the massive challenge for Open (Source/Schematics/Plan/Recipe) Hardware seems the grafik-card… which often runs on closed-source drivers.

This is true for the raspberry pi (it even needs binary-closed-source-blob to boot), for the EOMA68 project and the pyra.

holy cow this thing is expensive! the guy behind it seems to be most interested in playing emulated atari games? 😀 (the best) 😀

so this thing seems to be more of a Open Source based nintendo DS – missing the LAN – port it seems not to be very suitable for doing your own server?

http://p.rdw.se/pyra-preorder.html

“It was announced that the hardware schematics will be available (final license undecided), which make the Pyra a kind of Open source hardware.[5] For compliance with the Free Software Foundation‘s “Respects Your Freedom” certificate the closed source SGX GPU driver was identified as the only remaining software roadblock (“would be good to have free drivers, but we can’t achieve this for the GPU” but the device may or may not run without a 3D driver, possibly free 2D driver is available or either could be made).[6] The certification is not only about bundled software, using proprietary software, or recommending it, such as non-free [emulated] games, but also about naming, e.g. Linux vs. GNU/Linux. In November 2016 a pre-release version of the Pyra schematics was made available under a CC BY-NC-SA license.[7]

Software

The operating system will be based on the common open source Linux distribution Debian which allows the use of already available desktop open source applications from the Debian ARM repository, for instance Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, GIMP etc. The around 1,500 applications, created for the mostly open source OpenPandora software ecosystem,[8] are expected to be available for the Pyra in short time by source ports.”

src: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonBox_Pyra

Specs:

