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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> <FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">I haven't
seen a discussion about redesign of the board, the design files (schematics in
Orcad) are available, so you can downsize the connectors used and fit it in an
existing casing.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Could we, also, consider the option of
using a "smaller" board like the Gumstix Overo ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>OMAP3503 with ARM Cortex-A8 at 600MHz</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>256MB RAM / 256MB Flash</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>[ 17mm x 58mm x 4.2mm ].</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><A
href="http://www.gumstix.com">http://www.gumstix.com</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>// Yocto</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=marvad.one@gmail.com href="mailto:marvad.one@gmail.com">Martijn van
Dongen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=community@lists.openmoko.org
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discussion</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 20, 2010 5:00
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Openmoko Beagle Hybrid</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi,<BR>First of all: nice project, could be a nice follow up
for the freerunner.<BR><BR>I have been looking at the discussions a little
bit. Main discussion is how to make a new casing that fits around the beagle
board, how to produce and what it costs.<BR>I haven't seen a discussion about
redesign of the board, the design files (schematics in Orcad) are available,
so you can downsize the connectors used and fit it in an existing casing. I
have a price of a PCB (without parts) at low volumes (50 pieces) at less than
€15.<BR>Assembly of low quantitiy boards will be very expensive (make it
double the components price), so a DIY project for assembly of the boards will
make the PCB fit for a reasonable
price.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Martijn<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>2010/5/11 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:hns@computer.org">hns@computer.org</A>></SPAN><BR>
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class=gmail_quote>There is now a new Wiki page for the
project:<BR><BR> <A
href="http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Openmoko_Beagle_Hybrid"
target=_blank>http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Openmoko_Beagle_Hybrid</A><BR><BR>I
have received some questions why we did not put all this into a
nice<BR>design. The main reason is that we can't redesign the Beagleboard
(it<BR>has fixed dimensions) and we can't afford to build plastic
injection<BR>moulds (if someone has an idea how to reduce cost this is
very<BR>welcome). So the easiest solution was to combine what we have: a
given<BR>Beagleboard and the Freerunner case.<BR><BR>Other questions were
what one could do with this. Here some ideas (not<BR>assuming it is complete
- you may have more and it is a platform for<BR>your
creativity):<BR><BR> • experimenting with
touchscreen and new user interfaces on Beagleboard<BR>
• learn how the OMAP3530 CPU works<BR> •
make it a truly open mobile application development platform by<BR>adding a
battery pack and a UMTS usb stick<BR> •
investigate how an Openmoko with UMTS and OMAP3530 feels (not
from<BR>haptics but screen operation and UMTS speed)<BR>
• porting SHR, QtMoko, Android, etc. to ARM-Cortex A8<BR><BR>And here
some feature list:<BR><BR> • PCB that fits into
Freerunner case (top cover and middle part after<BR>cutting a
hole)<BR> • works also without such a case (except
speakers and earset)<BR> • Toppoly LCM interface
(same display as used in the Freerunner -<BR>otherwise it would not fit into
the case)<BR> • TSC2007 touch screen
controller<BR> • Microphone<BR>
• Earset and Speaker connector (for those sitting in the
Freerunner<BR>case)<BR> • 2 buttons (AUX and
Power)<BR> • 2 dual color LEDs (in the AUX and
Power buttons)<BR> • vibracall driver<BR>
• headset jack to connect microphone, earset and
speaker<BR><BR>For the software, we have to rearrange the code on our server
a little<BR>and then it will be made public.<BR><BR>Finally, here you can do
preorders:<BR><BR> <A
href="http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=Openmoko%20Beagle"
target=_blank>http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=Openmoko%20Beagle</A><BR><BR>Nikolaus<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Openmoko
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