Tag: diy-projects

All the articles with the tag "diy-projects".

• Kindle dashboard: 3 ways to build one in 2026

  3 May, 2026

  Turn an old Kindle into a low-power e-ink dashboard. Compare DIY jailbreak, TRMNL, and Home Assistant approaches with real hardware picks.

  • kindle-paperwhite
  • e-ink-display
  • kindle-dashboard

• My iPhone 8 Refuses to Die: Now It's a Solar-Powered Vision OCR Server

  12 Jun, 2025

  How I turned an old iPhone 8 into a solar-powered OCR server using Apple's Vision framework. Running 24/7 off-grid, processing thousands of images.

  • iphone-ocr
  • solar-power
  • vision-framework

• Reviving an Old Kindle Paperwhite 7th Gen

  8 Feb, 2025

  Jailbreaking my old Kindle Paperwhite 7th Gen into a minimalist e-ink dashboard. How to repurpose outdated e-readers into low-power displays.

  • kindle-paperwhite
  • e-ink-display
  • hardware-hacking