Comments on: Announcing wrdk

By: michaelh

michaelh — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:30:05 +0000

Hi Joseph. Not really – you could, however, use wrdk to write your own application that renders what ever you want. Note that the WikiReader code itself is available from Openmoko and, in theory, can be used to create your own wiki, e-books, or potentially many other things.

I’m tempted to do a WikiReader variant that has the pinouts for all the common connectors, ICs, and other electronic things that you often need out in the shed.

By: michaelh

michaelh — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:27:12 +0000

Hi John. I'm hoping to write this up a bit further, but here's the short story: Take the battery cover off and undo the two screws Open the WikiReader using a spudger or similar to pop out the plastic latches. See the wiki for pictures of the inside of the case Get a 2 mm pitch female header such as this one Solder the header onto the debug pads on the PCB Widen the debug hole in the case so that the header fits through Re-assemble the WikiReader Get a knock-off Nokia DKU-2 cable such as this one. These can be used as a 3.3 V serial cable Get a 2 mm pitch pin header, cut the end off the DKU-2 cable, and solder it to the right pins I'm happy to do this for you if you cover the postage and cost of the cable. Send me an email and we can talk further.

By: John

John — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:07:00 +0000

Hello

I bought a WikiReader to play with Forth however swapping the minisd card in and out is a pain. Would you consider posting a step by step how to mod your wiki reader to add a debug cable. Not being an electronics guy I may just decide to ask you to mod the device for me but if its doable I would like to have a go

Thanks for the blog!

By: Joseph Dye

Joseph Dye — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:33:16 +0000

Can this render wiki xml stuff ?