Comparison Chart

Pyra GPD Win Neo900 Pandora Chaconne
Standard Edition Mobile Edition Classic Rebirth 1GHz
2GB RAM 4GB RAM 2GB RAM 4GB RAM
Price 500 EUR[1] 529,41 EUR[1] 600 EUR[1] 626,05 EUR[1] ∼317 EUR ∼1200 EUR[2] 126,05 EUR[3] 184,87 EUR[3] 310,92 EUR[3]
∼550 USD ∼580 USD ∼660 USD ∼685 USD 330 USD ∼1320 USD ∼140 USD ∼205 USD ∼340 USD
Status & credibility Prototypes touched by public, videos of complete-looking prototypes Released, (video) reviews plentiful Videos of incomplete prototypes, shares some staff with Pyra Released, sold out, second-hand Announcement, renders, vapourware
Estimated shipping date 2017[4] Released: 2016-10[4] 2017? Released[3] 2018
Main countries of manufacture Germany, Greece (case) China Germany (upgrading Nokia N900 from Finland) Germany, UK, China Finland
Size 139 mm × 87 mm × 32 mm[5] 155 mm × 96 mm × 24 mm[6][7] 111 mm × 60 mm × 22 mm[8][9] 140 mm × 83 mm × 29 mm[10]
Weight  ??? 368 g[5]  ??? 320 g[10]
Screen size 5 in[5] 5.5 in[6] 3.5 in[11] 4.3 in[12] 6.4 in[13]
Screen resolution 1280×720 px (294 px∕in, 0.92 megapixel)[6][5] 1280×720 px (267 px∕in, 0.92 megapixel)[6] 800×480 px (267 px∕in, 0.38 megapixel)[11] 800×480 px (217 px∕in, 0.38 megapixel)[12] 2160×3840 px (688 px∕in, 8.3 megapixel)[13]
Touchscreen Dualtouch Resistive (Stylus included) Capacitive, multitouch[6] Dualtouch Resistive (Stylus included)[11] Resistive (Stylus included)[7]
Notification LEDs Total 5 RGB LEDs[14] Only power indicator Total 5 RGB LEDs[15] 6 Non-RGB LEDs[16]
Keyboard Backlight Yes[5] No Yes [17] No
Keyboard Layout (QWERTY) Good[18] Problematic [19] OK OK
Keyboard Layout (Dvorak) Impossible[20] Mappable Impossible[20] Impossible[20]
Keyboard keys 47[21] (including ESCAPE and F11 away from main section) 67[22] 38 43[23] 49 ?[13]
Face buttons 6[5] 4[6] 0 4[12] 0[13]
Shoulder buttons 4[5] 4[6] 0 2[12] 0 ?[13]
Control buttons 6[21] 4[22] 4 + slider & camera cover 3 + slider[23] 0 ?[13]
Analogue control Nubs, clickable[5] mini-joysticks, not clickable[6] None Nubs, not clickable[12] None[13]
Volume control Wheel[5] (digital input device: software control[8]) Buttons[6] Buttons Wheel[12] (direct hardware control) No ?[13]
Vibration motor Yes No Yes No
Primary Operating System Pyra Debian OS (based on Debian GNU/Linux “Jessie”) Microsoft Windows 10 Home[6] NeoFremantle (based on Maemo 5)[9] SuperZaxxon (based on Ångström) Swordfish[13]
Windows x86 Applications via WINE + x86 Emulator (Exagear/qemu) Native x86_64 via WINE + x86 Emulator (Exagear/qemu) via WINE + x86 Emulator (Exagear/qemu)
Android apps ARM+Java via dualboot or compatibility layer (like Shashlik) x86+Java via dualboot or ARM+Java via emulator (like Android SDK’s QEMU variant) ARM+Java via dualboot or compatibility layer (like Shashlik) ARM+Java via dualboot or compatibility layer (like Shashlik)
Non‐Free Software included[24]
  • GFX driver
  • Operating System
None
  • GFX driver
  • WiFi/BT module blob
Non‐Free Software required[24]
  • GFX driver for 3D acceleration
Likely none, not yet fully functional on a free system: no sound, no touchscreen, etc.[25]
  • GFX driver for 3D acceleration[26]
  • GFX driver for 3D acceleration
  • WiFi/BT module blob
Hardware Documentation Yes, under CC-BY-NC-SA licence No Yes, under CC-BY-SA licence Yes, under custom non-commercial use license
CPU ARM Cortex-A15[5] Intel Atom x7-Z8700[6] ARM Cortex-A8[11] ARM Cortex-A8[10] Qualcomm Kryo[13]
2 cores 4 cores 1 core 1 core 24 cores
1.5 GHz 1.6 GHz 1 GHz 600 MHz 1 GHz 2.x GHz ?[27]
Co‐processors
  • NEON SIMD
  • TI C64+ DSP
  • ARM Dual Cortex-M4 IPU @ 200 MHz[5]
  • Vivante GC320 2D-Graphics Accelerator[5]
  • SSE SIMD
  • NEON SIMD
  • TMS320C64x+ DSP
  • NEON SIMD
  • TMS320C64x+ DSP @ 430 MHz[10]
  • NEON SIMD
  • TMS320C64x+ DSP @ 800 MHz[10]
RAM 2 GiB 4 GiB 2 GiB 4 GiB 4 GiB[6] 1 GiB[11] 256 MiB [10] 512 MiB [10] 18 GiB[13]
DDR3L-533 Dual-Channel[28] LPDDR3-1600[6] Dual-Channel[29] LPDDR DDR-333[10] LPDDR4X[13]
GPU PowerVR SGX544-MP2[5][30] Intel HD Graphics 405 @ 200-600MHz, 16-core, shared memory[7][31] PowerVR SGX530 @ 200MHz SGX530 @ 110MHz[10] SGX530 @ 200MHz[10] Adreno 540 @ 800 MHz ?[27]
Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n[9][5] IEEE 802.11 a/ac/b/g/n[6] IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n[11] IEEE 802.11 b/g[12]
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.1[5] Bluetooth 4.1[7] Bluetooth 4.1[11] Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR[12]
Cell modem (SIM card slot) No
  • LTE
  • UMTS (WCDMA)
  • GSM/GPRS/EDGE[1]
No
  • LTE or CDMA2000[11]
  • UMTS (WCDMA)
  • GSM/GPRS/EDGE[26]
  • Dual SIM[32]
No
Satellite navigation (GNSS) No GPS, cell tower assisted A-GPS, GLONASS[5] No GPS, cell tower assisted A-GPS, GLONASS[11] No
Modem system isolation/monitoring[33] n/a Combined GNSS & modem module: USB interface, hardware power kill switch, current monitoring[10][11] n/a Combined GNSS & modem module: USB interface, hardware power and GPS antenna kill switches, current and radio monitoring[32] n/a No?
Upgrades Display, CPU-Board No Via HackerBus in battery compartment No
Battery 6000mAh, 3.7V LiPo[5] 6900mAh, ?V[7] 1320mAh, 3.7V-4.2V 4200mAh, 4.2V[12]
  • 3600mAh Graphene[13]
  • 2400mAh LiIon[13]
  • Hydrogen Fuelcell[13]
Removable Non Removable Removable Removable Non Removable ?[13]
Battery life (high power draw) 8 hours[34] 3-4 hours[12] 4-5 hours 10 hours[12]
Battery life (standby)  ???  ??? 10 days  ???
Video output Micro-HDMI (type D)[5] Mini-HDMI (type C)[6] TRRS Composite[35] custom connector required, S-Video + RCA + Line-In &- Out[12]
USB
  • 2×Type-A 2.0
  • 1×Micro-B 3.0 OTG
  • 1×Micro-B 1.1 (2.0?) (debug/charging)[5]
  • 1×Type-A 3.0[29]
  • 1×Micro-B 2.0[6]
  • 1×Micro-AB 2.0 OTG[11]
  • 1×Type-A 2.0 Host (lacks 1.1 — needs hub)
  • 1×Micro-AB 2.0 OTG[12]
eSATA With small adapter on Type-A USB port No No No
Embedded storage
  • 32 GiB eMMC[5]
  • 64 GiB eMMC[6]
  • 64 GiB eMMC
  • 512 MiB NAND[11]
  • 512 MiB NAND[12]
Memory card slots
  • 1×microSDXC (Internal)
  • 2×SDXC (External)[5]
  • 1×microSDXC (External; up to 128 GiB)[6]
  • 1×microSDXC (Internal)
  • 2×SDXC (External)[12]
  • 2×microSDXC
Maximum storage capacity (practical)[36] 1312 GiB 192 GiB 320 GiB 1024 GiB 1280 GiB
FM radio No No Rx & Tx[11] No
Camera No No VGA front & 5 MP rear[11] No 20 MP dual front & 60 MP quad rear[13]
NFC No No Yes[11][37] No

