Hi Marco, Am 22.12.2010 um 16:18 schrieb Marco Trevisan (Treviño):
> Il giorno mar, 21/12/2010 alle 16.33 +0100, Dr.H.NikolausS ha scritto: >> Dear all, >> >> we are happy that we can make an announcement to the Free and >> Open Hardware Community, right in time for X-mas and New Year: >> >> We have finally tested, understood and patched the bugs of the >> first GTA04 sample board (a.k.a. GTA04A2) and have successfully >> started U-Boot. We can access the important peripherals like >> display, touch screen, and MMC card. > > This is great, however can be planned for a quite near future to support > also a different case (the Openmoko one is too thick compared to the > ones used by the actual mobile hardware!) with maybe another LCD > (capacitive?) and, above all a camera, the most requested hardware > feature when the GTA02 was designed! :P The GTA04 design has a connector for an optional camera module that even fits into the existing case (although you have to drill a hole). But we have not yet tested it. You will also be able to connect a different LCD through expansion connectors that we are currently adding to the GTA04A3 design. Unfortunately, this makes the design even thicker. Miniaturization is in contradiction with expansion/flexibility. The touch screen controller is a TSC2007 which can only handle resistive touch, but you can connect a capacitive controller as well. Regarding case design it is open to you to come up with new designs and production methods (e.g. rep-rap, makerbot, ...). We are happy to support you with knowledge. And if we finally see a project that receives applause by the community we want to help to make it a repeatable procedure so that everyone can make or buy one. A general note on thickness - the main factor is thickness of the battery and the LCD module. And, of course, the display bezel is (unneccesarily) thick. So there are ways for a thinner case (with same functionality). Happy (plastics) hacking, Nikolaus _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
