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-title: A look inside the Kobo Touch
-tags: DIY,electronics
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-
-The e-ink screen of my Kobo Touch ebook reader broke, probably because
-it didn't like being bent regularly.  It was a little over a year old
-when it happened, way too soon to give up on it, so I decided to take
-it apart and replace the screen if possible.
-
-If you want to open any device that is held together by plastic parts
-with teeny plastic flaps that snap into each other: use a guitar
-pick. The Jazz III pick (my favourite) is very well suited for the
-job. I used it to pry apart the plastic frame of my netbook before.
-The Kobo touch is really a beautiful device (if you have one, I
-encourage you to look inside) and is much easier to take apart than my
-netbook.  The battery is much smaller than I expected and the PCB is
-very clean and ordered.
-
-The screen is glued to a very robust frame (metallic, looks like iron)
-with two stripes of adhesives; with some nudging I could separate the
-two components. The screen's backside is shiny, polished;
-mesmerizing. If you want to keep it that way, don't touch it with your
-filthy fingers.
-
-Originally, I wanted to take the opportunity to upgrade the screen to
-whatever model is compatible with the driver chip. This is printed on
-the chip:
-
-    E INK
-    TPS65185
-    TI  181
-    A49F G4
-
-As it was difficult to get detailed documentation on the types of
-panels that can be used with the chip I decided to simply get the same
-model as the broken screen: ED060SCE LF T1.  The same screen seems to
-be used in the Nook.
-
-I paid CNY 180 for a replacement. It appears to be a more recent
-revision of the screen; there's a little IC on the flexible connector
-and a few numbers on the labels have changed.  It works fine, though
-ghosting seems to be significantly worse. The Kobo UI doesn't always
-force a full page refresh; this only really affects the library
-browser, though. (The refresh rate can be configured for reading
-mode.)  The more often a part of the screen is updated the more gray
-noise appears all over the screen.
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+(define meta
+  `((title . "A look inside the Kobo Touch")
+    (date  . ,(string->date* "2013-07-25 00:00"))
+    (tags "DIY" "electronics")))
+
+(list
+ (p [The e-ink screen of my Kobo Touch ebook reader broke, probably
+     because it didn’t like being bent regularly.  It was a little over
+     a year old when it happened, way too soon to give up on it, so I
+     decided to take it apart and replace the screen if possible.])
+
+ (wide-img "2013/kobo-broken.jpg"
+           "the broken display")
+
+ (p [If you want to open any device that is held together by plastic
+     parts with teeny plastic flaps that snap into each other: use a
+     guitar pick.  The Jazz III pick (my favourite) is very well suited
+     for the job.  I used it to pry apart the plastic frame of my
+     netbook before.  The Kobo touch is really a beautiful device (if
+     you have one, I encourage you to look inside) and is much easier
+     to take apart than my netbook.  The battery is much smaller than I
+     expected and the PCB is very clean and ordered.])
+
+ (figure "2013/kobo-inside.jpg"
+         "After removing the back cover")
+
+ (p [The screen is glued to a very robust frame (metallic, looks like
+     iron) with two stripes of adhesives; with some nudging I could
+     separate the two components.  The screen’s backside is shiny,
+     polished; mesmerizing.  If you want to keep it that way, don’t
+     touch it with your filthy fingers.])
+ 
+ (p [Originally, I wanted to take the opportunity to upgrade the screen
+     to whatever model is compatible with the driver chip.  This is
+     printed on the chip:])
+ 
+ (pre (code [E INK
+TPS65185
+TI  181
+A49F G4]))
+
+ (wide-img "2013/kobo-driver-chip.jpg"
+           "close-up of the driver chip")
+
+ (p [As it was difficult to get detailed documentation on the types of
+     panels that can be used with the chip I decided to simply get the
+     same model as the broken screen: ED060SCE LF T1.  The same screen
+     seems to be used in the Nook.])
+ 
+ (p [I paid CNY,(~)180 for a replacement.  It appears to be a more
+     recent revision of the screen; there’s a little IC on the
+     flexible connector and a few numbers on the labels have changed.
+     It works fine, though ghosting seems to be significantly worse.
+     The Kobo UI doesn’t always force a full page refresh; this only
+     really affects the library browser, though. (The refresh rate can
+     be configured for reading mode.)  The more often a part of the
+     screen is updated the more gray noise appears all over the
+     screen.]))