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by nrp 3y ago
That’s the same year I exhibited the first time, and agree it might have been the pinnacle as an event for makers and hackers before it went corporate. I remember being disconcerted that the two person startup in the booth diagonal from mi
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by nrp 3y ago
We’re building hardware, but I also extracted some of the business philosophy behind Framework to share what I believe “hardware is hard” means: https://eclecti.cc/bytes/what-hardware-is-hard-really-means
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by nrp 3y ago
Nordic is certainly heading this direction. They have a WiFi 6 companion chip already, and are presumably going to make a single package solution at some point: https://www.nordicsemi.com/-/media/Software-and-othe
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by nrp 3y ago
PCIe is too physically large, Oculink is too thick and doesn't have enough pins for power, and Thunderbolt has protocol overhead and throughput limitations.
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by nrp 3y ago
Yep, this is correct. The memory, storage, Input Cover, and Bezel are "turn parts" that temporarily carry along the manufacturing line on each DIY Edition unit so that the system can go through the full set of manual and automate
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by nrp 3y ago
Amazingly enough, we didn't go in with this as a design goal from the start. The Framework Laptop 13 has exposed fasteners on the Bottom Cover, and we went in assuming we'd go the same direction. As we designed the Input Module
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by nrp 3y ago
Magnesium alloy is reasonably common in notebooks and other consumer electronics. Sometimes it's an internal structural element with a different cosmetic outer part, and sometimes as in the Framework Laptop 16 along with some of the h
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by nrp 3y ago
It’s unclear if you’re looking for a discussion in good faith, but, here are The Verge’s reviews of the most recent MacBook Pro 13-inch and Framework Laptop as reference points: https://www.theverge.com/23177674/apple-m
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by nrp 3y ago
We sell a laptop that is the same thickness and weight as a MacBook Pro 13-inch, in which every part is trivially replaceable using one tool.
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by nrp 3y ago
The reason is most likely just that there was no consideration in the design process for designing for serviceability. It’s surprisingly easy to design for repair without sacrificing other attributes if you include that in your design goal
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by nrp 3y ago
Chumby was 10 years too early. The Amazon Echo Show and equivalent devices for other platforms fulfill that use case today, but with a lot less charm.
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by nrp 3y ago
USB-C cables other than basic low speed 3A ones are required to have an embedded e-marker chip that enumerate the capabilities of the cable.
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by nrp 3y ago
The size of these kinds of high wattage passively cooled power adapters is dictated less by component density and more by what you can spread and dissipate through the enclosure with safe touch temperatures.
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by nrp 3y ago
It’s designed around 48V and 5A. Higher voltages introduce additional risks around arcing and also get you into different safety regulations and requirements. Above 5A also starts to make cable and connector design difficult for a small c
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by nrp 3y ago
We're doing a series of write-ups of each of the major subsystems of the Framework Laptop 16. This is a post we wrote about the power adapter, explaining the design decisions and sharing which key ICs and manufacturing partners we use
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by nrp 3y ago
Yep, we don't post these, and often times don't realize that they were posted until we check analytics later.
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by nrp 3y ago
Swapping an Expansion Bay Module like an discrete GPU will take ~2-3 minutes: 1. Shut down 2. Slide out the input modules covering the Expansion Bay connector, and open the cover door. 3. Unscrew three or four captive fasteners to remove th
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by nrp 3y ago
On your first point, ‘electrons’ is an example of synecdoche: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synecdoche
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by nrp 3y ago
It sounds a little like Bayer’s ViviTouch, but for higher frequency bands. ViviTouch was only used for haptics and sunwoofers as far as I know. https://www.innovationworldcup.com/finalist/vivitouch-eap-he...
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by nrp 3y ago
Worth noting that 6000 cycles of the most extreme hypothetical 180 mile round trip would take 15 years, assuming the ship always travels at its max speed of 10 knots, and always charges and discharges at its max rate of 0.33C. Realistic lo
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by nrp 3y ago
From Lukas’s latest tweets, he is using our Display Kit, so at least that spec is the same!
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by nrp 3y ago
We are 100% on board with that and are happy to help anyone who is serious about developing a mainboard.
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by nrp 3y ago
Yes, that’s why nobody used it. The plausible use case was something like watching 24hz, 30hz, or 60hz video content without juddering that 75Hz would have, and where depth didn’t matter.
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by nrp 3y ago
We had a somewhat undocumented 120Hz mode on DK2 where both eyes would get the same image (meaning everything was at infinity distance), but I’m not sure if any developers used it.
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by nrp 3y ago
Yep, this is right. Tiny Phillips head fasteners tend to strip when camming out, making them not especially durable. Hexalobular ones don't cam out and are harder to strip, making them better for applications where they'll be cy
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by nrp 3y ago
The mid frame and thermal module costs are unlikely, but not strictly impossible. I can’t contrive of any scenario where there would be $20 of microphone BOM in a headset though.
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by nrp 3y ago
The Framework Laptop 13 uses the integrated graphics in the processor. 13th Gen's integrated Intel Xe is passable for lighter titles like GTA V or CS:GO. Beyond that, it supports Thunderbolt eGPUs. We also have the Framework Laptop
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by nrp 3y ago
We provide official technical support for Ubuntu LTS and Fedora. Since architecturally, 13th Gen and 12th Gen processors are quite similar, and 12th Gen is now fairly mature, 13th Gen functionality is already stable. The power improvemen
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by nrp 3y ago
Currently we offer the DIY Edition without an OS installed and have setup guides and community support for popular distros, along with technical support for Ubuntu LTS and Fedora. Our embedded controller firmware is open source, and we’ve
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by nrp 3y ago
Cooler Master is currently in production on the first set of cases. We’ll send out an email notification to those who entered the waitlist on the product page once we have them in stock, which should be within the next few weeks.

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