Re: Project FreeBSD mobile phone : let's talk about the display I love to use

Hi,

Nice project. Just to mention that FreeBSD was apparently successfully
installed in a pinephone 
(https://mastodon.social/@tobykurien/113779792572310611)

All the best
-- rodrigo

On 15/01/25 16:18, Mario Marietto wrote:
> Hello to everyone.
>
> I'm trying to create a mobile phone with the look and feel of the 
> Black Berry and with FreeBSD as an OS. This is the tutorial that I 
> want to use as a base :
>
> https://hackaday.io/project/195587-blackberrypi-handheld
>
> as you can see he used this display :
>
> https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/hyperpixel-4-square?variant=30138251444307
>
> As soon as I saw it,I fell in love. I want to use that display for my 
> DiY phone. Problem is that I don't know if some code has been written 
> as a driver to turn it on. To be honest I'm not even sure about which 
> board to use. FreeBSD does not work well with the Arm low end boards.
>
> I know that I want a slim phone. Do you have a board that you 
> would recommend me to use ?
>
> Furthermore,the display should "match" well with the board,because I'm 
> not able to write a single piece of code.
>
> I can accept a not finished piece of code,because if there is not much 
> work to do is not much,I can start a crowdfunding campaign to raise 
> the money and finish the job.
>
> Everything is geared to linux so you must translate. I want to 
> understand if I have all the pieces needed.
>
> Starting here:
> github.com
>
>
>       hyperpixel4/src/hyperpixel4-overlay.dts at pi4 ·
>       pimoroni/hyperpixel4
>       <https://github.com/pimoroni/hyperpixel4/blob/pi4/src/hyperpixel4-overlay.dts>
>
>
> I would like to know if some FreeBSD developer is working on these 
> compatible chipset :
>
> compatible = "brcm,bcm2835";
> compatible = "goodix,gt911";
>
> Can someone share some relevant information about some useful piece of 
> code,links,that I can explore to understand if it is worth investing 
> my time and money on that display ?
>
> Anyway,I don't want to use the oblong displays used by the Android 
> smartphone. That form factor is abused.
>
> If the display that I found is not good,I will continue searching for 
> displays that have the same squared form factor.
>
> -- 
> Mario.