Re: [Gta04-owner] [ANN] GTA04 Keyboard prototype

2012-05-12 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, Am 11.05.2012 um 21:02 schrieb Lionel Broche: A couple of quick questions about the keyboard prototype: - is this a flexible PCB? Or could it be printed on a flexible substrate so that surface can be bent? The prototype [1] is a 1mm FR4 PCB because pressing the buttons needs a quite

Re: [Gta04-owner] [ANN] GTA04 Keyboard prototype

2012-05-11 Thread Lionel Broche
A couple of quick questions about the keyboard prototype: - is this a flexible PCB? Or could it be printed on a flexible substrate so that surface can be bent? - what are the dimensions of the PCB? how thick should the whole keyboard be with the buttons included? Lionel

Re: [Gta04-owner] [ANN] GTA04 Keyboard prototype

2012-05-09 Thread Boudewijn
On Monday 07 May 2012 15:44:00 Matthias Apitz wrote: El día Monday, May 07, 2012 a las 03:31:11PM +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller escribió: The idea is that the keyboard is integrated in the back battery cover. And if you remove it, both parts (main body and battery cover/keyboard) are

Re: [Gta04-owner] [ANN] GTA04 Keyboard prototype

2012-05-08 Thread Lionel Broche
:) nice, thanks! ok, I'll make something serious then, see if this attracts the community. I'llstart another topic once I have the first draft ready. Lionel On 7 May 2012 13:17, joa...@verona.se wrote: Lionel Broche lionel.bro...@gmail.com writes: Hello, I have been thinking for a

Re: [Gta04-owner] [ANN] GTA04 Keyboard prototype

2012-05-07 Thread joakim
Lionel Broche lionel.bro...@gmail.com writes: Hello, I have been thinking for a while to try a forearm-mounting casing for the openmoko. A casing that you would clip on the left (or right) forearm, that would be thin enough to fit under the sleeves or even covered with a piece of nice

Re: [Gta04-owner] [ANN] GTA04 Keyboard prototype

2012-05-07 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 07.05.2012 um 08:47 schrieb Butrus Damaskus: On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: Am 03.05.2012 um 10:03 schrieb Butrus Damaskus: Very interresting, but I'm a little bit puzzled as how it should work in the real life... That is a task

Re: [Gta04-owner] [ANN] GTA04 Keyboard prototype

2012-05-07 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Monday, May 07, 2012 a las 03:31:11PM +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller escribió: The idea is that the keyboard is integrated in the back battery cover. And if you remove it, both parts (main body and battery cover/keyboard) are connected through a small ribbon cable. I.e. you

Re: [Gta04-owner] [ANN] GTA04 Keyboard prototype

2012-05-07 Thread ed
On Monday 07 May 2012 15:44:00 Matthias Apitz wrote: El día Monday, May 07, 2012 a las 03:31:11PM +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller escribió: The idea is that the keyboard is integrated in the back battery cover. And if you remove it, both parts (main body and battery cover/keyboard) are

Re: [Gta04-owner] [ANN] GTA04 Keyboard prototype

2012-05-07 Thread Radek Polak
On Monday 07 May 2012 13:31:11 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: The idea is that the keyboard is integrated in the back battery cover. And if you remove it, both parts (main body and battery cover/keyboard) are connected through a small ribbon cable. I.e. you remove the keyboard, fold it by

Re: [Gta04-owner] [ANN] GTA04 Keyboard prototype

2012-05-06 Thread Lionel Broche
Hello, I have been thinking for a while to try a forearm-mounting casing for the openmoko. A casing that you would clip on the left (or right) forearm, that would be thin enough to fit under the sleeves or even covered with a piece of nice fabric to look like a cloth. This keyboard would probably

Re: [Gta04-owner] [ANN] GTA04 Keyboard prototype

2012-05-03 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 03.05.2012 um 10:03 schrieb Butrus Damaskus: Very interresting, but I'm a little bit puzzled as how it should work in the real life... That is a task for further study and optimization. We have just built one unit and we need some 3D printed cases to do a better evaluation. Some more

Re: [Gta04-owner] [ANN] GTA04 Keyboard prototype

2012-05-03 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
Some more general thought: I am not sure how we should handle such ideas and how this community sees its role. Should we announce/publish immediately as soon as we have a prototype? And ask the community for comments and participation in improving it? Or should we silently finish some design