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I am particularly interested in the ED060XC3 that is in the kindle paperwhite (I think that is the right one anyway). I can't find a freely available datasheet. Would it be possible to reverse engineer a driver from the kindle firmware? There are acutally 3 interfaces (display, backlight, touchscreen) but the display interface would be the most important and interesting. I intend to purchase one for use with an FPGA if I can determine if it is possible to operate it first.

From what I understand the module itself may not contain a controller but I would have to implement an EPD controller in my FPGA like. You can see images of the screen here. I don't have an actual answer but here's a few leads. Freescale has some chips in the i.MX6 family with the EPD interface: I think the signals are described in the CPU datasheet, but not the protocol.

Even with the older devices when a dedicated controller had to be used, its datasheet would describe only the controller and not the panel. Apollo controller datasheet (first generation, used in Sony PRS-500), made by Philips (later PVI): The second generation controller (Metronome) but they in fact used an Actel ProASIC3 FPGA as can be seen on my photos of PRS-505 innards: So in theory you might be able to extract the bitstream and RE it or just reuse in your own FPGA.

However, it would work only with the first-gen Vizplex panels and probably not with the current ones. Third generation controller was a dedicated chip made by Epson (S1D13521B, codename Broadsheet).

Baidu has a copy of internal training from E-Ink which describes some low-level details on how develop with it (but again, not much on the panel itself): In the end, driving EPD panel is even trickier business than driving a generic LCD. So, unless you know this area very well, I would recommend to stick to a proven solution such as Freescale's chips or a dedicated controller.

If you're not dead set on the hi-res screen, you may be interested in this collection of kits with small resolution and segmented E-Ink screens.

When you have your new screen I hope you will refer to this instructable for help. I would also recommend watching the YouTube video made by the PowerBookMedic group which can be found here: STEP 1: Pry off the plastic rear cover. Best tool for this is a flat head electronic screw driver because the cover fits very tightly in the back of the Kindle; This step requires a surprising amount of force but be courageous because you are not in danger of damaging anything.yet.

Step 4: Remove Battery. STEP 3: Disconnect 4 cables and wires that originate from the screen and keyboard and are plugged into the logic board. I have labeled them in the picture with red circles. Also remove the red and black speaker wire with white socket which easily unclips. Some are held in place with a brown lock bar.

The lock bar can be released with the flat head screw driver but is sometimes easiest done with your finger! Each cable will simply slide out of the socket they are plugged into with a little help.

Step 6: Remove Grounding Mechanism & 3G Card. STEP 7: Congratulations you've taken the Kindle totally apart and you're ready to replace the broken screen with a new one. You MUST be very careful during this step because the e-Ink screens are surprisingly delicate. The back of the screen is made from a very very thin piece of glass and any torque or torsion will crack it. Normally the case of the Kindle will prevent this kind of damage but when it is out as a separate piece it is extremely vulnerable. Actually the first time I did this procedure, I broke it!!

Step 10: Reassemble. Now that you have replaced the screen, you must do the whole ordeal backwards which will be much easier. A few things to keep in mind: Don't forget the Keyboard Don't forget the Volume rocker Don't forget the On/Off slide switch When you put the midboard back onto the screen, BE CAREFUL, please be delicate or it could crack the screen, I can't emphasize this enough or the whole repair will be botched. Before you screw down the midboard, make sure the Cables are sticking up and clear of their respective holes in the midboard or you won't be able to connect them later. The lock bars can be replaced onto each of the cables This is my first Instructable so thank you for reading, hope it can help someone, and look forward to any feedback.

Thanks, you're instructions were great. My Kindle 3 does not have 3G so it looked slightly different inside. I used another Kindle 3 that I bought on eBay to replace this Kindle. It was supposed to be in 'great' condition. However the text to speech didn't work and after a few weeks it quit turning on altogether.

I had looked on line for screen replacements and they were, as you said, around $50. I figured that I had nothing to lose, so I used the screen from the eBay purchase. Works great now. I really appreciate the circles around the screw and cable connections. It made it easy to find all the screws and get them all back in place. Thank you so much!

This was a great help, more so than the Youtube video out there (the two I checked out). I think my Kindle had more screws or something. To help figure out if I put all of the screws back right, I took a pic of the board after I removed the battery (using my phone) before I did anything.

That helped a lot when I had to reassemble; I also replaced the battery as one of the reviewers on Amazon suggested. ANYWAY, thanks so much for the clear instructions; my Kindle started up immediately with no issues (I was really surprised!!!). BTW, I wished I would have known that I could even replace the screen before I replaced my entire Kindle a few months ago with the new 'paperwhite' (which I think is inferior to the keyboard model!). I have the same problem and found an amazing solution on the Kindle Developer Forum, I'll be trying this out when I pick up my old screen from work. If you still have your old screen you can do a swap to access the eprom chip on the ribbon cable of the old broken screen and loading the good waveform that resides there. The full instructions are located on the link below under the post from tccsargent, although I do not fully understand why the good waveform is only on the old screen eeprom and not the new eeprom (chip on the ribbon of your kindle screen). My guess is inferior parts from other countries that did not fully do all their homework and add this code to their eeproms.

