27 May
2024
27 May
'24
8:30 p.m.
Hi
I am on the hunt for a Calypso phone that isn't functional for whatever
reason for the purpose of de-capping and photographing the
Calypso/Iota/Rita ICs that a friendly individual would be able to do.
This isn't something important, but the pictures would definitely be
entertaining to look at.
Of course somebody could donate a working phone to the cause, including
myself, but a specimen that doesn't serve any other purpose anymore
would be ideal.
If you are in possession of such a phone, please let me know.
Thanks,
-Alex^Wblackbit
31 May
31 May
6:03 a.m.
On May 27, 2024, at 1:30 PM, Alexander Huemer
<alexander.huemer(a)xx.vu> wrote:
Hi
I am on the hunt for a Calypso phone that isn't functional for whatever
reason for the purpose of de-capping and photographing the
Calypso/Iota/Rita ICs that a friendly individual would be able to do.
Isn’t there already such a photo posted here?
https://osmocom.org/attachments/download/2088/c123_pcb.jpg
as part of this wiki page: https://osmocom.org/projects/baseband/wiki/MotorolaC123
and also:
http://www.steve-m.de/pictures/compal_e88/
Two links on that MotorolaC123 are dead it seems:
https://osmocom.org/projects/baseband/wiki/MotorolaC123PCB?parent=MotorolaC…
and
http://laforge.gnumonks.org/photoalbum/devices/motorola_compal/c123
I am surprised no one else has piped up with a response to the list. I probably have a few
rather dead calypso phones I could take better? pictures of for you. :)
-Craig
2 Jun
2 Jun
9:59 p.m.
Hi Craig
On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 11:03:50PM -0500, Craig Comstock wrote:
Those are pictures of mobile phone circuit boards[1].
What I am after are pictures that show the little silicon dies inside
the IC packages that are soldered to those circuit boards.
To achieve that, you must
(1) Open the IC packages
(2) Use a (suitable) microscope to look at the exposed dies
See e.g. [2,3].
I myself do not have the required skills or equipment to do so, but
thankfully people have spoken up who can help.
On May 27,
2024, at 1:30 PM, Alexander Huemer <alexander.huemer(a)xx.vu> wrote:
I am on the hunt for a Calypso phone that isn't functional for
whatever reason for the purpose of de-capping and photographing the
Calypso/Iota/Rita ICs that a friendly individual would be able to
do.
Isn’t there already such a photo posted here?
https://osmocom.org/attachments/download/2088/c123_pcb.jpg
as part of this wiki page: https://osmocom.org/projects/baseband/wiki/MotorolaC123
and also:
http://www.steve-m.de/pictures/compal_e88/
Two links on that MotorolaC123 are dead it seems:
https://osmocom.org/projects/baseband/wiki/MotorolaC123PCB?parent=MotorolaC…
and
http://laforge.gnumonks.org/photoalbum/devices/motorola_compal/c123 I am surprised no one else has piped up with a
response to the list. I
probably have a few rather dead calypso phones I could take better?
pictures of for you. :)
Thanks for the offer, but donor phone sourcing has already been taken
care of.
One deal I got on kleinanzeigen.de was pretty convincing. The phone
itself was free because the display damaged. Shipping to one of the
decapping specialists was € 4.00. It's difficult to beat that.
That is all volunteer work, so it might take a bit of time before we can
admire some nice pictures. I'll report back once there are news to
share.
-Alex^Wblackbit
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printed_circuit_board
[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit#/media/File:NXP_PCF8577C_L…
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit#/media/File:Intel_8742_153…
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5 Jun
5 Jun
4:51 p.m.
Hi blackbit,
On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 06:30:58PM +0000, Alexander Huemer wrote:
Of course somebody could donate a working phone to the
cause, including
myself, but a specimen that doesn't serve any other purpose anymore
would be ideal.
Actually, I just realized: it doesn't have to be a phone! Sysmocom has a *large*
quantity of Huawei GTM900 modules. I can certainly send you one of those.
--
- Harald Welte <laforge(a)osmocom.org> https://laforge.gnumonks.org/
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