Welcome new and old members!

[Linux-SWAT]

We're all support for you ED !!!

 

[ibisum]

Nice one ED - you kick ass, sir!  Wish I had a chance to get to Brussels this year .. well, maybe next year!    

Great to hear you're moving forward with the plan for world domination - long live the Pandora, all hail the Pyra!

 

[Super Roach]

We can see you right now

Good luck!

 

[Null]

Watching now, talk is full of win.

 

[moxie]

I hear you!!!

 

[rohezal]

Stream Url: http://europe1.fosdem.sesse.net:9094/aw1125.webm

 

[pmprog]

Whoooo, hopefully 6 face buttons

 

[FBnil]

6. What will the Pyra be like?

• State-of-the Art CPU, LCD and speakers
• New accurate nubs that won't wear out (magnets)
• Backlit keyboard
• Robust and better looking case
• Improved connectivity (wifi, 3G/UMTS (optional), USB Ports, HDMI port)
• More RAM and internal storage (for standard GNU inux OS)

Still an analog audio wheel (and the good audio circuit)
 

a) The SoC

Texas Instruments OMAP5432:

• 2x Cortex-A15 (up to 1,7 GHZ each)
• 2x Cortex-M4 CPU
• PowerVR SGX544-MP2
• Vivante GC320 2D Accelerator
• DSP, NEON
• probably 2GB RAM

b ) The LCD

Most probably an LG 5'' 1080p display

• Full HD (1920x1080)
• Fast response time (20ms)
• Same display as in the Google Nexus 5
• High resolution could be used to accurately simulate a CRT monitor (ideal for emulation of classic games)

c) Gaming Controls, LEDs and keyboard

• New analog controls. using a magnet (a lot more accurate & don't wear out)
• DPAD, 4 Shoulder buttons, most probably 6 face buttons
• Power button with RGB LED (can be used i.e. for showing remaining battery)
• Backlit keyboard (brightness can be adjusted)
• Two more RGB LEDS (i.e. showing SD Card access, etc.)

d) Connectivity

• Improved Wifi (802.11 a/b/g/n) (not yet 100% fixed)
• Bluetooth
• Optional UMTS I 36 for mobile internet (or phone functions) and GPS
• HDMI out to connect it to standard flatscreens
• Full USB Host Port (with Hub included)
• MicroUSB Port (OTG)
• 2 SDXC Card Slots
• Headset port

e) Battery

• The same battery as with the Pandora will be used
• Pandora users can get batteries in the future
• Pandora users can use their batteries in the Pyra
• Case will be improved so that the battery will fit better than before
• Battery life should be the same (maybe even more) for the same tasks, but decrease when doing CPU-intense tasks

f) Case

Case will be completely redesigned and produced by a company in Europe (Form Action, Greece)

• Designer knows the specifications and tolerances of their machine
• Faster turnaround times (especially important with prototyping)
• Easier communication (language, distance)
• Higher quality of the case!
• Power-on-to-slide replaced by Power button on keyboard. ( No lock? )

g) Production at a reliable company

Production and assembly will happen at Global Components, Germany

• They are successfully producing the Pandora since 2012
•  Fast, flexible and reliable
• Just a couple of minutes away from the PCB designer

h) The OS

Not 100% fixed yet, but most probably Debian will be used

• Repository for optimized Pyra packages
• Standard Debian repository for standard software

PND System or similar will be kept as well

• Easy handling of large games and packages on your SD Cards
• No data loss of games, gamedata, gamesaves, etc. on system crash
• Easy to handle for devs to upload it to the repository
• Cards can be simply be put into a different system and be used right away

j) The Team

Michael Mrozek (aka EvilDragon)
Main guy behind the Pyra

• One of the founding members of the OpenPandora team
• Original job: Taking care of the community. Since 2012: Managing everything Pandora-Related
• Experienced with manufacturing and production

Dr. Nikolaus Schaller
Hardware Designer

• Doing electronics designs for years
• Has worked for Siemens and is now running his own company
• Experienced with both hardware design and Linux
• Designed the PCBs for other Opensource hardware projects Iike the GTAO4 and the Neo9OO

Grazvydas Ignotas (aka Notaz)

Helpingwith drivers and software

- Was already helping to debug the Pandora hardware
- Improved and optimized drivers, kernel and software for
the Pandora
- Longtime respected member of the community
 

M. Fatih KILIC

Sourcing Parts

- One of the founding members of the OpenPandora team
- Experienced with Asian companies and sourcing parts and manufacturers (we. carry cases, AC Adaptors. etc.

 other community members (like skeezix, sebt3, Djwillis, ptitseb, Iunixbochs, etc.)
 

* Used ksnapshot and tesseract to put the life stream presentation to txt.

 

[Pritchy]

Any news about the inclusion of a barrel jack for charging? Missed almost all of the stream 

 

[EvilDragon]

Here's a quick video for you:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/cEbu-0kAtjU?feature=oembed

 

[Michoko]

Great talk ED, can't wait to see this project evolve! Thumbs up!

 

[TrashyMG]

Great speech EvilDragon!

The videos still a bit grainy on my end, but I take that is the keyboard and controls demo PCB shown in your older video with an omap5 EVM board behind it?

 

[milkshake]

Can't wait to see the other videos

 

[Løra (Lolla)]

Well done, ED. Awesome speech. What an excellent community this is too

 

[FBnil]

Any news about the inclusion of a barrel jack for charging? Missed almost all of the stream

Actually, Ed said something about charging through mini (or was it micro) USB... so the normal charger is being dropped, it seems.

 

[slaeshjag]

That's a shame :C

 

[Pritchy]

Any news about the inclusion of a barrel jack for charging? Missed almost all of the stream

Actually, Ed said something about charging through mini (or was it micro) USB... so the normal charger is being dropped, it seems.

That really is a shame. Here's hoping we don't end up with problems with it.

 

[Null]

Actually, Ed said something about charging through mini (or was it micro) USB... so the normal charger is being dropped, it seems.

Micro USB

 

[TrashyMG]

Well a 2 amp micro-usb charger should still charge things decently.

 

[hns]

And the first pics from the Devkit..


Buy the way: is this allready a Pyra Prototype Board, or just a Devboard from TI whit the Omap??

It is currently both - a Pyra Prototype Board connected to a TI Devboard. The next (and most challenging part) will be to integrate parts of the Devboard (i.e. OMAP5, Memory etc.) onto the Pyra Board. This means reducing the current total size (both connected parts) to <50%. But we have a lot of experience with the GTA04 project where space was 100% given and limited. And we did finally squeeze in a lot of things. It is like solving a puzzle or playing tetris with components and wires