The "fun features" mentioned in that article are tempting to ponder... Ras Pi GPIO header? Use it as a low-power processor for the non-math intensive operations? That would put a new spin on the low-power heterogeneous designs... when Cortex-A9 is your power hog and ARM11 is your energy-efficient processor... not sure how you would make the connection to it but sounds interesting....
On Dec 30, 2012, at 6:18 PM, Tom Metro wrote: > Tom Metro wrote: >> Here's a blog posting about a group developing an open laptop design. >> >> Building my Own Laptop >> http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=2686 > > I wasn't aware the guy behind the above open laptop idea was also the > developer of the open hardware Chumby. Here's another article on the > laptop project: > > http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Chumby-developer-building-open-source-laptop-1771223.html > > Huang made his name as one of the first Xbox hackers and the developer > of Chumby. Huang wants to make it possible for other enthusiasts to > build and modify his laptop design, to which end he and his team have > manufactured a motherboard using only hardware with open source > specifications and drivers. > ... > Hardware hackers will, however, find the "fun features" much more > interesting. A second Ethernet port allows the laptop to be used as a > packet filter (firewall) or router. USB-to-go allows the laptop to run > as an Ethernet, serial spoofer/fuzzer or to connect to a computer as a > USB device. The laptop also contains a Spartan-6 CSG324 packaged FPGA, > plus eight analogue and eight digital FPGA inputs/outputs and another > eight PWM headers for directly connecting RC motors or servos. It is > also has a Raspberry Pi compatible expansion header. > ... > If there is enough interest, Huang is considering starting a > Kickstarter campaign a few months down the line, once the components > have been adequately tested. The aim, however, is not to produce a > cheap laptop - for Huang, it's more about the exclusivity of a > handmade product of this kind and it would be priced to reflect that. > > -Tom > _______________________________________________ > Hardwarehacking mailing list > Hardwarehacking@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list Hardwarehacking@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking