 Pocketpenguin Phone Rom, Discussion of the ROM for the MXC300 Pho |
 Jul 27 2006, 01:28 PM
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So. What? Gonna be linux based, (Of course.) What will we need? I'm gonna guess this'll be based on the OpenEmbedded toolkit. A Bootstrap base? I can't see us needing a GUI on a phone emulator. . . So we'll need Stacks, and an interface to the iMX.
Things that are going to need alot of thinking: The data protocol for the USB connection to the iMX. . . We have the Serial link for AT control, but 3G data, GPRS data, and videophone data will all need to go on the USB bus. . . What else? MMS's, Access to the data on the SIM card, (Own number, SIM-phonebook: Will need a tie in to our AddressBook in the PDA OS. . .) The software that controls the RPU and DSP. . . Needed functions? It's going to have to be able to wake the iMX so that the iMX can handle CallerID, send any required information to the twin displays and to bluetooth (And whatever else you guys route it to  Caller log?)Genii (Geniuses?) give me your opinion. |
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Jul 30 2006, 04:57 AM
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funny thing is the AT structure is very loose from what i have read with each manufacturer implementing everything in a vendor specific way. i suppose thats good for us because we can get away with a thing or two or we could clean things up and standerdise the interface and allow for expansion in the protocal
i think that this needs design, not an organic approch. i intend to do this right the first time Ok i guess we need gsm specs, anyone got any idea where to get them and how much it will cost us also do we have a DSP guy in the house?
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Jul 31 2006, 01:59 AM
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QUOTE(Da_Blitz @ Jul 30 2006, 01:57 PM) Ok i guess we need gsm specs, anyone got any idea where to get them and how much it will cost us also do we have a DSP guy in the house? You can get them at 3GPP: http://www.3gpp.org/specs/numbering.htm But - would you design your own transistor production process to develop a CPU for the PocketPenguin??? IMHO, this project traps in the most basic fault: it tries to do everything and achieves nothing... I would recommend to forget about a GSM stack. Design around a GPRS module. They have AT commands similar to most phones and PCMCIA/CF GPRS cards. And, most important: you won't get your own GSM stack working without handling the network encryption. And to get that, you must pay Millions of $$... -- hns |
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Jul 31 2006, 02:12 AM
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QUOTE(dhns @ Jul 31 2006, 10:59 AM) QUOTE(Da_Blitz @ Jul 30 2006, 01:57 PM) Ok i guess we need gsm specs, anyone got any idea where to get them and how much it will cost us also do we have a DSP guy in the house?You can get them at 3GPP: http://www.3gpp.org/specs/numbering.htm But - would you design your own transistor production process to develop a CPU for the PocketPenguin??? IMHO, this project traps in the most basic fault: it tries to do everything and achieves nothing... I would recommend to forget about a GSM stack. Design around a GPRS module. They have AT commands similar to most phones and PCMCIA/CF GPRS cards. And, most important: you won't get your own GSM stack working without handling the network encryption. And to get that, you must pay Millions of $$... -- hns Erm. . . What? We're using an iMX31 Chip from Freescale as a PDA CPU, I understand THAT'S not open source, but at least the company is open source friendly. Well, We've been going something along the lines of a month or so, and are more doing Touch-ups to the specification than starting from scratch. GPRS is out of date. It's useless for decent mobile web browsing, and is now a few years out of date. We want to code our own stack because currently there isn't one. The phone ROM is flashable, so at any time during development, and even after the PDA's are in customers hands, we can change our minds and license a commercial stack. But there are open source Windows replacements, open source AmigaOS replacements, office replacements, UNIX replacements, MACosX replacememnts. . . Photoshop. . . 3DMAX. . It's about time somebody made our communication a little more open. The hardware is in essence separate from software, the hardware will remain unchanged no matter what stack we choose. |
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Ferret-Simpson Pocketpenguin Phone Rom Jul 27 2006, 01:28 PM
Da_Blitz mmm the stack from freescale should cover all of t... Jul 27 2006, 06:12 PM Ferret-Simpson You forgot the WCDMA layer. And as far as I know, ... Jul 28 2006, 01:06 AM Da_Blitz im hopping that it just acts like a seriat modem t... Jul 28 2006, 02:49 AM Ferret-Simpson http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.c...1_2_e... Jul 28 2006, 07:19 AM Da_Blitz mmm, firmwares still a problem as the binary is ow... Jul 29 2006, 08:06 AM Ferret-Simpson I think we may need to look at coding our own stac... Jul 29 2006, 09:03 AM
dhns QUOTEThe phone ROM is flashable, so at any time du... Jul 31 2006, 02:42 AM Ferret-Simpson Not me. I'm a pretty good fixer though (I say ... Jul 30 2006, 09:20 AM Ferret-Simpson I was in fact referring to the low level stuff.
A... Jul 31 2006, 02:54 AM Da_Blitz GPRS is not out of date, thats like saying that co... Jul 31 2006, 03:43 AM Da_Blitz found a link that could be handy: http://www.edabo... Aug 5 2006, 02:52 AM Ferret-Simpson Hmm, sweet. Keep that in mind.
Note on the Stack... Aug 6 2006, 03:48 PM Da_Blitz that was probbelly for the single chip designs whe... Aug 6 2006, 06:07 PM |
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