s pretty easy to enable telnet access by modifying some files. Once [Kevin] was able to telnet into the device and draw to the display, he created the Kobo Wifi Weather Forecast (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194376). This hack was inspired by the Kindle weather display that we discussed in the past (http://hackaday.com/2012/09/17/turning-a-kindle-into-a-weather-display/), but this version runs entirely on the Kobo.
The weather report software is written in Python using the pygame library. After loading the software package onto a Kobo, a few commands are run over telnet to set up Python and run the display. Since Python and pygame run on the Kobo, it allows for direct access to the e-ink display.
There’s a lot of possibilities for a internet connected e-ink device running custom graphics code. It’s asking to be turned into any kind of display you can imagine. What ideas do you have for a custom e-ink display? Let us know in the comments.
http://hackaday.com/2012/10/21/hacked-kobo-becomes-a-weather-display/