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Hardware => Notebook chassis => Topic started by: vhodges on May 09, 2016, 04:57:02 PM

Title: Olimex DIY laptop and/or Novena?
Post by: vhodges on May 09, 2016, 04:57:02 PM

Hello All,

I am quite interested in this project and excited to see what comes of it!  I came across this:

  https://www.olimex.com/Products/DIY%20Laptop/

the other day and feel like it might be an option to consider.  I also think that that the Novena case would be a good option as well for a small portable (obviously not really a laptop in the general sense) PPC machine.

Of course it all depends on how far down the design path you are :).

Title: Re: Olimex DIY laptop and/or Novena?
Post by: cyrano on May 31, 2016, 03:59:46 AM

Olimex could be a good choice. However, it's ARM based, not PPC. But since it's open source hardware

AND Olimex has a LOT of experience as a manufacturer of Arduino and other boards, it would be interesting to at least talk to them.

Title: Re: Olimex DIY laptop and/or Novena?
Post by: Carlos on May 31, 2016, 01:06:42 PM

AFAIK, this case was also on the list. But because of the dimensions it fails.