As an interesting change, perhaps I could make the keypad on the left
as in most video game consoles.
On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:18:30 +0400, wrote:
I guess I'll just work on a replacement keyboard for now, no need to
complicate things that much.
On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:01:21 +0000, Wolfgang Spraul wrote:
Ah yes, before I go, since Ben is "completely" free, do I have some
kind of access to the mold data for the casing? Also, does anyone
know details on how the case is made? Is it ALL machine, or some by
hand? I am thinking of getting one of those "make a mold kits" to
try and see if I could make my own Ben case, but would like to know
more about how the current one is made. I know it is not your
standard hacker's request for a datasheet, but I think it does
qualify as part of a copyleft plan, right?
Absolutely, in fact mechanical design and the mechanical production
and assembly process are important parts of good copyleft hardware.
However, unfortunately, it's also the weakest part of the Ben
NanoNote,
our first product :-) Milkymist One is far ahead.
To get things started back in 2009, we bought into an existing
plastic
injection moulding design and process for the Ben NanoNote. Werner
has
since done some amazing work to scan the cases and develop an open
process for them, resulting for example in the production of a
functioning counterweight.
http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/werner/ben-scans/
counterweight video:
http://projects.qi-hardware.com/media/upload/ben-counterweight/files/cw-demo.ogg
counterweight picture:
http://projects.qi-hardware.com/media/upload/ben-counterweight/files/cw-demo-open.jpg
However, the Ya NanoNote will most likely need a complete makeover
of
the mechanical design and process, that's something that is still
slowly
evolving as we move forward.
Wolfgang
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