The FW16 USB ports currently can output 15W 5V/3A.
The FW16 USB ports currently can input 240W 48V/5A
It would be nice if the USB ports on the FW16 could output 240W also.
Use case: Be able to jump start my car from my FW16!
In case of emergency, use the FW16 laptop battery to power stuff/tools etc.
Integrate 3G/4G/5G/Satcom antennas so that internet connectivity is still possible without Wifi.
Add a smart card reader, so one can use it for more secure purchasing transactions and MFA (Multi factor authentication).
I’m running a Google Pixel + GrapheneOS. Graphene targets the Google Pixel because of a few reasons:
Re-lockable bootloader. Many other phones on the market allow you to unlock the bootloader, but leaving it unlocked is a security vulnerability.
Reliable hardware, virtue of it being funded by one of the largest companies in the world by GDP.
If Framework made a new phone, I would love to see them partner with GrapheneOS for this. It’s still effectively a de-googled chromium, but I don’t believe that label is a good description of the OS since it is also much more than that.
I’m not a twitter/X user, so glad you asked this on the forum!
I would be especially interested in seeing an android phone from framework that supports high performance plus easier repair.
A tablet would be interesting.
Smartwatch, Earbuds: Maybe. If you go there I would love to be involved in the development as this has been my engineering expertise & focus for many years.
I would be unlikely to buy a framework printer because (IMO): Inkjet technology is inherently low performance and reliability compared to laser printing, and there are very good cost/performance/reliability options for laser printers such as Brother.
IP camera (for surveillance etc.)!
With hardware-accelerated video encoding and preferrably also motion detection or other CV stuff (object recognition? use a GPU for that?).
The current market is horrible. There are super-expensive models and then Chinese crap with no support, no updates, mandatory cloud connection / Android app. / etc.
Make a drop-in replacement that replaces the camera module with a GPS module so I can synchronize my clock and update my lat/lon for wlsunset automatically without internet. Keep the kill-switch so malicious software on my laptop can’t read my GPS location when I go to my secret meetings under the brooklyn bridge.
All, and I’ll say it again, ALL of the people that intentionally invented the ways to make things last shorts time, be unrepairable or intentionally wasteful need to be thrown into the 10th circle of hell, made specially for them.
Somewhere here I saw examples of companies that wanted to do more things and ended up being terrible at everything, so pleased make sure that doesn’t happen.
When they’re will be awesome working problem-less laptops, I’d be glad to see some repairable tablets, and later even mobiles if possible.
I saw something about printers being oversaturated and sinking ship, but if you guys became popular, I think with good repairable printers you could make a loooot of money (and help humanity) because, well, sinking ship means opportunities.
I would like a device that would allow me to take off my Framework 16 keyboard and use it as a wireless keyboard. I imagine a device that would magnetically snap onto the keyboard’s pogo pins and provide a simple Bluetooth interface. This way I don’t need a second keyboard when I put my laptop on a stand (for better ergonomics). Even a wired version of this would be nice.
I thiiink I might have said something similar to this on a reply, but I think the most doable thing for framework would be to release ‘kits’ for repurposing standalone components after an upgrade, like the cooler master case for an older mainboard.
-External Display kit:
Provides a controller board and either a case or 3d printer files to DIY, and lets you use an old/spare LCD panel as an external display (with expansion cards for IO, of course)
-Battery Pack Kit
Contains control board(s) for hooking up an old fw13 55wh battery to USB-C PD ports so you can use it as a power bank for your laptop. Framework could even include an option to integrate it with the external display kit so that it’s not relying on the laptop for power
-Webcam Kit
an adapter to hook the webcam module to a usb-c/usb-a port, and 3d printer files to enclose it so that it can be used as a standalone webcam.
-EGPU Adapter for the fw16
Something to allow the PCIE port for the expansion bay to connect to a full-sized pcie slot, so madmen can try to hook a desktop 4090 to their fw16.
Keypad kits
-lets folks take the keyboard or numpad for the fw 16 and connect it externally via usb or bluetooth.
