• fransje26 3 hours ago

    Impressive!

    Out of lack of understanding: what does this new knowledge allow? Will it allow open-source developers to write better drivers? Or does it allow the making clones? Or nothing in particular?

    • ACCount37 2 hours ago

      This is a PCB layout and board schematics. So this helps component level repair (uneconomical in first world) and diagnosing some of the weirder failures or hardware limitations. It also helps make a stronger case that RPI Foundation should have released this in the first place.

      You could use this to make clones - but only if you could source at least the BCM2712 SoC, preferably RP1 too. I can't imagine that happening in practice.

      • bobmcnamara 21 minutes ago

        This helps placing an RP1 on a PCI-E card.

      • TheChaplain 7 hours ago

        Isn't this the same as previous? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45018509

        • bobmcnamara 17 minutes ago

          Those are lumafield scans.

          This is the old analog CT method: sanding

          • a_paddy 6 hours ago

            No, the previous post focused more on the Lumafield scans of the Raspberry Pi boards. This one is about reverse engineering the schematics of the CM5.

            • VoidWhisperer 5 hours ago

              Different project, one which was referenced in the post for that thread

            • snvzz 4 hours ago

              The elephant in the room: Why is it not Open Source Hardware to begin with?

              • bobmcnamara 19 minutes ago

                Discourage cloning.

                • privatelypublic 2 hours ago

                  NDA's with Broadcom.

                  • mouse_ 2 hours ago

                    Non-answer. BCM is far from the only vendor.

                    • ACCount37 2 hours ago

                      Broadcom has its hand so far up RPI Foundation's ass they might as well be conjoined.