Getting startet with Kindle Programming

C.Bandicoot · 02-17-2022, 02:10 PM

Hi, so I'm looking for a way to get started with writing code for the kindle.

As far as I understood its basically a linux system that can run bash and python scripts as well as custom kindle apps

The project I have in mind for the k5 I have would be to run an mqtt server on the kindle and allow a website to send it messages that then are simple displayed on the eink display.

Is there a good page here or somewhere where I can find some starting points on displaying custom text or images, things like waking the kindle up by shell ... what commands in general I might be able to interact with from my script?

j.p.s · 02-17-2022, 02:16 PM

For writing and drawing to the screen see the FBInk thread
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=299620

But the outlook for automatically waking up from sleep is kind of bleak.

mrlanrat · 03-14-2022, 03:31 PM

Did you end up writing a MQTT client for the kindle?

I'm looking into this as well.

02-17-2022, 02:10 PM	#1
C.Bandicoot Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2022 Device: K5 (Touch)	Getting startet with Kindle Programming Hi, so I'm looking for a way to get started with writing code for the kindle. As far as I understood its basically a linux system that can run bash and python scripts as well as custom kindle apps The project I have in mind for the k5 I have would be to run an mqtt server on the kindle and allow a website to send it messages that then are simple displayed on the eink display. Is there a good page here or somewhere where I can find some starting points on displaying custom text or images, things like waking the kindle up by shell ... what commands in general I might be able to interact with from my script?

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02-17-2022, 02:16 PM	#2
j.p.s Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,528 Karma: 100606001 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: pb360	For writing and drawing to the screen see the FBInk thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=299620 But the outlook for automatically waking up from sleep is kind of bleak.

03-14-2022, 03:31 PM	#3
mrlanrat Member Posts: 15 Karma: 32 Join Date: May 2011 Device: entourage edge, Kindles	Did you end up writing a MQTT client for the kindle? I'm looking into this as well.