An old Echo Show 5 becomes a tiny server status screen
An old first-generation Amazon Echo Show 5 was turned into FarmMonitor v1.0, a small for watching home . The device is a 2019 model that is now lightly supported by Amazon and has limited value in the Fire OS ecosystem. It still receives and occasional firmware updates, likely until around 2027.
The screen is a 5.5-inch touch display with a 960 x 480 . Inside, it has a MediaTek MT8163 chip, a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU running at about 1.5GHz, Mali-T720 MP2 graphics, 1GB of memory, and 8GB of eMMC storage. Power use was measured at the wall: about 2W when idle and about 3-4W while showing the dashboard.
It includes WiFi, Bluetooth, a 2MP camera, a , speakers, and Micro-USB, but the Micro-USB port cannot power the device. Its computing power is roughly in the 3 range.
Key points
- A first-generation Echo Show 5 was reused as FarmMonitor v1.0, a .
- The display is 5.5 inches with a 960 x 480 touch screen.
- Measured power use was about 2W idle and about 3-4W while showing the dashboard.
- The device has Micro-USB, but it cannot be powered through that port.
- Amazon security and firmware updates may continue until around 2027.