Nook hacking

Nook New Life

There were loads of hacks for the Nook reader from Barnes & Nobel when the UK store closed. The old Android OS is now so defunct that nothing runs, even on an old hacked Nook.

I coded up a weather app. This is all custom code to write to the display written in C++. It's a bit of a dead end as it's a single app and not too interactive.

I've dusted off the old Nook and stuck a header on the output pins from the motherboard. This provides a UART connection and step 1 of my plan.

Using the old Linux 2.6 kernel source (yes it's downloadable) the system can be rebuilt and in theory I can have a new Linux system built from the ground up on the e-ink device.

Currently building the source. Fingers crossed it will install and run.