Novena (computing platform)

Novena
Date invented 2014
Design firm Bunnie Studios
Manufacturer Kosagi
Introduced 2014
Cost 500USD–5000USD, initially
Processor ARM Cortex-A9
Frequency 1.2GHz (quad-core)
Memory 4GiB DDR3
Ports

1×1Gbit/s Ethernet
1×100Mbit/s Ethernet
2×USB 2.0, supporting high-current (1.5A)
USB OTG
HDMI
3.5mm audio

SD card reader

Novena is an open-source computing platform by Andrew "Bunnie" Huang and Sean "Xobs" Cross. It will be released by Kosagi and funded by a crowdfunding campaign which began on April 15, 2014. The launch offering is a 1.2 GHz Freescale quad-core ARM architecture computer closely coupled with a Xilinx FPGA. It is offered in "desktop", "laptop", or "heirloom laptop" form, or as a standalone motherboard.[1][2][3]

The open-source hardware laptop motherboard, Novena, by Andrew "Bunnie" Huang.

On 19 May 2014 at 06:59 UTC, the crowdfunding campaign concluded having raised just over 280% of its target 250000USD. The extra funding has allowed the project to achieve 4 "stretch goals": the development of Free software graphics drivers; the inclusion of a general-purpose breakout board; the inclusion of a "ROMulator" breakout board; and the inclusion of the MyriadRF software defined radio with the "system-level" offerings. They were set on 24 April. The first was achieved on 12 May, and the latter 3 were achieved on the 16th.[4]

This is the only laptop that ships simply with a screwdriver; users would be required to install the battery themselves, screw on the LCD bezel of their choice, and obtain speakers as a kit instead of using speaker boxes. Owners of a 3D printer can make and fine tune their own speaker box. The main boards are manufactured by AQS, an EMS provider.[5][6]

Open hardware case

The motherboard can be sold and be used in a VIA OpenBook, a standard open hardware netbook case.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Novena". Crowd Supply. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
  2. ↑ Klint Finley   (2014-04-02). "The Almost Completely Open Source Laptop Goes on Sale". Enterprise. WIRED. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
  3. ↑ "Novena Helps Hackers Build Their Own Laptop". Blog.laptopmag.com. 2014-04-02. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
  4. ↑ "Stretch Goals". Novena. Crowd Supply. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
  5. ↑ The World's First Open Source Laptop Makes its Debut - Make:
  6. ↑ AQS
  7. ↑ http://www.wired.com/2014/04/novena/

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