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Originally Posted by knc1
And there is the (faster) non-vnc solution that Idoit was working on with someone else here.
Geekmaster was going to build a "Kindle Wall" out of a bunch (64?) of Kindles. I don't know if he ever completed that project.
(It is only mentioned here in passing, not documented here.)
But K4-Diags and all of the 5 series devices run X11, which can do video wall displays. Although the wall display feature is unlikely to be built into the firmware from the factory.
There is also a discussion here about using the 13.3 inch, e-paper screen.
I don't recall what became of that discussion thread.
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I did some research.
It can't be any faster then adding an hdmi port on anything Freescale i.MX based.
i.mx6SL Freescale(and the yet to be released i.mx7 dual core) as is used in all the current crop ereaders allows for a camera input stream through the MIPI CSI interface.
Then there is the HDMI to MIPI CSI Toshiba line of chips(
http://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/u...idge/hdmi.html ) that cost $5.00 from what I read and can
convert the HDMI signal to the existing input interfaces on the i.MX ereader hardware....
What would it take to simply add the chip neatly on a device like Paperwhite 3 or Voyager with the 300dpi Carta display?
I presume some drivers that can scale down and grayscale the hdmi stream would be needed.
Now would the EPD controller take care of partial screen refresh efficiently? Most hdmi signal will be static images so won't need to constant updates of the full eink screen.
Enlighten please.
I mean if this pans out you can simply run Android Lollipop/Marshmallow apps by slapping a good smartphone to the back of your ereader and hdmi cable connection.