Ya NanoNote Specs

From Qi Hardware

芽 NanoNote™ (2011)

Technical Specifications:

• tbd MHz processor
• display: tbd
• resolution: tbd
• weight: tbd
• DRAM: tbd
• microSD, head phone jack, USB
• Lion battery: tbd
• Other features: tbd

芽 Nanonote: The 芽 or ya version of Nanonote is the first sprout from the root system (本 nanonote). Join the discussion of what features should be added on the developer list or with comments on this page. Discussed so far:

Most Valuable:

• USB Host - we will probably add a 2nd connector, favorite is micro-AB currently
• 64MB RAM (Carlos suggested http://www.micron.com/products/partdetail?part=MT48LC32M16A2P-75, also see http://en.qi-hardware.com/pipermail/developer/2009-September/000564.html and http://en.qi-hardware.com/pipermail/developer/2009-September/000565.html)
• better hardware revision detection (serial or I2C EEPROM? See http://en.openmoko.org/pipermail/gta02-core/2009-August/000449.html)

Nice If Easy To Implement:

• add support for 3rd battery pin (coulomb counter), or add chip in device/ADC to accurately measure current (see http://en.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-August/052399.html)
• easier way to access serial console (headers for standard FTDI cable?)
• easier way to enable USB booting (press ‘U’ key when turning on, dip switch for client-server operation - W.G.van de Hulst http://en.qi-hardware.com/pipermail/developer/2009-August/000385.html)
• ability to detect headset insertion/removal
• lid close detection

Ungrouped:

• leave a free (or populated?) FPGA (Deng suggested Lattice XP2-5 or 8, see http://en.qi-hardware.com/pipermail/developer/2009-July/000074.html, Carlos at http://lists.qi-hardware.com/pipermail/developer/2009-September/000443.html and http://en.qi-hardware.com/pipermail/developer/2009-September/000472.html)
• light-sensor to adjust screen brightness (maybe also for lid close detection, see http://en.qi-hardware.com/pipermail/developer/2009-September/000443.html)
• add microphone input to 3.5mm headset connector (TRRS connector like iPhone)
• remove headset connector in favor of USB On-The-Go headsets
• more NAND or no NAND and boot from microSD (Jz4750 supports boot from SD)
• make NanoNote and Arduino useful together in creative ways (Ron Jeffries, http://en.qi-hardware.com/pipermail/developer/2009-September/000464.html)
• switch to a QFP or QFN packaged Ingenic chip to make hacking and copying the device easier
• capacitive keyboard (http://en.qi-hardware.com/pipermail/developer/2009-September/000443.html)
• higher resolution and bigger screen (same enclosure)
• transflective screen
• dual screen (OLPC like)
• touch screen
• second microSD socket
• higher capacity battery
• better quality speaker or microphone
• u-blox 5 AMY GPS module (plus active antenna)
• Marvell 8686 Wi-Fi module
• infrared
• ZigBee
• interesting expansion IO connector
• JTAG
• TV in
• TV out (Kamath Laxminarayan http://www.qi-hardware.com/products/ben-nanonote/comment-page-1/#comment-300)
• scroll wheels next to LCM
• pointing device such as touch screen, trackball like HTC Dream, optical touchpad like Samsung Omnia or LG KS500 (Peter Malte Macke http://en.qi-hardware.com/pipermail/developer/2009-October/000815.html)
• gaming controls (Ignacio)
• Arduino hacking companion with at90usbkey (roh - no HW modification necessary and frees GPIOs)
• remove lock from lid (Bas Wijnen http://en.qi-hardware.com/pipermail/developer/2009-October/000821.html)

Accessories:

• customized replacement keyboard