Did I also mention that the Documentation for the OMAP 3530 is... TOTALLY FREE !!!
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Christopher Friedt<[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry for posting off-topic, but I know that there are some people on > this list who would probably be interested in this piece of hardware. > > I just picked up an article from /. [1] about the Nokia N900, the > successor to the N810, which finally adds phone capabilities! > Apparently there was a lot of speculation / anticippation about this, > but I just heard about it today. The N900 is apparently based on the > OMAP 3430, and still runs a full GNU / Linux stack (Maemo). > > That's really great ... but really ... I'm more interested in learning > which 3G chip it's using, and perhaps pairing it with the OMAP 3530 > (which is available in non-mass-production quantities) for a new OM > design. Since the N900 has a completely hackable software stack, it's > very likely that the GSM firmware / utilities might also be available. > The 3530 is designed to use PoP (package-on-package) SDRAM / NAND > chips which reduce memory latency and power consumption. It also has a > very powerful and integrated 2D/3D GPU, and video/image/audio codec. I > believe this was discussed on the openmoko-devel mailing list at some > point. TI very graciously provides an example and downloadable files > for the BGA trace layout, which really helps dramatically. > > From what I see, the gta02-core project has been quite successful thus > far. The project would be greatly simplified if it weren't for the > unavailability of the Calypso, and the desire to have a prototype-able > design. > > I wonder if it would be possible to re-use the FR casing and replace a > large part of the internals with the OMAP3530 & whatever 3G chipset > the N900 is using. I wonder if the LCD of the original FR is > compatible with the OMAP... The schematic for this type of design > would be drastically simpler given the PoP design & lack of Glamo / > NOR / amp, and there would likely be a lot of free board space > remaining (for whatever evil ends ... Camera ? ). > > Just a thought, ... but I would definitely be interested in working > with other enthusiast on such a design. > > Chris > > [1] > http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-rx51-n900-en.shtml > _______________________________________________ gta02-core mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/gta02-core
