On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 4:35 PM, ronwirring@safe-mail.net wrote:
-------- Original Message -------- From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl@lkcl.net Apparently from: arm-netbook-bounces@lists.phcomp.co.uk To: Eco-Conscious Computing arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk Subject: Re: [Arm-netbook] RK3399 Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:17:18 +0000
sure... i will however need sponsorship to cover the cost in time and
My phrasing was unclear. My question was not about an eoma pc card. For sale are rk3399 mainboards. I wanted to know if you could take one of them and put it into a common notebook cabinet and get the computer to work, assuming you are able to get the computer's devices connected.
no.
it is a vast amount of work. the LCD has to be researched (if its datasheet is even available). a conversion circuit has to be designed and manufactuered.... and before that it is necesssary to work out if there is room for it.
the keyboard hsa to be reverse-engineered
the trackpad has to be reverse-engineered
the connectors have to be researched (heights, sizes), PCB heights measured.... or you have to cut holes in the casework to get the PCB to fit.
the battery has to be researched and reverse-engineered, paying attention to safety as you could set fire to it if you get it wrong.
it is a MASSIVE amount of work, at the end of which you generally conclude, "what the f*** did i waste my life doing THAT for???" because all you have done is make ONE machine.... that took you hours to take apart (google "Bloom Laptop") because it was designed for ASSEMBLY *not* for REPAIR or DISassembly.
no.
re-using or converting existing designs is a total waste of time and resources.
l.