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Nice to see a new post and a important progress report from Librem.

But what I don't get is why on earth do they decide to use latest kernel when test the HW?

I am pretty sure they had save some time use the "default" iMX kernel when test screen/touch an so on. That way they could faster verify hardware and ship the devkit faster and then the community could help port it the driver to the latest kernel version.

I doubt we will see the devkit before end of 2018. Probably we have to wait to Q1.

I am 100% sure they work as crazy to make it happen but since I also work with HW I know how much that can go wrong and make stuff delayed...

But nice to see that they use http://kicad-pcb.org/ and will release the design too the Linux community

But using KiCad is also a bit of risky since they really have to make sure all footprints(kind of mecanicals parts) is correct. Some components in the Kicad default library is not...

But in the same time it could be worth it in the long run since the more company project designed in KiCad the better quality of the KiCad libraries and also better for hobbyist and small companies because they could hopefully throw Windows only program such as OrCad and Altium in the trashcan.

https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-2018-11-hardware-report/
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Last edited by mikecomputing; 2018-11-09 at 19:51.
 

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