Open-hardware laptop computer modules description and concept.
These are electronic schematic modules as presented at https://balthazar.space/wiki/Balthazar with the main aim for team access. See the main repository for other designs.
Module BalthazarPSU2 is a combined battery charger, buck-boost coverter, stereo power amplifier and usb 2.0 hub. A somehow revised version of BalthazarPSU module, this one has an added usb 2.0 hub based on Microchip USB2514B which was much more readily available in Europe than GL3520 chip. We also work on USB 3.0 - due to the chip shortage/availability - we now have to wait.
KiCad 5.1.5 files.
All resources except the keyboard firmware - which is licensed with with GPLv3 or later - licensed under the CERN Open Hardware Licence CERN-OHL W V.2.0
Version 2.0 of the CERN-OHL introduces three variants of the licence – strongly (S) reciprocal, weakly (W) reciprocal and permissive (P) – which aim to address specific constraints caused by different collaboration models currently used in open-hardware projects.
The first two variants mean that if any product is made using an open hardware design, the design of that product, including any improvements or modifications, should be made available under the same licence as that of the original product. Permissive licences do not impose this condition.
See the LICENSE.md file for more information.
This project is funded through the NGI Zero Entrust Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet program. Learn more on the NLnet project page.
