Re: need a (even broken) plastic case of a FR
Lukas I'm currently designing a 3D printable case for the GTA04. It isn't fully ready, yet. But you should be able to order a full GTA01/02/04 case for approximately 40€ in a few weeks. Please refer to the project site. It will be updated in the next few days, once the next prototyes arrive: http://blog.slyon.de/3d-printed-gta04-case/ That is truely a awesome thing! I went through a period of (accidently) repeatedly dropping my freerunner from a considerable height. Amazingly the phone still works as always, but one of the clips on the case finally seperated... Best, Toby -- Toby D. Young Assistant Professor Philosophy Physics Polish Academy of Sciences www: http://www.ippt.gov.pl/~tyoung skype: stenografia ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Article: What happened to real open source phones?
Greetings, I'm still using my FR as my daily and only cellphone (it still runs Om2008.9) and I'm happy with it, [...]. I am glad to see someone saying that :-) I am also using my freerunner (with QtMoko) as my only phone and I am also very happy with it. Of course, I also find a few glitches now-and-then in the software/hardware; though things are continually improving and more options are continually being added. Hopefully my FR hardware lasts until some other real Linux or even FreeBSD cellphone shows up again. I am hoping the GTA04 will turn into exactly that, and even so, the freerunner feels pretty real to me ;-) A big thumbs up from me to the people who have worked on making that a realisation, and to the people who have sponsored them! I am looking forward to placing my order Best, Toby -- Toby D. Young Assistant Professor Philosophy Physics Polish Academy of Sciences www: http://www.ippt.gov.pl/~tyoung skype: stenografia ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [ANN]: GTA04 (Beagleboard inspired Openmoko Upgrade) - Early Adpoter Program
Wow. This looks great! I am excited. :-) Thank you very much for your efforts to get the community this far. Best, Toby - Toby D. Young Assistant Professor Institute of Fundamental Technological Problems Polish Academy of Sciences ul Adolfa Pawinskiego 5b 02-106 Warsaw Poland www: http://www.ippt.gov.pl/~tyoung skype: stenografia On Tue, 21 Dec 2010, Dr.H.Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Dear all, we are happy that we can make an announcement to the Free and Open Hardware Community, right in time for X-mas and New Year: We have finally tested, understood and patched the bugs of the first GTA04 sample board (a.k.a. GTA04A2) and have successfully started U-Boot. We can access the important peripherals like display, touch screen, and MMC card. So we are very confident that the already scheduled redesign (GTA04A3) will work right from the beginning and boot Linux. This looks like the start of the aera of new Openmoko devices. -- what it is -- For those who have not followed or are new to this project, the GTA04 is a OMAP3 based Smartphone Platform/Module [1] that fits as a motherboard replacement into a Openmoko Neo1973 or Freerunner case [2]. It is more or less the idea to squeeze a BeagleBoard into a handheld and was started by connecting a Openmoko Display to a BeagleBoard [3]. It will finally come with UMTS (HSPA), GPS, WLAN, Bluetooth, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Altimeter, Compass, FM and an optional camera. An expansion B2B-connector allows to base a custom design on this module. A demo video of the GTA04A2 controlling the display and blinking the illuminated buttons is here [4]. A brief project description is [5]. Please excuse the low quality of the pictures, since our small team has so far focussed on hardware and software. The difference to off-the-shelf smartphones is that it will be well documented (CC-BY-SA) and schematics will be included in the spirit of the original Openmoko devices so that you can access all the nice peripherals we have designed into it. And through the expansion connectors you can also use it as a module in your design. And, it is a community project. Everyone is welcome to contribute. The driving force behind this project is Golden Delicious Computers (www.goldelico.com), a specialist for embedded hard-, firm- and software development located in Oberhaching near Munich, Bavaria, Germany. -- next steps -- A closed and safe process would be that we silently redesign the board (i.e. develop a GTA04A3), order some sample boards and test them. If everything finally works, we would order components and sit there and wait for them to arrive. Then, we would announce generaly availability in big ads in NYT and FAZ. In this mode, you may deduce, that you will not be able to get a GTA04 earlier than Summer next year if we don't run out of money before. -- early adopter program -- Therefore, we have thought hat we offer an early adoper program to the benefit of everybody. The idea is that you can order a GTA04A3 immediately. At a fixed price (280 EUR). And we take the risk that prices of components will change. You only take the risk that we may need more time to get the components and have to spin another PCB. Using your money, we will order the core components with a long lead time (OMAP, Memory, UMTS module) as soon as