11 Jul
2012
11 Jul
'12
9:41 a.m.
Hi Cristian Paul,
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 08:57:43PM -0500, Cristian Paul Peñaranda Rojas wrote:
Actually, both is true and there's little flexibility on that side :/
Schematics
will be published in PDF form only, Gerber/PCB files will not
be released (so basically the same like the OsmoSDR situation).
Is it due some restricted format from layout software or third party
contract clause? As you mentioned there will not be LCM/Keypad or
similar, useful for
a theoretically Open Hardware Phone, so by limiting access to
layout/gerber stops a bit the chance one some day can free it and make a
derivate work.
Well, I'd say there will be plenty of connectors. The LCD (even on the
compal/motorola phones) is just attached to I2C (plus the backlight
pwm). And the keypad is just the matrix.
We _may_ actually be able to put the circular "button" footprint for
something like the C123 keypad on the back side of the PCB, as so far
this is "only" a ground plane. Depends a bit on the effort, and
where/how somebody could source those thin membrane keyboards.
Regards,
Harald
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