Hi ! Whoao ! Such a good news !
Can you reveal to the community prices & availability of the boards. I imagine you don't have thousands. I don(t know yet if I'm interrested (in fact my banker knows but ...). Thanks a lot & great job ! Regards AstHrO On 15/06/2010 18:25, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > Hi all, > we were a little quiet the last days because we just had to wait to > receive the final PCBs and some components and start testing the boards. > > We are currently thinking about different offers: > > 1. PCB and very special components only (you can go shopping yourself). > 2. PCB and complete component set (unsoldered) > 3. PCB and components already soldered on a professional SMT line (we > have one) > 4. same as 3 including a Wi2Wi GPS receiver module (we are not sure if > the internal Freerunner antenna module works, but an external antenna > connected through the MMCX plug did work). This will increase the > price of course. > > But beware for variants 1&2: there are several 0402 components and one > 0.5mm pitch BGA (TSC2007) for which you need very special soldering > eqipment. > > Please let me know your preferences (either here or by private mail). > > Best regards, > Nikolaus > > PS: the git for U-Boot and the kernel is already active > PPS: I have just copied the QtMoko rootfs on the Beagle Board and it > did run through touch screen calibration and language selection menu > before some component did segfault > > > Am 11.05.2010 um 09:56 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller: > > >> There is now a new Wiki page for the project: >> >> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Openmoko_Beagle_Hybrid >> >> I have received some questions why we did not put all this into a nice >> design. The main reason is that we can't redesign the Beagleboard (it >> has fixed dimensions) and we can't afford to build plastic injection >> moulds (if someone has an idea how to reduce cost this is very >> welcome). So the easiest solution was to combine what we have: a given >> Beagleboard and the Freerunner case. >> >> Other questions were what one could do with this. Here some ideas (not >> assuming it is complete - you may have more and it is a platform for >> your creativity): >> >> • experimenting with touchscreen and new user interfaces on >> Beagleboard >> • learn how the OMAP3530 CPU works >> • make it a truly open mobile application development platform by >> adding a battery pack and a UMTS usb stick >> • investigate how an Openmoko with UMTS and OMAP3530 feels (not from >> haptics but screen operation and UMTS speed) >> • porting SHR, QtMoko, Android, etc. to ARM-Cortex A8 >> >> And here some feature list: >> >> • PCB that fits into Freerunner case (top cover and middle part after >> cutting a hole) >> • works also without such a case (except speakers and earset) >> • Toppoly LCM interface (same display as used in the Freerunner - >> otherwise it would not fit into the case) >> • TSC2007 touch screen controller >> • Microphone >> • Earset and Speaker connector (for those sitting in the Freerunner >> case) >> • 2 buttons (AUX and Power) >> • 2 dual color LEDs (in the AUX and Power buttons) >> • vibracall driver >> • headset jack to connect microphone, earset and speaker >> >> For the software, we have to rearrange the code on our server a little >> and then it will be made public. >> >> Finally, here you can do preorders: >> >> http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=Openmoko%20Beagle >> >> Nikolaus >> _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community