possible - and early enough before the GTA04A3 design is finished. This makes sure that we have enough components for the first batch to be produced. And we will not spend the money for anything else so that you could even visit us to see your chips... But please don't touch. Once, the GTA04A3 boards arrive, we will test some of them and if everything looks ok, we will produce your early adopter devices. Only in the case that the A3 board has another serious flaw, we will have to design a GTA04A4 board first. This all speeds up the process dramatically so that we currently estimate delivery of the first units by March 2011. The price has been set very low so that it just covers component and production cost at a reduced feature set (there are not all peripherals installed but UMTS and GPS will be). It might be possible to retrofit some of them. Please note that it does *not* include the LCD module, case and battery, because it is a motherboard-replacement to existing Openmoko units (Freerunner and Neo1973). And, we can't specify yet which version of the OMAP3 we will get (600/720/1000 MHz) and how big the RAM/NAND flash will be. But expect something similar to the BeagleBoard. Please note that we also have chosen to switch from a GTM501 UMTS module to a GTM601 which has even better performance (HSPA+). -- how to participate -- Here is the link to the EAP offer with more detailed conditions (there are some restrictions): http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=GTA04-Early-Adopter You can also support us by purchasing
Re: community Digest, Vol 180, Issue 6
Florian and Radek and others, Thanks alot for your attentions. I started again from zero... reflashed my neo (and then: apt-get update, apt-get install gpsd). Still no GPS; NeronGPS is permanently stuck in waiting for a fix... I need gpsd right? There seems to be some confusion about this...? (1) I have modified the sysfs node pointer such that: neo:~# cat /opt/qtmoko/bin/gps-poweron.sh #!/bin/sh if [ -e /sys/bus/platform/devices/neo1973-pm-gps.0 ]; then echo 1 /sys/devices/platform/s3c2440-i2c/i2c-adapter/i2c-0/0-0073/pcf50633-regltr.7/neo1973-pm-gps.0/power_on fi if [ -e /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-0/0-0073/neo1973-pm-gps.0/pwron ]; then echo 1 /sys/devices/platform/s3c2440-i2c/i2c-adapter/i2c-0/0-0073/pcf50633-regltr.7/neo1973-pm-gps.0/pwron fi I then ran dpkg-reconfigure gpsd to get: neo:~# cat /etc/default/gpsd # Default settings for gpsd. # Please do not edit this file directly - use `dpkg-reconfigure gpsd' to # change the options. START_DAEMON=true DAEMON_OPTS= DEVICES=/dev/ttySAC1 USBAUTO=false from which (after switching on GPS in devtools) neo:~# head -n 20 /dev/ttySAC1 $GPTXT,01,01,02,u-blox ag - www.u-blox.com*50 $GPTXT,01,01,02,$GPRMC,,V,,N*53 $GPVTG,N*30 $GPGGA,,0,00,99.99,,*48 $GPGSA,A,1,99.99,99.99,99.99*30 $GPGSV,1,1,00*79 $GPGLL,,V,N*64 $GPZDA,00,00*48 $GPRMC,,V,,N*53 $GPVTG,N*30 I like running cat /dev/ttySAC1 and switching on/off GPS in devtools, and I get the expected behaviour; so I believe GPS is being switched on and off correctly. Does that look right? Any ideas what I am missing here? Apart from this problem (and some weird uSD card behaviour), I am really happy with QTMoko; thanks alot for this! Best, Toby -- Toby D. Young Assistant Professor Philosophy Physics Polish Academy of Sciences www: http://www.ippt.gov.pl/~tyoung skype: stenografia ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Get GPS working...
Hello. I've had the neo freefrunner gta-02 a few weeks. After browsing through a few distributions, qtmoko became my choice. I think this distribution is really great! I flashed the kernel and rootfs with uImage-v21.bin and qtmoko-debian-v21.jffs2 respectively and all seems ok, maybe better than ok :-) Only one irksome thing that is turning me away from qtmoko... I can not for the life of me get GPS to work using NeronGPS. I took the following steps after flashing: (1) apt-get gpsd (this starts on booting after a little play with the config for gpsd). neo:~# /etc/init.d/gpsd restart Stopping GPS (Global Positioning System) daemon: gpsd. Starting GPS (Global Positioning System) daemon: gpsd. neo:~# (2) Fire up NeronGPS What happens, is that NeronGPS runs, I can download maps from OM_map, for example. What never hapens is getting a fix. My phone is permanently stuck with the message Wait for fix. Have I missed something obvious here? In short: Is there a sure-fire way of getting GPS up-and-running? Best, Toby - www: http://www.ippt.gov.pl/~tyoung ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Get GPS working...
Hi Jeremy My phone is permanently stuck with the message Wait for fix. Have I missed something obvious here? how long are you waiting? general rule for me is ruffly 10 min before i start to worry. I've got into the habit of letting him run on... Normally around 15-25 mins before I give up. v21 is unstable right? I wonder if the problem goes away by stepping back to, say v19? What do you think? There's just this last step with GPS... Best, Toby - Toby D. Young Assistant Professor Philosophy-Physics Polish Academy of Sciences Warszawa, Polska www: http://www.ippt.gov.pl/~tyoung skype: stenografia ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
