Console on the Kindle (and more)
posted Feb 20th 2008 9:16pm by Will O'Brienfiled 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.
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 4:13 am on Feb 21st, 2008 by threepointone