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kkasmire · 12-01-2011, 07:35 PM

OK, so I'm an iPhone jailbreaker since the 3. I run Debian. I like this stuff. I now have a Kindle Touch and like this e-reader concept (I accidentally bought a Fire, which is another discussion).

So, a list of ideas:

- can the Kindle RTC (real time clock) trigger a wake-up?
- wakeup from sleep mode to display a new screen image?
- say, once every few minutes, and update a date and clock display?
- and update a stock ticker?
- and update the weather?

Since the e-ink display is persistent, it reasons that a quick occasional wake-up to refresh the screen with new content is feasible.

Since the Kindle runs Linux, it seems the following code is straightforward:

- run a CRON job to wake up from sleep, or
- tell the RTC to wake up from sleep
- write a script to generate the "screensaver" image from data sources (time, weather, stock ticker)
- send the image to the screen
- go back to sleep

Does the "advertise" version of the Kindle changes screens when asleep? If so, the wake-up to refresh screen function is already built-in!

Anyone know if the Nook supports wake-up from sleep function?

12-01-2011, 07:35 PM	#1
kkasmire Member Posts: 12 Karma: 1126 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kindle Touch	Sleep Mode, Wakeups, and Screen Displays OK, so I'm an iPhone jailbreaker since the 3. I run Debian. I like this stuff. I now have a Kindle Touch and like this e-reader concept (I accidentally bought a Fire, which is another discussion). So, a list of ideas: - can the Kindle RTC (real time clock) trigger a wake-up? - wakeup from sleep mode to display a new screen image? - say, once every few minutes, and update a date and clock display? - and update a stock ticker? - and update the weather? Since the e-ink display is persistent, it reasons that a quick occasional wake-up to refresh the screen with new content is feasible. Since the Kindle runs Linux, it seems the following code is straightforward: - run a CRON job to wake up from sleep, or - tell the RTC to wake up from sleep - write a script to generate the "screensaver" image from data sources (time, weather, stock ticker) - send the image to the screen - go back to sleep Does the "advertise" version of the Kindle changes screens when asleep? If so, the wake-up to refresh screen function is already built-in! Anyone know if the Nook supports wake-up from sleep function? Last edited by kkasmire; 12-02-2011 at 08:57 AM.