e Reader options for xc soar?

http://forum.xcsoar.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1214

I present the following not as criticism, but as an alternative for those
who don't want to spend a lot of money.

I looked at RAM mounts for my Streak installation and just couldn't justify
the high price. There's a lot of talk about adjustability but, seriously, I
think that, once you have it adjusted to your preference, you leave it
there. My solution was simple and, most importantly, cheap!

I went to WalMart and bought a universal car cell phone mount. It came with
suction cup and AC vent attachments. Using a hacksaw, I removed the suction
cup base and then, with two adel clamps
(http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...d=0CDsQ9QEwAg),
a couple of nuts and screws, attached it to the side of my panel above my
knee. After a single adjustment, it's there permanently.


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On Tuesday, 23 July 2013 11:48:07 UTC-4, Mike Hostage wrote:
I am flying with a Nook Simple Touch, loaded with TopHat (a derivative of

XCSoar, see: tophat.freeforums.org),

Yes, it's a Nook. I have one with TopHat too, but use a USB mouse GPS or
my back-up generic Garmin with a serial/usb adapter. I take it home and
download the igc file by USB. (ok for the OLC) It works very well so far.

I made custom clips for a RAM-HOL-TAB-SMU with a 1" ball system to the
cockpit side rail. It covers the spare Winter mechanical vario I never
use.

After flying four hours on the regular 7AH batteries with that and an
audio vario, voltage dropped from 12.8 12.6 volts. One day I'll measure
the current usage, but it's a non-issue.

I see no indication that it's too slow to do the job. On-line objections
about speed or ghosting have been theoretical. Try one! It's cheap
enough. :-)

On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 3:03:20 PM UTC+1, Sean F (F2) wrote:
What e Readers are you all using with XC Soar?

The only e-reader currently planned to be supported by XCSoar is the Kobo Mini, which is 4/5ths the size of the Nook Simple Touch. Its dimensions are similar to 5" PNAs such as the Oudie / Vertica:

Oudie 2 : 135 x 86 x 14 mm
Kobo Mini: 133 x 102 x 10 mm
Nook Simple Touch: 165 x 127 x 12 mm

Top Hat is a derivative ('fork') of XCSoar that does support the Nook.

The only e-reader currently planned to be supported by XCSoar is the Kobo Mini.

Well that is unfortunate!
In the USA the Kobo mini is almost unheard of!
I see you can get it on Amazon for $90, about the same as the Nook. But the quality is not as good. Three reviewers out of 12 said " Don't waste your money on this e-reader. "

Just so everyone knows what they are getting into:
Currently, the method of getting XCSoar to run on the Nook is tedious but do-able with the help of the detailed instructions at the TopHat site. It requires a couple of spare micro-SD cards and about an hour. You also have to do some soldering to create a special junction cable that will connect your GPS USB to the Nook and to a 5V USB power source that plugs into your glider's 12V power. This requires purchasing a few male & female USB connectors, a USB cig.lighter charger and a small On-the-Go (OTG) USB adapter cable to fit into the Nook. A really nice hockey-puck GPS module is available for $31 at DX.com. With the ghosting on the screen, I'm not sure it is all worth the effort. My Streak is very clear in the cockpit.

The Nook has no sound.

Mike


At 01:37 24 July 2013, wrote:
Does the Simple Touch have sound? I know that my old Nook
(which I still
use) doesn't have any sound, GPS, etc.
I've seen these around for under $50 recently..

Interesting comments. I just upgraded from the streak 5 to an LG Optimus G Pro (latest and greatest android phone at AT&T). It is a even brighter than the streak and has the latest android version so it is very stable. But the contrast of the e reader is exceptional and might be worth a look! Has anyone built an IO board for an eReader?

On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 7:03:20 AM UTC-7, Sean F (F2) wrote:
What e Readers are you all using with XC Soar? Check out this photo. Looks outstanding to me...what product is this? This is a European glider I believe... https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=96fd2...A89ng71-Olr8Wc Sean



Use the Walmart Sylvania SDPF785 7" Digital Photo Frame $19.99 with the 4Gig SD card.

Richard

On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 6:04:26 PM UTC+1, Soartech wrote:
The only e-reader currently planned to be supported by XCSoar is the Kobo Mini.

Well that is unfortunate!

In the USA the Kobo mini is almost unheard of!

I see you can get it on Amazon for $90, about the same as the Nook. But the quality is not as good. Three reviewers out of 12 said " Don't waste your money on this e-reader. "


Check out http://www.kobo.com/kobomini/wheretobuy/

I don't know how they compare for reading, but in the display mode we're using for XCSoar there's no significant difference in quality between the Nook and the Kobo Mini.

Installation of XCSoar on the Kobo Mini will consist of connecting the ereader to a PC and copying a single file to the ereader.

Ghosting is more noticable on e-ink displays at higher temperatures, but it's hard to put figures on it because airflow around the display seems to be more of a factor than the ambient temperature.

On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 5:25:58 PM UTC+2, wrote: The only e-reader currently planned to be supported by XCSoar is the Kobo Mini

Not exactly true.

The Nook will be supported, too, but the installation procedure requires rooting and hacking the kernel (like TopHat). I believe the Kobo is the better one, but I leave people a choice.

The Nook will be supported, too, but the installation procedure requires rooting and hacking the kernel (like TopHat). I believe the Kobo is the better one, but I leave people a choice.

Kobo size will be more practical, specially if you mount it somewhere in the instrument panel area. Rob has made excellent instructions on how to root NOOK, and lately I have been flying with TopHat connected with IOIOv1 and IOIO-OTG cards without connection breaks. I will fly with NOOK until KOBO with IOIO connection is ready. Thanks for the developers!

Compared to DELL Streak operating system update, IMHO NOOK rooting is easy.