<div dir="ltr">From this supplier I got reference price 2.1 usd for pair (for 15 inch laptop) based on 3d model they send me.<br><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Hrvoje Lasic <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lasich@gmail.com" target="_blank">lasich@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Date: Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 9:41 AM<br>Subject: Re: [Arm-netbook] 15in EOMA-68 laptop<br>To: Linux on small ARM machines <<a href="mailto:arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk" target="_blank">arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk</a>><br>
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</div><div dir="ltr">Luke,<br><div><div><br>I had some time and asked few suppliers for hinge and keyboard. For hinge I found one supplier that looks promising. i am waiting for price info (which will eventually qualify him or not). He also send me 3d model (attached) which is of great help. It is a hinge used for some Dell laptops but he told me that we can modify it in order to avoid being the same (and adapt to our design). Here is link for 3d files: <a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/z1jkq3" target="_blank">http://www.sendspace.com/file/z1jkq3</a><div>
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<div><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,1);font-family:verdana"><span style="font-weight:normal">As for keyboards, I also asked for suppliers. it seems that there is many suppliers but mainly doing brand substitute for repair. Do you think we can use this kind of product or we have to make molds (which is not good thing)? Anyway, i will look further, this is preliminary. Maybe we can also modify to some extend existing models. Some of them asked me for layout of keyboard? What you have to plan to use? Also, price range seems to be excessive as they quote based on repair business, not producing business. i will forward you some mail where we got some price info so you can see.<br>
<br>regards,<br></span></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,1);font-family:verdana"><span style="font-weight:normal">Hrvoje<br></span></span></b></span></div><br>
</div></div></div></div><div><div class="h5"><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 8:12 PM, luke.leighton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:luke.leighton@gmail.com" target="_blank">luke.leighton@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Simon Kenyon <<a href="mailto:simon@koala.ie" target="_blank">simon@koala.ie</a>> wrote:<br>
> On 21/04/2013 10:12, luke.leighton wrote:<br>
>> actually maybe it would be better to have 8 bolting points (4 corners,<br>
>> 4 mid-points) then have a series of strips joining all of them together<br>
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> having taken apart a number of tablets and laptops that does sound like<br>
> it is a tad over-engineered<br>
> which all adds to the cost<br>
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</div> not necessarily... i don't honestly know, but laptops have nice<br>
casework which is perfectly moulded into rounded shapes which add<br>
strength. i.e. you cannot rely on the screen itself to support<br>
itself.<br>
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the goal here is to see if it's possible to design something that can<br>
be picked up by one corner and not crack the screen.... but *not* need<br>
massive NREs on the casework.<br>
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those laptops and tablets you've taken apart? they will have been<br>
designed according to a budget in some cases of a quarter of a million<br>
US dollars. that's not going to happen, here.<br>
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l.<br>
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