 

https://www.pyra-handheld.com/wiki/index.php?title=Comparison_Chart

Technical specifications

The various model specifications are summarized as follows:

Specification Base model Mobile model
Dimensions 139 mm x 87 mm x 32 mm
SoC Texas Instruments OMAP5432 (1.5 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A15 with 533 MHz PowerVR SGX544MP2)
Screen 5-inch LCD resistive display, 720p, 20 ms response time
Audio High-quality speakers, analogue volume wheel, 3.5 mm headphone jack, built-in-mic
Haptic feedback Force feedback vibramotor
Keyboard Four-row backlit QWERTY keyboard
Game controls D-pad, 6 face action buttons, 4 shoulder buttons, 2 clickable analog nubs
Ports Dual SDXC full size slots + one microSD slot underneath the battery
Micro-USB 3.0 on-the-go (OTG) port
Full-size USB 2.0 host port
Full-size USB 3.0 host port (only 2.0 speed until a CPU upgrade) with optional eSATA adapter (full SATA speed)
HDMI output through Type D (micro) port
Battery User-replaceable battery with 6000 mAh capacity
LEDs Fully configurable RGB LEDs for notifications
Connectivity Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1 3G/4G module including GPS, a 6-axis digital compass, a pressure, humidity and gas sensor, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1

related Links:

https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw

https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html

Pyra on DragonBox Shop

PARTIAL FUNDING towards Neo900 complete device at Neo900 shop

Pandora on DragonBox Shop

GPD Win IndieGoGo campaign

Pyra specification

GPD Win specification

GPD Win development updates

Nokia N900 technical specifications

Almesberger, Werner (2015-08-16). “The Neo900 Open Smartphone”. Chaos Communication Camp 2015.

Pandora editions detailed comparison chart

Neo900 specification

Pandora specification

Turing Monolith Chaconne campaign

2 on back; 1 under power button; 2 next to power button

1 on the display; 2 on the sides; 1 on left side of keyboard (not visible when closed); 1 on the rear above the camera (between the flash LEDs; visible only when camera open)

All are on the Hinge

Via 6 RGB LEDs[1]

Video of the Prototype (at around 5:40)

The GPD Win seems to be too large to reach the Center Keys see here: [2] Also the Keyboard is not Centered, and the Layout isn’t optimal[3]

The bottom row of the dvorak keyboard layout cannot fit on the keyboard due to double-wide space

Pyra mockup image

GPD Win mockup image

Pandora photo

Excluding the cellular modem system and secondary embedded processors within which software installation is not intended.

GPD Win currently works with 3D acceleration with free software, but is missing drivers for the INT33FE battery charger; touchscreen and sound are not yet functional.

Neo900 FAQ

Qualcomm Snapdragon 830 Specification Leak

RAM Datasheet

GPD Win comments & replies

PowerVR SGX544-MP2 benchmarks

Cherry Trail GPU benchmarks

Neo900 block diagram

replicant fully free android distribution for mobile devices

replicant fully free android distribution for mobile devices

 

Important for privacy and security, as the modem is closed and untrustworthy. More information about these issues at Replicantʼs “Freedom and privacy/security issues” page and Andrew ‘bunnie’ Huangʼs and Edward Snowdenʼs “Against the Law: Countering Lawful Abuses of Digital Surveillance” pub.

First Prototype without any Power Saving, should be much better with some Power Saving even under high load

Like the N900, per IRC discussion.

By filling all slots with the biggest available memory cards as of 2016-07-22. Neo900 NFC info

Related Links:

https://phonebloks.com

https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-hardware

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