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Hey SQFMI here! Happy to answer any questions :)


As you're going to see in this thread everyone wants to turn this into it's own device. Personally I think it's great for field work, I'd like to see a GPS module, lora, and a solar panel.

Given that everyone wants a slightly different hardware customization I'd just like to say I think if you do a version 2 you should seriously consider having some kind of standard expansion cards system. Something like arduino/rpi "shields" of adafruit feather's "wings"?


Stemma/ Quiic would be absolutely insane


Are you the same people behind Watchy? Very cool!

https://www.crowdsupply.com/sqfmi/watchy


Yes! We made Watchy as well, we love open source hardware :)


This looks quite epic!

Is this an original used blackberry keyboard or a new one build specifically for this?

Who owns the trademark for this blackberry icon nowadays? Is there risk that a random company owning the trademark will sue you?


How did you manage to keep the BOM so low. Very impressed!


Low margins :) This is a passion project and we wanted to make it accessible


Well done! Its just so hard to keep costs low.




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