I could be wrong but I would like to hear from others regarding this assumption. See pg 1 post from tccsargent for full details. I have the same problem. Interestingly enough as I change pages and the page is being redrawn I can for a fraction of a second see the picture/figure perfectly.

But once the page is finally finished the image looks unclear i.e. Many shades of grey are missing from the picture.

The same is true for the Kindle 3 screen saver picture (it looks perfect as it is being drawn but the finished page is missing a lot of pixels just like in mousegan's picture). Either my replacement display isn't totally compatible with my Kindle 3 after all. Or perhaps I didn't properly reconnect all the parts of the Kindle during reassembly. The back may come of some Kindles a little differently. I have a Touch and the bottom half of the back pulls upward from the Kindle, but then the top half slides toward the bottom. I had watched a video of this once, but then my Kindle took an accidental bath in some water. In my hurry to prevent damage to circuitry due to the water and the battery, I forgot the sliding part and pulled the whole back from the Kindle.

That did damage to one of the catches, but my Kindle has a simple case on it and the damage does not really matter. I am going to give everyone some helpful advice, If you are a prime member contact support and say your kindle is broken and you did not break it yourself. They might try to charge you, they tried me then i said I spent thousands here blah blah and got a brand new kindle paper white. Before i got a brand new kindle keyboard doing this too.

No calling just chat online with the kindle team. It works mostly if you purchase alot on amazon and you are a prime member. Try it it works thank me after you have your brand new kindle in 2 days:). Just replaced mine last night with a screen I found from a seller on aliexpress. Cost US$39 shipped. Couple of additions, (going by steps labelled on photos) Step 4: Under my battery screws were two silver cup-shaped spacers that could be easily lost - watch for those.

Step 5: The connector for the screen (the only one that doesn't have a flip-up clamp), pulls straight up - try fingernails or tweezers. Step 7: One of the screws for the main board is hidden by the screen connector wire in this photo (two inches up from bottom on left edge).

Step 9: The old screen is stuck in lightly with adhesive, just slowly work around it twisting gently (don't need to worry about cracking it, right?). For those over forty I strongly recommend strong lighting and tweezers for putting screws back where they need to be! Thanks for great instructable. Thank you very much for the excellent photos and descriptions. I was able to replace the screen in my 3rd gen Kindle Keyboard for $29 +$11 shipping from China, so I saved a ton thanks to you! You were exactly right in your descriptions of amount force to use when spudging open, etc. Descriptions such as you provided are often missing from instructions.

The only possible thing I would add would be, when removing the PCB from the midboard, there are 3 screws not circled in your photo that must also be removed in order to remove the PCB. This isn't something I knew bc I'm some sort of expert, I only noticed them by following your 'trial and error' method of prying the PCB up gently, from there it was easy to figure out where the logic board was being held down. The first screw is one of the smaller screws, on the left side of your photo, obscured by the largest of the 4 cables unplugged in the previous step. The second screw is a larger one just to the right of the connection for the WiFi antennae. The third screw is another smallish one on the midplate on the right side. That being said, I had no problems following your instructions, and I greatly appreciate your expertise. Thanks again.

Diablo 2 Expansion Installer Download on this page. Just plug in the kindle into a computer via usb like you normally do. The broken display should not be a problem for copying all the files. Just make sure you are set to show hidden files also.

And extensions. I'm not sure about bookmarks but for example highlights are stored in the 'documents/My Clippings.txt' file, and notes in *.pdr files in the same folder.

But I just back up *everything*, not only documents but *everything*. Can be done many ways, here is my method detailed: I use 'total commander' program for this job on windows. On windows 7 it may be a good idea to start it as administrator elevated privileges. If your user is admin, you can do this by ctrl+shift+clicking the total commander icon. And there in menu/configuration/options/display, 'file display', 'show hidden/system files' should have a tick. (then 'ok' it). Then I select my kindle with alt+f2 for the other panel. Italian Grand Keygen For Mac.

Then I go to the top of the kindle's drive - there is a ' ' button for this on the far left for the second panel (there is one for each). Then I select all files and folders either with mouse-rightclick or by the Insert key, when they are red they are selected. I chose a target folder in the another panel. Now I put the cursor-bar into the kindle panel with the files and folders still red (= selected), and press F5 (a 'virtual' button is also available for the mouse on the center bottom). This gives me the copy dialog.

I copy all my kindle to my hard drive. This allowed me to restore my notes and highlights in the past. I think it will restore bookmarks. When restoring, first try the 'document' folder only. And remember that the restered kinlde probably also will need a complete restart, available from kindle's menu / settings / menu again / restart. Hope it helps! (probably a question on mobileread.com would pinpoint which files store the bookmarks.

- copying everything is just trying to be better safe than sorry.).