Openmoko Beagle Hybrid

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 25.05.2010 um 12:46 schrieb Andreas Pokorny:

> Hi,
>
> 2010/5/25 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns at goldelico.com>:
>> [...]
>> We have done some analyses and none of the online-pcb-shops can  
>> provide
>> this. Therefore we asked several manufacturers by e-mail and most  
>> declined
>> because they can't handle micro-vias. Some could do it but they  
>> said that
>> our requirements drive PCBs cost up to factor 10. I don't know how  
>> the
>> OpenPandora solved this (but they have produced 4000 boards so the  
>> cost may
>> come down through to large volume). And, I don't know how the  
>> BeagleBoard
>> project solved this. But I have read somewhere that they have only  
>> 6 layers
>> (not using all features of the OMAP) and 3000 units per batch.
>> [...]
>
> Since you mention the OpenPandora. Have you considered doing this as a
> hardware patch to this handheld console? I do not know if there is
> room for adding that in the case.. just an idea. If thats possible one
> could reuse a "working" pcb, a case and the touchscreen.

No, not at all. Both concepts are quite disjunct.

Our intention is to finally come up with a new OMAP based motherboard  
for a Freerunner and the OM Beagle Hybrid is a first prototype to  
support software and concept development by plugging together a  
BeagleBoard and an expansion board with a Freerunner LCD module [1]  
(plus some glue electronics).

The OpenPandora is a OMAP based gaming console with its own LCD. The  
OpenPandora is too big to fit into a Freerunner case. So connecting  
both doesn't make sense to me. Or did I misunderstand your idea?

BR,
Nikolaus

[1]: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Openmoko_Beagle_Hybrid