Hi Paul, > Am 18.02.2019 um 17:35 schrieb Paul Boddie <p...@boddie.org.uk>: > > On Monday 18. February 2019 06.35.56 H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >> HI, >> it looks as if there is another project aiming at a pure-Linux device: >> >> https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=7093&pid=43850#pid43850 >> >> They have some developer-kits. >> >> It more or less resembles what I am doing with the Pyra-Phone - using >> a SoC module, an LTE module, a mainboard, display and battery. >> >> But based on Allwinner A64. > > So there are a few different projects in some state of completion: > > Necunos NC_1: > https://necunos.com/community/ > i.MX6-based mystery product > - Closed development, supposedly available fairly soon > > Neo900: > http://neo900.org/ > OMAP3-based successor to N900 and relative of GTA04, Devuan/Maemo-based > - Project is mostly dormant > > PinePhone: > https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=7093&pid=43850#pid43850 > Allwinner A64-based relative of the Pine A64 family of boards > > Purism Librem 5: > https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ > iMX8-based, Debian/GNOME-based > > Pyra-Phone: > http://lists.goldelico.com/pipermail/community/2019-January/001935.html > OMAP5-based relative of the Pyra, Debian-based > > ZeroPhone: > https://wiki.zerophone.org/ > Builds on the Raspberry Pi Zero (Broadcom SoC) > > The ZeroPhone was being readied for crowdfunding, although it now looks like > the developer is doing something with a TI product (like those used in the > PocketBeagle)... > > https://zerophone.github.io/newsletter/ZeroPhone-Weekly-No.-18/
It seems he is now switching to the AM3358 based OSD3358 SiP module. I had designed the Letux Cortex 8 board (sort of predecessor of the PocketBeagle) based on an earlier version. It is nice and really easy to use in PCB design and assembly. I had thought about designing a GTA04A6 board based on this SiP to get around the PackageOnPackage soldering problems, but it lacks some functions the DM3730 has. Generally the OSD3358 is a little expensive compared to RasPi Zero. But it runs our LetuxOS without changes. Unfortunately a single core Cortex A8 is also a little weak compared to a RasPi 3B+ at same cost. But it is not always required to have a quad-core... If the ZeroPhone becomes an 3358Phone it could become really easy to port QtMoko and FSO because almost everything is already there :) > > But, as always, it is about more than just the hardware even if that is a > particularly difficult part to get right. Nice compilation of current projects! It is good to see that we have so many activities and watch them. BR, Nikolaus _______________________________________________ Community mailing list Community@tinkerphones.org http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/community http://www.tinkerphones.org
