Sebastian Krzyszkowiak
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Purism has released the Librem 5's mechanical design, adding to already available schematics and PCB layouts.

source.puri.sm/Librem5/3D_desi

I think that may make it the first proper Open Hardware smartphone out there.

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nivea  

@dos chapeau!

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翠星石  
@dos The license on those files is GPLv3-or-later, which makes them free hardware designs; https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-hardware-designs.en.html

Unfortunately, some of the designs are in the stl format - while that is good for 3D printing and manufacturing, I don't think that format is great for editing.
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Krafting  

@dos isnt the PinePhone also open hardware ?

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Sebastian Krzyszkowiak  

@krafting Far from it. It only has schematics, component placement and 3D model of back cover available (and in case of PinePhone Pro it appears that the schematics aren't even complete, as its USB-C board is still marked "TBD"). No layouts, no CAD files, no mechanical design.

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Krafting  

@dos well, time for @PINE64 to step up their game

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Chris  

@dos

Is there a way to make the backframe a bit more robust with this? That is my onw complaint about the #librem5 . I have personally gone through 3 backplates on mine.

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Sebastian Krzyszkowiak  

@kop316 Maybe? You've got the designs now. But I'm afraid I have no idea, I have never even 3D printed anything so far 😂

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