Project I've been working on that I'm very passionate about. A fully upgradeable gaming handheld where you can upgrade the battery, mainboard (cpu), ram, storage by utilising Frameworks modular components. I will be selling it soon as a DIY kit for those that want another way to reuse (or buy new) their Framework components.
Can be currently upgraded to a Ryzen 7840U mainboard and a 61Wh battery for maximum performance.
Components used in video:
Intel 1260p mainboard
16GB ram
512gb ssd
55Wh Battery
dual speakers
7 inch FHD touchscreen
High speed WIFI & Bluetooth
Wow, this looks cool as fuck.
Thought the same thing, just wondering what the DIY kit might end up costing. I’m also curious to see what would happen if you put in one of the newer 8 core AMD mainboards that frameworks is working on
What I worry about is the developer kneecapping the whole thing by not releasing design files and BOMs for 3D prints and PCBs under an open source license. The point of a device like this is going to be longevity, upgradability, and repairability. Having to rely on some dude to keep making a kit is completely antithetical to that. I love the idea of being able to repurpose my framework parts in different ways as I upgrade, but I won’t be jumping to buy a kit that I can’t trust to be available a year later.