npub1sl78...lnx3 2 months ago

my work sometimes feels like trying to very slowly and exhaustingly transition over like 10 years from brutalist radical DIY laptop kit for the post-apocalypse to a not-too-weird-looking, hardware and software bug-free, always reliable, well-supported, performant, silent, secure and still repairable and open source laptop that people with a shopping list of specific requirements would find acceptable enough, while not selling out and still surviving somehow

npub1sl78...lnx3 2 months ago

absolutely incredible detailed data collection and visualization of the (potential) runtimes of 4 different MNT Reform processor modules, by @npub1mzhx...dh9t

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Comparing battery runtime of RK3588, A311D, i.MX8MQ, i.MX8M+ and LS1028A

This post is for those who wonder how the different SoMs supported by MNT compare against each other in term of how much power they draw. This is n...

npub1sl78...lnx3 2 months ago

BTW if you're looking for an open hardware, repairable laptop made by a small team in berlin with no venture capital, maybe MNT Reform Next could be interesting for you:

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MNT Reform Next

A new 12.5" open hardware laptop that is future-proof, modular, and highly performant

npub1sl78...lnx3 2 months ago

i appreciate how framework are doing a bit of involuntary marketing for us today 🤝

npub1sl78...lnx3 2 months ago

it's real: first MNT Quasar processor module prototype, assembled today by @npub12gl2...frt9! this will allow the usage of qualcomm qcs6490 and hopefully two other pin compatibles in current and future MNT open hardware laptops/computers.

npub1sl78...lnx3 2 months ago

OK now that could be a very fitting printer for your MNT Reform series computer :D

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Open Printer

Finally, an open hardware printer you can actually understand, repair, and upgrade

only nit: license is CC BY-NC-SA (non commercial), so not open hardware in the sense that someone else could build on top of this work + sell it

npub1sl78...lnx3 2 months ago

does someone here know an unusual amount about USB3 superspeed (5gpbs), maybe even DWC3, whose brain i could pick for a bit? i'm trying to establish a way to pinpoint on which technical layer some issues happen. i.e. SI/analog, PHY, SoC bus/QoS, xhci driver quirks...