[Asterisk-Users] time to build an open phone?

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Interesting! Surely it would be another greate project.

Happy christmas!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Knight" <bk at minusw.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 11:30 AM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] time to build an open phone?


> Open software seems to work.
> Why don't we try it with hardware.
>
> 1. pick an embedded processor.
>     It should have a nice linux gui support (like x jtag debugger).
>
> 2. pick a linux based cad system we all have easy access to and place
>     schematics under cvs.
>
> 3. pick some type of gpio or serial interface for keyboard/display.
>
> 4. pick some basic functionality.
>
> 5. code it up. A stripped down *.
>
> Let everyone do their own thing with the expensive part.
> Tooling/packaging.
>
> We could let Digium be the distributor, so they are not left out of the
> loop.
> A board set would be offered with NO support.
> If Digium wants no part of it, we just build them on our own for our own
use
> or sell them on ebay.
>
> What we would provide is schematics and source code.
> Everyone can take this to their favorite fab house and crank em out.
>
> -- 
> Bob Knight
> [-w] the work option
> bk at minusw.com
> 925-449-9163
>
>
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