OpenMoko and accessories design

Lally Singh lally.singh at gmail.com
Sun Mar 16 09:48:23 CET 2008


These sound like fun!  Is there any way to get a higher-bandwidth
connection out of the OM than USB?

Say if we wanted to double-output the video signal or whatever.


On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Michael Shiloh <michael at openmoko.org> wrote:
> It's really very simple. Someone hack one together, take pictures, and
>  describe it on a wiki page. As Andy says, once we chickens find our
>  heads we can consider whether to turn these into products or not.
>
>  Michael
>
>
>
>  Andy Green wrote:
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>  >> That is a nice idea, would like to have an accessory like that to make
>  >> my neo into a camera, when I need it...
>  >
>  > It is a nice idea.  The Y cable is a nice idea too.  But (it's just my
>  > personal take) the problem with loading up any new things on this
>  > product right now is
>  >
>  >  - we didn't sell any yet :-)
>  >
>  >  - everyone is running around in headless chicken mode trying to
>  > finalize production, their brains are not configured for new tasks right now
>  >
>  > I think the way forward is to prototype these ideas on a GTA02 and
>  > document it and what it does, where it is useful, then after the current
>  > storm dies down it is accessible to explain what the idea is to the
>  > people that can yea or nay it.
>  >
>  > For these external USB accessories, it is exactly the kind of thing
>  > users can hack on, including the kernel side if needed (although USB
>  > device support in Linux can already be adequate for many tasks).  If a
>  > couple of folks did it and are going on about how much it rocked and to
>  > show what they achieved this speaks very loudly.
>  >
>  > I started prototyping the Y cable, but of course the wiring for a mini
>  > USB cable does not include ID normally :-/  Later I will edit the cable
>  > of one of the chargers I have here to do it that way.
>  >
>  > Really I think this kind of user-driven "Wah! We could do THIS!!!" is
>  > great and it is exactly the idea of the product, but unlike a closed
>  > product we really CAN do it without petitioning the company, and within
>  > reason I'm pretty sure supporting this kind of hacking endeavour from my
>  > side is part of my job description.
>  >
>  > - -Andy
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H. Lally Singh
Ph.D. Candidate, Computer Science
Virginia Tech




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