Openmoko Beagle Hybrid

Latest revision as of 18:18, 6 November 2011

News:

• There is a new mailing list dedicated to this project: http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo/om-beagle-panda-hybrid
• We have been choosen by the PandaBoard Early Adopter Program and have received a PandaBoard (OMAP4 / ARM Cortex A9) board.

This project provides a PCB extension board and software to combine a Beagle Board with a Freerunner compatible display and case.

The goal is to provide a demonstrator and experimentation platform how a future modern state-of the art Openmoko device with ARM-Cortex A8 and UMTS could be (neglecting miniaturization). This allows to develop software and new user interfaces. When packing the board into a Freerunner case, one can provide sound (microphone, earset, speaker) and vibracall.

[edit] What it is good for

• experimenting with touchscreen and new user interfaces on Beagleboard
• learn how the OMAP3530/OMAP4430 design works
• make it a mobile application development platform by adding a battery pack and a UMTS usb stick
• investigate how an Openmoko with UMTS and OMAP3530/OMAP4430 feels (not from haptics but screen operation and UMTS speed)
• porting SHR, QtMoko, Android, etc. to ARM-Cortex A8/A9, NEON

[edit] Announcements

• http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2010-May/061829.html
• http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2010-July/062609.html

[edit] Pictures and Movies

[edit] Pictures of Prototype

Here some pictures of our prototypes (the final PCB will be rotated by 180 degrees to allow to access the SD slot).

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  FOSDEM presentation photo

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  booting

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  graphical boot menu

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  Openmoko Beagle Hybrid and the BeagleBoard

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  Bare Board front side

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  Bare Board back side

[edit] Pictures of final Board

• Populated board front side: http://download.goldelico.com/gta04/images/DSC00508.JPG
• Populated board back side: http://download.goldelico.com/gta04/images/DSC00507.JPG
• More pictures at: http://download.goldelico.com/gta04/images

[edit] Some movies

• Plugging together and Booting into Debian: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU_q-fYmMsw (http://download.goldelico.com/ombeagle/images/MOV00532.mov)
• Outdoor device (with battery and external GPS antenna): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R34AIeaymV0 (http://download.goldelico.com/ombeagle/images/MOV00541.AVI)
• TangoGPS in Map mode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei-BRurpmAs (http://download.goldelico.com/ombeagle/images/MOV00539.AVI)

[edit] Features

• PCB that fits into Freerunner case (top cover and middle part after cutting a hole)
• works also outside of a case
• Toppoly LCM interface (same display as used in the Freerunner - otherwise it would not fit into the case)
• TSC2007 touch screen controller
• Microphone
• Earset and Speaker connector (for Freerunner case)
• 2 buttons (AUX and Power)
• 2 dual color LEDs (in the AUX and Power buttons)
• vibracall driver
• headset jack to connect microphone, earset and speaker
• W2SG004 (Sirf-III) GPS
• ITG3200 3-axis gyroscope

[edit] Software and Downloads

[edit] Sources

• U-Boot GIT: http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-uboot/
• Kernel: http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-kernel/
• Debian Lenny rootfs: http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-rootfs/

[edit] User space file systems

Initial tests have shown that it is quite easy to port/configure Freerunner GUI distributions to run on this hardware/kernel. Therefore we encourage to port

• Android: e.g. rowboat
• Angstrom
• QtMoko
• SHR
• etc.

[edit] Binaries

locate binaries for MLO (first phase boot loader), U-Boot, boot scripts and splash screens, Kernel, Angstrom or Lenny Demo Image, patches (config.tgz) and modules (modules.tgz) from http://download.goldelico.com/ombeagle/trunk

Please note that you have to copy them in a specially formatted SD card. Look into the makesd script for an example (WARNING: adapt to your system or you may destroy your hard disk).

[edit] Schematics

http://projects.goldelico.com/p/ombeagle/downloads/

[edit] Availability

The board can be ordered through: http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=Openmoko%20Beagle