Console on the Kindle (and more)

Posted Feb 20th 2008 9:16PM by Will O'Brien
Filed under: handhelds hacks, misc hacks

[Dev] sent in an interesting blog series on hacking Amazon's kindle. [Igor] has documented getting a console, the bootloader and more. Even if you don't have a Kindle to hack on, it's a good overview of hacking similar devices. He used a cell phone cable to build his interface, but I suggest getting familiar with the MAX232 family of semiconductors for cheap rs-232 to ttl converters.

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1. WOW--this kindle thing has a whole lot of stuff in it. I guess it's partly because Amazon's new to all of this--I would have expected a simpler and more compact design for some of the components if it were from a company that's been working on this stuff longer (is that external PIC uC really necessary?)

makes it a whole lot more fun to hack, though =)

Posted at 4:13AM on Feb 21st 2008 by threepointone

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