Just a thought, given all the discussions on alternate CPU options (particular ARM ones), any chance the Mainboard could be replaced with a carrier board for a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4? That would certainly make an interesting project down the road, whether it be from Framework directly or a future community project…
It’s definitely technically possible, and we’d love to work with anyone interested in developing that.
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Thats bound to have battery life out the wazoo. the intel processors spec’d for FW is like a 28W part. CM4 runs off 5Vx2.5A, puts it a little over half of just the CPU.
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Or a carrier board for industry-standard Computer-on-Modules (like Qseven).
FWIW, Waveshare already makes a 15.6" laptop that uses the CM3. It’s slower of course. I believe ETA Prime on youtube did a review. Perhaps if you nag Waveshare they’ll update it for the CM4.
@nrp are there developer documents for motherboard specs at this time? I started looking into a CM4 carrier board earlier, but can’t find anything on the electrical/mechanical specs of the motherboard for connectors, and spacing.
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