Hi, thanks for update :)H. Nikolaus Schaller píše v Út 26. 07. 2016 v 11:20 +0200: > Hi, > there isn't much to report at the moment about the GTA04A5. > > We are still waiting for all components to arrive and the PCBs > to be produced. Let's hope that no news is good news and > cross fingers that it happens soon. > > On the software side we have published letux kernel 4.7.0: > > http://download.goldelico.com/letux-kernel/letux-4.7/ > > It fixes the hdq driver so that we can again read the fuel gauge and > battery state of charge. This is essential to be able to measure > suspend current. > > Unfortunately we are still struggling with the charging system. > > The symptoms are quite puzzling. On some devices charging > seems to work. While on others it simply fails, does not recognize > cable insertion/unplugging and the ethernet gadget fails as well. > > But installing our letux 4.3 kernel on the same SD card and rebooting > makes it work. > > What the real mystery is: there is no significant code difference in > the charger driver between 4.3 and 4.4-rc (where it fails for the > first time). So the difference lies somewhere outside the charger > driver but we have not yet found where.
What about new camera module - what are results of its tests? I'm waiting with order to order board and camera module together at once (due money transfer fees). > What else can I report? > > There was some discussion about a magnetic usb socket for the > GTA04 so that you can no longer pull the GTA04 from the table > through the USB cable and break the USB socket inside the GTA04. > > For Micro-USB you can go shopping and find solutions, but not > for Mini-USB. > > Therefore I have started to build a prototype for such a thing and > let's hope it works. Then we can build a handful of them (they also > work on GTA01/GTA02 and most Mini-USB devices). It consists > of two PCBs, one with a Mini-USB-Plug and pogo pins and the > other with contact pads and a Mini-USB-Socket. Both will be plugged > together with small magnets glued to the PCB. Well, another item to my order, eventually (cheaper than repairs of USB port - n900 owners could tell...) > As a bonus I have also designed such an adaptor for USB3. Let's > see if that works as well... It would be usefull for Pyra handheld too :) > And another thing is in works: a tiny AM3358 based breakout > board which has the potential to become the core of a new low-end > tinkerphone... Or just a simple I/O controller (I2C, SPI, USB) with > full > Letux inside. How would posibly resulting phone compare with gta04a5, please? > So much for today. > > BR, > Nikolaus > > _______________________________________________ > Community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/community > http://www.tinkerphones.org regards Pavel _______________________________________________ Community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/community http://www.tinkerphones.org
