[Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?
H. Nikolaus Schaller
hns at goldelico.com
Mon Nov 13 11:38:07 CET 2017
> Am 13.11.2017 um 11:31 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard <jonas at jones.dk>:
>
> Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-11-13 08:33:45)
>> Am 04.11.2017 um 22:17 schrieb Niels <nift at maclisp.org>:
>>> I have been wanting a FST-01 for a while, but not found any place to
>>> buy one.
>>
>> I have studied the schematics and it will take less than 1 day to
>> prepare for producing some clone...
>>
>> Cost is also reasonable, e.g. something below 30€ seems feasible for
>> tiny quantities (if produced in batches of 10). So it is possible to
>> provide permanent supply.
>>
>> What I understood is that it needs some flashing tool to be connected
>> to a jumper. Maybe someone can elaborate this.
>>
>> One thing is to be discussed about the USB interface:
>>
>> Should we keep the USB-A plug or try to replace it by an Mini-USB-A so
>> that it can be directly plugged into a GTA0x?
>>
>> Or even 3 variants with Standard-USB, MiniUSB and µUSB? Or does
>> someone have an idea if multiple sockets are feasible?
>
> I would buy a microUSB model if made - and I believe it could be made to
> work with standard Android for those using F-droid, and therefore have
> potential users among those too.
Ah, yes. Many Android devices have an µUSB OTG port.
Hm. I wonder if we can build/design one with multiple plugs so that one-fits-all.
BR,
Nikolaus
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