NMEA2000 EInk Booklet

This is a Kindle Booklet for NMEA2000 data that allows you to open a book on a Kindle Paperwhite that displays pages of graphical instruments that display real time data from a NMEA2000 SeaSmart TCP server on the network.

Sideload / dev mode
Stable
Low brick risk

Source code

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Before you start

How hard is it?: HardUses the command line or developer tools.
What you need: A USB or MIDI cable
Comfort with the command line
A computer
Another hack installed first
Can it break my device?: Very unlikely to break anything.
Can I undo it?: The project doesn't say. Assume you can't.

Get itOpens github.com

Did it work for you?

Did NMEA2000 EInk Booklet work on your Amazon Kindle 4?

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Did it work for you?

Did NMEA2000 EInk Booklet work on your Amazon Kindle 4?

No reports yet.

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Compatibility

Devices: Amazon Kindle 4.

No compatibility information yet.

Getting started

From the project's README ("Installation"):

Copy the install image onto the kindle and run the MRPI package script. This will install the package and restart the Kindle UI.

    mvn clean install && \\
       scp  target/UpdateNMEA2000uk.co.tfd.kindle.nmea2000976edinstall.bin  root@192.168.15.244:/mnt/us/mrpackages && \\
       ssh root@192.168.15.244  "/mnt/us/extensions/MRInstaller/bin/mrinstaller.sh launchinstaller"

192.168.15.244 is the USBNet IP address of the Kindle when plugged in. Installation will look something like below.

     x stop/waiting
     [FBInk] Detected a Kindle PaperWhite 4 (0PP -&gt; 0x2F7 =&gt; Moonshine on Rex)
     [FBInk] Enabled Kindle Rex platform quirks
     [FBInk] Clock tick frequency appears to be 100 Hz
     [FBInk] Screen density set to 300 dpi
     [FBInk] Variable fb info: 1072x1448, 8bpp @ rotation: 3 (Counter Clockwise, 270°)
     [FBInk] Fontsize set to 24x24 (IBM base glyph size: 8x8)
     [FBInk] Line length: 44 cols, Page size: 60 rows
     [FBInk] Vertical fit isn't perfect, shifting rows down by 4 pixels
     [FBInk] Fixed fb info: ID is "mxcepdcfb", length of fb mem: 6782976 bytes & line length: 1088 bytes
     [FBInk] Pen colors set to #000000 for the foreground and #FFFFFF for the background
     [CLI] This is a non-interactive SSH session and stdin is currently empty, enforcing non-blocking behavior by aborting early!
     x start/running, process 21298

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Risk and recovery

Brick risk: Low
Requires opening the device: No