How to Repurpose an Old Kindle as a Live Bus Arrival Time Display
By
mengchengfeng
Crisp on the outside, thoughtful on the inside. A keeper.
Summary
A technical guide explaining how to repurpose an old Kindle Touch (4th Generation/K5/KT) into a live bus arrival time display that refreshes every minute. The article provides step-by-step instructions for jailbreaking the Kindle, installing necessary software (KUAL & MRPI), setting up SSH, running a server to serve images to the Kindle, and creating a KUAL app. The project essentially creates a budget alternative to commercial transit displays like TRMNL without the $140 price tag.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledThis is how I turned an old Kindle (Kindle Touch 4th Generation/K5/KT) into a live bus feed that refreshes every minute with the option to exit out of dashboard mode by pressing the menu button.
It's basically TRMNL without the $140 price tag.
This will be your Kindle hacking bible for steps 1 - 3. You need to figure out what version o
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