De Pandora en de Dragonbox Pyra handhelds #5

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Op vrijdag 26 juni 2015 11:51 schreef Bosbeetle het volgende:
Voor de mensen die een pandora willen ze zijn behoorlijk goedkoper geworden, en dit zijn de laatste 500 die gemaakt worden (omdat bepaalde onderdelen niet meer te krijgen zijn)

https://www.dragonbox.de/en/16-pandora

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Op vrijdag 26 juni 2015 13:23 schreef Splackavellie02 het volgende:

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380 euro vind ik anders nog steeds flink aan de prijs.

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Op vrijdag 26 juni 2015 14:18 schreef Gehenna het volgende:

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Originele is maar ¤180

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Op vrijdag 26 juni 2015 14:19 schreef HeatWave het volgende:

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Ja, maar heb je dan niet dat je bepaalde dingen weer niet kan?

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Op vrijdag 26 juni 2015 14:19 schreef HeatWave het volgende:

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Ja, maar heb je dan niet dat je bepaalde dingen weer niet kan?

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We got a plan!

Geez, another newspost already?
Has something changed?

Yes, definitely

Thanks to a reply in the last newspost, we found a company which can do
the bare CPU board within 5 days. Seems they got one special machine
which can do that, as that speed is not common. It costs about 1500 EUR
more, but we save 5 weeks which can be used for further testing - AND
demonstrating the Pyra at the GamesCom!

Nikolaus already finished the CPU PCB layout, over 1000 traces have
been laid. I received the final case design yesterday, with the last
small changes we had, so that should be finished now as well.

So... it was time to create the final plan.

And here it is:

1. Early prototypes.
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6 PCBs will be created before GamesCom. These will be used for testing
and debugging purposes. Two of them will be shown at the GamesCom,
completely assembled in printed cases (except for the keymat, which
won't be ready at that time). After the GamesCom, when we also get the
keymat, some of them will go to low-level devs to help with the
hardware integration. Maybe I'll even sell one or two - but they will
be a lot more expensive than the final unit. We will also test whether
Pandoras audio circuit (which is still optionally included in these
PCBs) will be needed or not. We'll also recheck the lead time of the
Wifi Module - or change to a slightly bigger one (which can be done
without Pandoras audio circuit) which is available within one month.

With those working prototypes, it's also time to start the preordering.

2. Pre-Production run
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When the last issues of the case and PCBs have been fixed and they are
confirmed to be working, the moulds for the case will be made and PCBs
will be ordered for a pre-production run.

The pre-production run will be produced under mass-production
conditions - meaning: The same companies producing the final product
will produce the hardware. This is to test, setup and tweak the machine
and make sure everything is ready for the mass-production (remember the
Pandora? That was the video I made shortly before christmas, the one
where I looked like a dead Zombie in the end).

About 20 units will be produced here. Some will go to more devs to
ensure we got a good software library to start, the rest can be bought
as pre-production units.

3. Mass-Production
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When the Pre-Production run has succeeded, parts will be ordered for
the mass production, based on the amount of preorders we got. Those
parts will probably take 2 - 3 months to arrive, and then it's time to
mass produce, build... and ship it to you guys!

Some more information about pre-ordering:
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As mentioned, a prepayment needs to be made. Not the full price and
we'll try to keep it as low as possible.

Quite a few customers have asked how they can use their iControlPad2
voucher they got from Link and their Pandora voucher if they didn't get
the Pandora yet: I will discuss that with Link and we'll find a proper
solution. No worries, you WILL get the information before preordering
starts!

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Op zondag 26 juli 2015 11:24 schreef djkoelkast het volgende:
Een nieuwe render:

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Als die toetsen inderdaad zo worden als sommige oude mobiele telefoons (zo ziet het er uit; hard en glimmend) dan lijkt me dat wel wat. Die van de Pandora vind ik toch niet altijd even fijn.

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Op zondag 26 juli 2015 11:29 schreef djkoelkast het volgende:

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Dat hadden sommige telefoons toch ook? Alleen hadden die meestal ietwat bolle knoppen, dit platte lijkt me wel fijn. Maar een render zegt ook niet alles natuurlijk.

Ik bedoel de knoppen zoals op deze:

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Op donderdag 30 juli 2015 10:04 schreef djkoelkast het volgende:
Backlight?

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Op vrijdag 31 juli 2015 14:14 schreef Gehenna het volgende:
Zit er nog verschil in de knopjes? of is dat nog niet bekend?

Ik kan me voorstellen dat de A,B,X,Y-knopjes een andere feel krijgen dan het toetsenbord bijv.

twitter:

EvilDragon1717 twitterde op donderdag 06-08-2015 om 21:33:06 GamesCom is keeping me busy. Didn't even find the time yet to twitter that the bare CPU PCBs have arrived two days ago. Prototypes-time reageer retweet

twitter:

EvilDragon1717 twitterde op donderdag 20-08-2015 om 16:52:24 It's alive! The OMAP5 on the CPU board boots! We had some soldering issues with the DRAM, so we need to work on that, but the OMAP is alive! reageer retweet