Re: Homebrew Open Phone

2007-10-29 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 29.10.2007 um 00:41 schrieb Doug Sutherland: Open hardware means availability of schematics and gerbers, Are they available for the Neo? Really open hardware would be if you get all the files to produce your own silicon :-) not source code, and this is not open hardware. Driver code is

Re: Homebrew Open Phone - resent (link corrected)

2007-10-29 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
Sorry, I did copy the wrong link. Here is the correct one for the LCD-PDA module. http://www.compulab.co.il/x270em/download/ Am 29.10.2007 um 00:41 schrieb Doug Sutherland: Open hardware means availability of schematics and gerbers, Are they available for the Neo? Really open hardware

Re: Homebrew Open Phone

2007-10-29 Thread Doug Sutherland
Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Open hardware means availability of schematics and gerbers, Are they available for the Neo? No, Neo is not open hardware either. Even if it was it would not be easy to produce. I have a reflow oven and could do it, but I think it would end up costing just as

Re: Homebrew Open Phone

2007-10-28 Thread Robin Paulson
On 22/10/2007, Ian Darwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doug Sutherland wrote: Compulab does have, and has always had, very interesting embedded boards. But before you get excited about this one The quantity 1 prices are 2.5x the listed prices which are for quantity 1000. Add in a GPS, GSM (not

Re: Homebrew Open Phone

2007-10-28 Thread andy selby
Compulab does have, and has always had, very interesting embedded boards. does anyone know the word on openness of their hardware? If you want open hardware, Balloon boards at http://balloonboard.org/ seem the most likely candidate, buy enough and you can specify your own components

Re: Homebrew Open Phone

2007-10-28 Thread Doug Sutherland
Open hardware means availability of schematics and gerbers, not source code, and this is not open hardware. Driver code is still in the software realm. For compulab's PXA270 boards, this is their listed OS support: http://www.compulab.co.il/x270em/html/x270-em-os-support.htm Since they list

Re: Homebrew Open Phone

2007-10-21 Thread Ian Darwin
Doug Sutherland wrote: Compulab does have, and has always had, very interesting embedded boards. But before you get excited about this one that the article states starting at $122 ... Unless they have changed their way of doing sales, you don't just buy one module, you buy an evaluation kit,

Re: Homebrew Open Phone

2007-10-19 Thread Doug Sutherland
Compulab does have, and has always had, very interesting embedded boards. But before you get excited about this one that the article states starting at $122 ... Unless they have changed their way of doing sales, you don't just buy one module, you buy an evaluation kit, which runs up close to

Re: Homebrew Open Phone

2007-10-19 Thread Al Johnson
http://www.compulab.co.il/x270em/html/x270-em-datasheet.htm On Friday 19 October 2007, Peter Viani wrote: I'm sure many of you saw this on Engadget Mobile: http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/10/18/compulabs-em-x270-brings-diy-to-sm artphones/ Pretty cool looking hardware. Oh the

Re: Homebrew Open Phone

2007-10-19 Thread curlynoodle
Peter Viani wrote: I'm sure many of you saw this on Engadget Mobile: http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/10/18/compulabs-em-x270-brings-diy-to-smartphones/ Pretty cool looking hardware. Oh the possibilities for the people that know more than I... I agree, definitely cool. Now I just need

Homebrew Open Phone

2007-10-19 Thread Peter Viani
I'm sure many of you saw this on Engadget Mobile: http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/10/18/compulabs-em-x270-brings-diy-to-smartphones/ Pretty cool looking hardware. Oh the possibilities for the people that know more than I... ___ OpenMoko community