Zoltan Hoppar wrote: > I know my thoughts are a bit strange, and needs a lot of investigation > - but as Yi said, I would like to share this mail with you guys, and > please tell me your thoughts about my planning.
I think a "docking station" would be entirely feasible. When you open the battery compartment and remove the grey metallized film the the bottom (*), you'll see the following contacts: http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/werner/tmp/tp-map-ba.png This file lists the test points and what they connect to: http://projects.qi-hardware.com/index.php/p/wernermisc/source/tree/master/tp/MAP You could make a PCB that slides into the battery compartment the way the lid normally enters. Have pogo pins on that PCB. Connect whatever you fancy to these pogo pins. To protect the pogo pins from getting broken off, you could make a block of wood or other suitable material, about the size of the battery and with holes for the pogo pins and glue it to the PCB. (*) I've never tried to pull it out through the battery compartment, so that may or may not work. It's easy to peel off if you remove the case entirely, though. > I feel that our Nanonote is very close to be an universal pocket > hacking machine - and this redesign could be the first step. I agree that the Ben is very versatile and it is fairly unique in combining a "neat" industrial design with a high degree of openness, a "real" operating system, and a low price. > If you are interested, please feel free to make questions, and I try > to answer to them. BTW, I'm looking for an good shape designer, where > I could import the STL files, make the new files.... 3D CAD is still an area shrouded in mystery ;-) You've probably already seen the various posts on that topic. If you want to plan long-term, the best best may be to pick a Free CAD system with a large feature set and work on its scripting capabilities. E.g., HeeksCAD can to pretty impressive things via the GUI, but the scripting language doesn't have access to many of those functions. > - An turnable touchscreen that you could lie onto the back side of the > display - could add an PDA/SIP phone experience (like an HP Pavilion > tx1000, just in tiny size), but that makes necessary to put the mic > input and the speaker up to next to the display. If you accept to lose some functionality, you could make a "table" right now: remove the case completely, flip the LCD over the component side of the main PCB, build some structure to hold it all together, done. Of course, you'd lose access to the keyboard and you'd have to think of something to do with speaker and mic too, if you need them. - Werner _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
