GTA02 PCB layout files found!

[Norayr Chilingarian]

btw there is a free software cellular baseband project 
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/free-software-cellular-baseband

On Sat, 11 Apr 2015, Spacefalcon the Outlaw wrote:

> Nick <openmoko-community at njw.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> Where does that leave the indiegogo campaign? Is the money not
>> needed now?
>
> It is indeed no longer needed for the original purpose for which the
> campaign was started when the original PCB files were believed to have
> been lost.  The campaign page has been updated to reflect this new
> development.  However, if anyone would like to continue donating, the
> money would help me and Shannon - see the update at the bottom of the
> "story" page.
>
>> Eventually you'll need more funds, presumably, for the
>> production parts of the project.
>
> Yes, and I am not even considering "production" as in "production for
> sale" at all at this point - way too premature to even think about it.
> Instead, what the project may need money for in a few months will be
> physical production of the first lab prototypes.
>
> I am approaching this project in a very different way from how a
> business person would do it.  Business people always talk about what
> they call opportunity costs, and whenever they consider doing any
> project or venture, they always consider the option of *not* doing it.
> When they look at costs, they generally estimate the total cost upfront
> (the total cost to get to the end result), and decide whether or not
> to do the project based on that total cost among other factors.
>
> But I work differently: I concentrate all of my effort, energy and
> attention on whatever is the immediate next step at each given moment,
> and deliberately abstain from thinking about what costs or challenges
> lie ahead.  I deviate from the "proper business" way because in that
> "proper business" way the purpose of realistically estimating the
> total cost to the finish line is to decide whether or not to do the
> project at all, and for me not doing my project is NOT an option: I
> need this project in order to give my life purpose and meaning.
> Therefore, I keep my attention focused on the immediate next step, and
> simply hope for the best when it comes to future difficulties and/or
> costs further down the road.
>
> Right now the immediate next step is for me and my PCB layout partner
> to produce our own layout for the first prototype we seek to build,
> based on the just-recovered Openmoko one and other available references
> like the Pirelli DP-L10.  This step is pure desk work, i.e., editing
> design files on a computer with the appropriate software tools, so no
> money is needed for the project itself at this point - although my
> family could very much use any help given.
>
> After this step is done, the results of it will be publicly released:
> a PCB design file in a free EDA tool format and a set of gerbers which
> one can send to a fab to produce a physical board.  (In fact, all work
> is being done in a public source repository, so it's really in a state
> of continuous release, no need to wait for completion.)  Only after
> the design is complete and we have the gerbers for the first prototype
> will I start looking into how much it would cost to physically produce
> that first prototype board from those gerbers.  It will probably be
> several months from now, so hopefully by then my personal/family
> financial situation will improve (the current hardship is expected to
> last about 4 months), and I may be able to afford that step on my own
> - and if not, it'll be time for another crowdfunding campaign then.
>
>> Speaking of which, are you planning
>> to sell the phones you produce yourself, eventually? Or outsource
>> it?
>
> I do plan on offering finished products (initially standalone modems
> for playful use with laptops etc, and later phones) up for retail sale
> to end users, but whenever someone complains about my asking price
> being too high, I'll point them to the freely released gerber, BOM etc
> files and invite them to try producing it themselves for less.
>
> VLR,
> SF
>
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