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  1. hns

    Are you interested in a new Pandora LCD cable?

    I just do not understand what KiCad has to do with retrofit LCD cable production for the Pandora. And I am not sure what it is a perfect match for. It is one tool within several alternatives (BTW: there are other fully libre alternatives) and each one must match a given task and not a device.
  2. hns

    Are you interested in a new Pandora LCD cable?

    I got confirmation from the manufacturer after they did check the Gerber files. They see no problem. It will take ca. 20 working days for production of 5 sample PCBs. I also got a quotation for higher quantities and the 30€ target seems in reach. So I have placed an order for 5 samples and now I...
  3. hns

    Are you interested in a new Pandora LCD cable?

    AFAIK, PDF schematics, Gerber data and 3D STL have been made public in a CC-BY-NC-SA like license: https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/the-day-the-pandora-goes-even-more-open.74432/ This does not appear to include easily editable source files from which these printer control files were...
  4. hns

    Are you interested in a new Pandora LCD cable?

    This is not relevant. AFAIK OpenPandora was and is not open hardware and wasn't designed as such. The LCD cable data I was provided with is Gerber format and the files exist in the public for a long time for pickup by anyone (I seem to be the first one to do something with it). But there is no...
  5. hns

    Are you interested in a new Pandora LCD cable?

    Hm. Strange. I have tried myself and it did work. Can you please just reply to the e-mail (including the mail&link)? This may reveal a not yet known problem in mail transfer of the link.
  6. hns

    Are you interested in a new Pandora LCD cable?

    Unfortunatley it somethimes happens that WEB links are broken up by e-mail transport. If the link is shown in your mail as multiple lines, please copy them together manually. And they may be enclosed in < and >. These should not go to the web browser address field. I hope this helps. Otherwise I...
  7. hns

    Are you interested in a new Pandora LCD cable?

    I have not planned to do a full redesign to keep it doable. A full redesign would mean to analyse and rebuild all the copper traces and that is quite difficult and risky - and therefore too expensive for a retrofit project. So the plan is to use the original Gerber data of the cable for cable...
  8. hns

    Are you interested in a new Pandora LCD cable?

    A quick update: we already have collected 340€ (http://shop.goldelico.com/wiki.php?page=Project Support). Thanks! I have in the meantime taken the Gerber files to reconstruct the contour and component position in EAGLE. This makes it easy to get a pick&place program for my machine park. It also...
  9. hns

    Are you interested in a new Pandora LCD cable?

    The problem is twofold. First it is a donation to my company (and not me personally) for developing something (which is not treated as art but engineering service). And the second one that there is no physical delivery of goods in this first step. So there there is no "tax free intra-community...
  10. hns

    Are you interested in a new Pandora LCD cable?

    The first donations have already arrived: https://shop.goldelico.com/wiki.php?page=GTA04:Donation So the ball starts rolling. Thanks!
  11. hns

    Are you interested in a new Pandora LCD cable?

    Ok, here is the link: https://shop.goldelico.com/wiki.php?page=Product&product=9608 This is for a donation towards development. When we start production cost calculation it will be taken into account so that every € donated here reduces the price of the cables for everyone.
  12. hns

    Are you interested in a new Pandora LCD cable?

    Yes, I discussed with him. But he is even more busy than me at the moment... To bring some momentum in the discussion... What about a "cable design fund" (i.e. a donation) upfront (any amount you want to offer) and then go into production in a second step if it works out? I can set this up in...
  13. hns

    Are you interested in a new Pandora LCD cable?

    No, unfortunately not yet. The project has stalled a little. There are 3 reasons: * I am distracted by other topics * I have not yet completed the setup and adjustment of the production machine (I am waiting for some part coming from China...) * it is not possible to say anything about quality...
  14. hns

    Pyra news partially stale from the dragon's mouth

    Yes, the kernel driver was always open source. TI did release them as part of their board support kernels (they even have new releases for the latest car entertainment chips). There was only no maintainance to keep them compiling and running on newer kernels. So we did set up a project to make...
  15. hns

    Pyra news partially stale from the dragon's mouth

    TI is doing this for a long time. And yes, there is OpenPandora and Pyra support for v5.6-rc1 because we are participating in the OpenPVRSGX project: https://github.com/openpvrsgx-devgroup On Pyra, SGX is working (using TI blobs) with the known screen rotation limitations. Pandora 600 MHz has no...
  16. hns

    Are you interested in a new Pandora LCD cable?

    From pure mechanical perspective that could be possible. The PCB is sitting flat on the backside of the Display and the pure flexible part of the cable comes from the side. Adding another connector (the same type as used on the Pandora main board) seems to be possible. So the PCB would adapt...
  17. hns

    Are you interested in a new Pandora LCD cable?

    Ok, I see. Thanks for the pictures. Well, adding that is beyond what I had in mind... So they will probably be neither silver nor black. It also looks as if the PCB design has changed. If the black coating is necessary or not - I don't know... It may help to wind the cable or avoid abrasion. The...
  18. hns

    Are you interested in a new Pandora LCD cable?

    I did finally remember that ED did give me a broken Pandora before we started the Pyra project years ago. After searching some hours I have found it and so I have one cable for physical reference. It has a silver coating at some places. What is the difference to the "black" one?
  19. hns

    Librem 5 phone by Purism

    Well, the idea started in 2006 with the OpenMoko and Librem5 and PinePhone are the third wave of attempts to sustain it, after the two earlier ones failed. (First wave: Neo1973, Neo Freerunner; second wave: GTA04, Neo900).
  20. hns

    Are you interested in a new Pandora LCD cable?

    Not yet. I had asked ED about this but not received an answer yet. 1580026302 Well, that is beyond my options... I have no experience how good or bad the current one is and what should/could be improved. And how good or bad a new production run will be. Doing experiments for improvement is...
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