[Arm-netbook] Regarding Improv, EOMA68, Free Software and Open Hardware.

joem joem at martindale-electric.co.uk
Sat Jun 28 19:29:59 BST 2014


> o the cases we want to cover are:
> 
>  * 320x240 RGB/TTL screen at very low cost (these are all RGB/TTL)
>  * 1024-1280 x 600-1024 screen at reasonable cost (these are all
>    LVDS 1x but a _few_ eDPs are becoming available)
>  * 1440x900 to 1920x1080 at not unreasonable cost (these are
>    usually Dual or Triple LVDS with some now 4-lane eDP and so on)

hmmmp.

Yesterday this may have been true.
Today the starting point is something like
a 7" tablet with retail price of $50 and min 800x600.
With tablet guts removed and a HDMI/VGA/Composite input
board fitted, that price shrinks to $30 retail.

Also if tablets were a little more open,
load an OS that turns the tablet
into a USB monitor may be possible = another
opportunity for EOMAs to sell in their beeellions.




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