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Hardware: K5 "guts"

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Accelerometer

Accelerometer Manually loading K5 accelerometer driver.

Serial Interface

Location, attachment and usage

Serial port terminals

Includes attachment and setup of PuTTY under windows:
Serial Jailbreaking for Dummys Serial jailbreaking under Windows.

Attachment and setup of MiniCom under Linux:
Minicom Install and Setup of minicom under Linux.

Serial Port Jail Breaking

Includes attachment and setup of PuTTY under windows:
Serial Jailbreaking for Dummys Serial jailbreaking under Windows.

Serial Port

Friends do not allow friends to flash custom firmware without a serial port connection.
Kindle 1 Kindle 1 Serial Port Hack (Hak5 video) - Youtube.com
Kindle 3 Kindle 3 serial plug designs
Kindle 4 K4 serial port pinout
Kindle 5 K5 serial port pinout
Kindle Paperwhite Kindle Paperwhite serial port
Kindle Paperwhite 2 Kindle Paperwhite 2 serial port pinout (MicroFTX)
2014 Basic Kindle KT2 serial port pinout and access
Kindle DX Kindle DX serial console
1v8 Serial Kindle serial adapter level shifter circuit
MicroFTX USB to serial interface, can use 1.8V logic level if supplied with reference voltage e.g.from the PW1
DebugBoard VT USB to UART converter based on FTDI FT230X with a voltage translator 74AVCH1T45, working from 0.8V up to 3.6V
DebugBoard Isolated Isolated USB to UART converter based on FTDI FT230X with the isolator MAX12931BASA+

Hint: If you break your pads check if they are also on the back of the pcb. (Verified for PW3)

Reading Light

Various DIY reading lights.

K3 Light

DIY Reading Light K3 reading light (thread)
DIY Lit Cover Kindle Keyboard lit cover (thread)

Teardowns

K2 Teardown Kindle 2 teardown - iFixit.com
K3 Teardown Kindle 3 teardown - Techrepublic.com
K3 Teardown Kindle 3 teardown (EEVblog video) - Youtube.com
DXG teardown DX Graphite teardown - Techrepublic.com
Kindle 4 Kindle 4 teardown
Kindle Touch Kindle Touch teardown - Techrepublic.com
Kindle Paperwhite Teardown by Powerbook Medic
Kindle Paperwhite Teardown by EEVblog

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• kindle sugru button hack - Sugru.com
• Adding Bluetooth Wireless To Kindle DX - Griffin.net
• frankenkindle - Blogspot.com
• USB Host Mode on the Kindle 4 - Christian-hoff.com
• Solar Powered Kindle Touch
• ICs in Kindle Touch