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Originally Posted by stumped
you want to program something - buy a programmable (out of the box) device
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Raspberry Pi, Arch Linux for ARM and a 3rd party eink panel. There are some small eink Shield style panels for the Pi that would work as a dashboard. Maybe even the stock Linux Rasperian.
Or an old Kindle Keyboard via the 1.8V serial port built into the lower hinge slot. I think the last FW 3.4.2? can be jailbroken. Use it as a serial terminal. Some other ereaders can be used as a serial terminal via USB networking, though I couldn't get the USB patch to install on a DXG. The font and sleep-cover hacks worked OK after jail break.
Certainly it's possible on a Kobo if you are displaying mostly static information, though it seems like a lot of bother and expense to have an eink status panel compared to programming the Pi (though the eink panels for it are quite small).