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Title: Pc-z1 Netwalker Dismantled?
Post by: speculatrix on December 21, 2009, 11:10:39 am

has anyone any photos of the device dismantled?

it'd be interesting to see if theres' scope for replacing the wifi module with an a/b/g/n, and what's soldered in and what's upgradeable!

Title: Pc-z1 Netwalker Dismantled?
Post by: merlin1 on December 21, 2009, 11:55:47 am

http://hitaki.net/diary/20090928.html (http://hitaki.net/diary/20090928.html)
http://blog.livedoor.jp/j02r/archives/1084872.html (http://blog.livedoor.jp/j02r/archives/1084872.html)

Title: Pc-z1 Netwalker Dismantled?
Post by: speculatrix on January 02, 2010, 10:16:01 am

thanks for that. I can't see the wireless being a module at all, so I guess it's soldered in?

do you know what chipset it is, so I can guess whether it supports host mode or not?

Title: Pc-z1 Netwalker Dismantled?
Post by: speculatrix on January 02, 2010, 10:18:12 am

the alcor au9410 is a keyboard controller and multimedia IC:
http://www.chipdocs.com/datasheets/datashe...orp/AU9410.html (http://www.chipdocs.com/datasheets/datasheet-pdf/Alcor-Micro-Corp/AU9410.html)

Title: Pc-z1 Netwalker Dismantled?
Post by: merlin1 on January 03, 2010, 05:20:23 pm

Quote from: speculatrix

thanks for that. I can't see the wireless being a module at all, so I guess it's soldered in?

do you know what chipset it is, so I can guess whether it supports host mode or not?

This driver (http://code.google.com/p/ks7010/) is used, so I think the chipset is a Renesas KeyStream KS7010.

More links dealing with it:
http://www.keystream.co.jp/en/products/ks7010.php (http://www.keystream.co.jp/en/products/ks7010.php)
http://wiki.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Renesas_K...river_for_Linux (http://wiki.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Renesas_KeyStream_Wi-Fi_Driver_for_Linux)
http://www.mccweb.com/service100.html (http://www.mccweb.com/service100.html)
http://www.spectec.com.tw/sdw823.htm (http://www.spectec.com.tw/sdw823.htm)
http://www.spectec.com.tw/sdw821.htm (http://www.spectec.com.tw/sdw821.htm)

Title: Pc-z1 Netwalker Dismantled?
Post by: pdahero on January 12, 2010, 06:09:39 pm

I'd be interested in opening it, just to be able to replace the battery. I don't like how it's non-user-replaceable