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Old 09-03-2015, 09:34 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by space_escalator View Post
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=200621
This is the mentioned forum thread about a server-less weather station. Reading it now.
Thanks for the link!

I have only read the first page of posts, seems it is done in Python.
I don't do the big snake, but there are people here who do.

And I think what they are doing is turning the data (from weather underground) into a screensaver image.
Your project is simpler but it is always easier to remove code than to invent it.

We may have to re-build whatever software(s) they end up using.
The K2 uses the iMX30 SoC (may need to re-build targeting that cpu).
That part I know a little bit about (I'm no twobob, but I can fake it).

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I even checked today on a recent Lua binding to LibCairo - Cairo supports a framebuffer surface (and also a png one, I think).
I don't know when Lab126 started shipping Lua on the Kindles, but if it isn't on the K2, we can put it there (Lua is much lighter weight than Python - a good thing for a K2).

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If you happen to have a link to information on the serial port of the K2 (other than the one linked to from the K2 index) . . . . .

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