DIY eReader

[PeterT]

Just came across this project for piEReader.

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to have been much activity in the last few months; no commits since July.

Article: https://www.xda-developers.com/piere...-raspberry-pi/

Project Home: https://gitlab.com/guyjeangilles/piereader/

Building your own eReader from the ground up
The GitLab-hosted project provides details of a proof-of-concept eReader that uses Raspberry Pi hardware. Guyrandy Jean-Gilles, the developer behind the project, focused on the Raspberry Pi because that’s what he had on hand at the time.

When a supply shortage made obtaining Raspberry Pi boards difficult, he also looked at other SBCs like the Pine64-LTS. He ported the project to the Pine64-LTS and plans to support more hardware platforms in the future. Nevertheless, most of the project is designed around the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4).
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[Quoth]

This sort of thing is more for people that have electronics / embedded computing / tinkering as a hobby (or day job) than wanting to read ebooks, where a Kobo is the best standalone solution.


I've had two Pis and multiple embedded / SBC / dev / handheld computers as the day job and hobby, so forget about the Pi or anything similar if you want to read ebooks. It won't save money either. Actually my current Pi system cost more than my last laptop or TCL Nxtpaper 11. It's only cheaper than a Kobo Sage because it's got a portable QHD LCD screen, not an 8" eink panel. Most of the Pi or Ardunio eink "hats" are retail display panels thus much worse than a PW3 or original H2O.

[PeterT]

So it's for those who enjoy tinkering. Big Deal!