now that we have new board options, its really a matter of time until I end up buying a new one, meaning I can start actually building/testing with my old one!
still trying to figure out some other problems, the main one being thermals. the point of the FramePad as I have started calling it was to trade battery life, size, and use experience for more speed, but im very much worried about thermals.
once again, huge thanks to everyone whos part of this, and even more thanks to the framework team. I know im not doing much, but it feels really cool to be a part of this.
Really pleased with the first test print of the monitor fitment. The cable fits great, the fit is nice and tight so no movement of the screen. The only thing I’ll have to adjust is the bezel width. The fastener holes were a smidge close to the edge for my liking. Printing the middle and back casing now. Hopefully, the mainboard arrives soon so that I can finalize the fitment for the rest of the components!
I just released a v1.1 update for the tablet case. It improves some of the printability and access to the expansion card slots. No supports are needed when printing this update
Two big drops today! I’ve released V1.3 of the tablet on my GitHub, which now includes support for the stock battery, speakers, and an iFixit style instruction manual to walk you through the build.
Are there any other displays recommended for the tablet? Amazon links tend to rot after a couple of years, as the product eventually sells out, or become unavailable.
I’d be curious to know if the idea of reusing the laptop chassis — basically removing cover+display and replacing the keyboard+panel with a USB display — was at some point on the table and you discarded it for some reason (too big? easier to replace than to augment?).
If there was a way of reusing the existing laptop screen, and assuming a 13.5" screen isn’t too big for a tablet (the Surface 8 is 13", so I’d say 13.5" isn’t a deal breaker), touch-only panels could be another option: https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?SearchText=usb+touchscreen
@M4X@mrwm I’ve found this display on aliexpress as well. It’s a pretty generic display I’m sure it’ll pop up under a number of different names.
As far as the chassis goes you don’t want a display with a footprint larger than the existing case. You start to run into lots of other config changes when you go bigger.
For reusing the framework bottom case you have captive screws that are fairly short and would struggle to reach anything that’s not the keyboard they were designed for. I suppose you could rip them out and even if you figured out a way to do that then you remove your access to the power switch that’s built into the keyboard.
If I’m reading that correctly, that’s just the capacitive layer, not the display; one would have to lay it over an existing display (which is what made consider reusing the Framework’s display).
I don’t think I’ve suggested that anywhere…
Since I was thinking about reusing the existing display, I was just wondering whether that would make for a tablet that is too big. But since tablets exist with just slightly smaller screens than 13.5", the Framework’s 13.5" might still be reasonable.
Makes sense, thanks for the extra insight!
Also, I just realized that another problem with reusing the existing display is that the ribbon would have to be twisted 180°.
