Hello.
some time ago I've started an abstract thread to express my desire to build a phone powered by FreeBSD. At that time I had nothing of concrete to show. In the meantime I've did my research and I found some hardware components to start a DIY mobile phone with FreeBSD installed :
I think we can start from that base tutorial :
0) https://www.instructables.com/OURphone-an-Open-Source-Linux-Smartphone/
but making a lot of improvements,since the base os for us is FreeBSD. Some of those modifications include :
1) SOC : Raspberry Pi Zero W. Why this soc ? go to point 6.
2) the case could be made of carbon fiber. Not of wood
3) in my dream there isn't any touchscreen. I love a physical keyboard. I think that to connect some kind of physical keyboard to the soc we will need to port an open source Linux driver to freebsd. Go to point 6
4) I think FreeBSD is already well supported by the raspberry,so most of the work is done
5) the most difficult part : maybe there is the needing to port the Linux driver on FreeBSD for the "SIM7600G-H 4G HAT For Raspberry Pi, LTE Cat-4 4G / 3G / 2G Support" : I need to check if this component can be used on the Raspberry Pi Zero W.
6) memory LCD + physical keyboard for pi :
hackaday.com
ok. let's talk about this. We have some concrete idea and components to talk about. I think it's enough geeky and it will become even more geeky.
NB : I'm talking about a DIY phone,created for a small group of lovers,software and hardware engineers. I may be wrong but to create the phone that I'm talking about is not so difficult. It can't be a ready to go commercial product. It is not my goal to make a commercial product. I want to create an amateur project. At least for the moment.
some time ago I've started an abstract thread to express my desire to build a phone powered by FreeBSD. At that time I had nothing of concrete to show. In the meantime I've did my research and I found some hardware components to start a DIY mobile phone with FreeBSD installed :
I think we can start from that base tutorial :
0) https://www.instructables.com/OURphone-an-Open-Source-Linux-Smartphone/
but making a lot of improvements,since the base os for us is FreeBSD. Some of those modifications include :
1) SOC : Raspberry Pi Zero W. Why this soc ? go to point 6.
2) the case could be made of carbon fiber. Not of wood
3) in my dream there isn't any touchscreen. I love a physical keyboard. I think that to connect some kind of physical keyboard to the soc we will need to port an open source Linux driver to freebsd. Go to point 6
4) I think FreeBSD is already well supported by the raspberry,so most of the work is done
5) the most difficult part : maybe there is the needing to port the Linux driver on FreeBSD for the "SIM7600G-H 4G HAT For Raspberry Pi, LTE Cat-4 4G / 3G / 2G Support" : I need to check if this component can be used on the Raspberry Pi Zero W.
6) memory LCD + physical keyboard for pi :
Beepberry Brings Memory LCD And A Physical Keyboard To Your Pi
As the 2020s are seeing the return of the flip phone, could we see a rebirth of other device form factors from before the slab era? [Eric Migicovsky] and [SQFMI] are working on a new physical keybo…
hackaday.com
ok. let's talk about this. We have some concrete idea and components to talk about. I think it's enough geeky and it will become even more geeky.
NB : I'm talking about a DIY phone,created for a small group of lovers,software and hardware engineers. I may be wrong but to create the phone that I'm talking about is not so difficult. It can't be a ready to go commercial product. It is not my goal to make a commercial product. I want to create an amateur project. At least for the moment.
. I would like to know if I can use that hat with the Raspberry Pi Zero W,that's slimmer. Thanks.
