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Open Hardware and Software Laptop

Posted by Unknown on from the just-the-way-you-like-it dept.

New submitter mihai.todor85 writes "It looks like Andrew 'bunnie' Huang has been quite busy lately, developing a nice open hardware laptop. He was even kind enough to provide all the schematics without NDA. For anybody interested in owning such a device, he says that he 'might be convinced to try a Kickstarter campaign in several months, once the design is stable and tested' if enough people are interested."

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  1. Re:scratching an itch that may not exist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    RTFA. This guy is making the laptop he wants, the way he wants it.

    One of the features: dual ethernet jacks, so he can use the laptop as a packet filter or firewall.

    Another one of the features: an analog meter. He's setting it up for software control so it can display battery life, audio peak loudness, or silly things like time of day represented as the position of a single needle.

    He doesn't claim anyone else wants one. He did say that if, after he does all the work, there is sufficient interest, that he might do a kickstarter.

    I presume this meets with your approval?

  2. Did you *read* the article? by Chirs · · Score: 4, Informative

    This motherboard has a built-in FPGA, multiple channels of analog/digital I/O, PWM output, Rasp-Pi compatible header (to allow use of R-Pi accessory boards), builtin speaker amp (for small speakers, but still), 3 UARTs, and a USB-OTG port.

    This is a hardware hacker's *dream* system.