There has been much discussion on creating an EOMA laptop. In the meanwhile, an EOMA lapdock can be created by connecting an Improv board to a lapdock.
A lapdock does not work well on a lap though. A lapdock needs to be on a desk or table. With a slight movement of my lap, the touchpad and keyboard freeze on my second Atrix lapdock while connected to a raspi. Sometimes pushing the Blackberry 900 Y splitter data cable tigher onto the lapdock's USB plug fixes the problem. Other times, it does not and sometimes causes shut down. I returned my first Atrix lapdock because slightly moving my lap caused the monitor to turn red and buzzing. I had to keep pushing the HDMI adapter tighter on the lapdock's HDMI plug.
Matthew Ritchie manufactured custom HDMI and USB cables to insert inside an lapdock to replace the lapdock's plugs. I do not know whether his cables solves the wiggle problem. I watched videos on disassemblying a lapdock, but haven't tried it. There are four models of lapdocks. The 100 lapdock cannot be opened without breaking it. matthewjohnritchie@gmail.com http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=59033&p=44328...
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On Dec 10, 2013, at 11:28 AM, freebirds@fastmail.fm wrote:
There has been much discussion on creating an EOMA laptop. In the meanwhile, an EOMA lapdock can be created by connecting an Improv board to a lapdock.
A lapdock does not work well on a lap though. A lapdock needs to be on a desk or table. With a slight movement of my lap, the touchpad and keyboard freeze on my second Atrix lapdock while connected to a raspi. Sometimes pushing the Blackberry 900 Y splitter data cable tigher onto the lapdock's USB plug fixes the problem. Other times, it does not and sometimes causes shut down. I returned my first Atrix lapdock because slightly moving my lap caused the monitor to turn red and buzzing. I had to keep pushing the HDMI adapter tighter on the lapdock's HDMI plug.
Matthew Ritchie manufactured custom HDMI and USB cables to insert inside an lapdock to replace the lapdock's plugs. I do not know whether his cables solves the wiggle problem. I watched videos on disassemblying a lapdock, but haven't tried it. There are four models of lapdocks. The 100 lapdock cannot be opened without breaking it. matthewjohnritchie@gmail.com http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=59033&p=44328...
Work is actually being done on this front. I purchased a Lapdock Pro 500 and took it completely apart. I was able to get video and keyboard. Need work for the webcam. And a custom adapter needs to be created because the USB is inverted in comparison to the HDMI. Not to mention the spacing of the connectors on the EOMA are far apart. It would be possible to keep the form factor and just replace the intermediate cable with a custom application. Or have some form of internal docking.
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Congratulations on disassemblying the 500 lapdock without breaking it!
Motorola made the 100 lapdock and 500 lapdock proprietary. The 500 lapdock is the hardest to get working with a raspi.
A custom HDMI script, sound script and wifi script are required to connect a raspberry pi to the 100 lapdock and 500 lapdock. The Atrix lapdock and Bionic Droid lapdock do not require a HDMI script and sound script but they may require the wifi script. Hence, I returned the 100 lapdock and puchased an Atrix lapdock. The latter I returned because it had a defective HDMI. Bill Mar of specomp.com told me the HDMI is defective in a significant percentage of Atrix lapdocks.
Could you please advise whether your 500 lapdock can operate an Improv board without scripts?
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On Dec 10, 2013, at 11:28 AM, freebirds@fastmail.fm wrote:
There has been much discussion on creating an EOMA laptop. In the meanwhile, an EOMA lapdock can be created by connecting an Improv board to a lapdock.
A lapdock does not work well on a lap though. A lapdock needs to be on a desk or table. With a slight movement of my lap, the touchpad and keyboard freeze on my second Atrix lapdock while connected to a raspi. Sometimes pushing the Blackberry 900 Y splitter data cable tigher onto the lapdock's USB plug fixes the problem. Other times, it does not and sometimes causes shut down. I returned my first Atrix lapdock because slightly moving my lap caused the monitor to turn red and buzzing. I had to keep pushing the HDMI adapter tighter on the lapdock's HDMI plug.
Matthew Ritchie manufactured custom HDMI and USB cables to insert inside an lapdock to replace the lapdock's plugs. I do not know whether his cables solves the wiggle problem. I watched videos on disassemblying a lapdock, but haven't tried it. There are four models of lapdocks. The 100 lapdock cannot be opened without breaking it. matthewjohnritchie@gmail.com http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=59033&p=44328...
Work is actually being done on this front. I purchased a Lapdock Pro 500 and took it completely apart. I was able to get video and keyboard. Need work for the webcam. And a custom adapter needs to be created because the USB is inverted in comparison to the HDMI. Not to mention the spacing of the connectors on the EOMA are far apart. It would be possible to keep the form factor and just replace the intermediate cable with a custom application. Or have some form of internal docking.
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On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:57 PM, freebirds@fastmail.fm wrote:
Congratulations on disassemblying the 500 lapdock without breaking it!
Motorola made the 100 lapdock and 500 lapdock proprietary. The 500 lapdock is the hardest to get working with a raspi.
Thanks, I took lots of pictures too. I'll have to upload them sometime. Too busy. The entire thing is in pieces on my desk and I haven't had the time to put it all together. (Basically an $80 pile of parts).
A custom HDMI script, sound script and wifi script are required to connect a raspberry pi to the 100 lapdock and 500 lapdock. The Atrix lapdock and Bionic Droid lapdock do not require a HDMI script and sound script but they may require the wifi script. Hence, I returned the 100 lapdock and puchased an Atrix lapdock. The latter I returned because it had a defective HDMI. Bill Mar of specomp.com told me the HDMI is defective in a significant percentage of Atrix lapdocks.
Could you please advise whether your 500 lapdock can operate an Improv board without scripts?
I was able to get it to boot just fine without scripts, unfortunately, I put too much flex in the HDMI cable connector (taking it apart), and haven't had a chance to make a new one, and thusly, only had about 15 minutes of testing before breaking it.. Although when the EOMA68 was install with Android, the screen would display briefly, then shut off. I had not actually read any of the hardware notes for the rPI, I just saw it and bought it with the intent to hack it.
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