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Prototyping Framework Laptop Expansion Cards
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> By the time you want to upgrade the CPU, the mainboard won't be compatible, so what's really there to upgrade?
The mainboard! (Well, that's Framework's plan at least.)
And the mainboards can run standalone too, so you in theory you can use it to automate your house in the future or something too. :)
(With regard to the 2-in-1 aspect, I think it's important to remember that this is Framework's first product range, they need to limit their scope to not spread themselves too thin.)
And people are already starting to experiment with hacking together their own modules, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_uOzNt-xwY who was prototyping with off the shelf "magsafe" style adapters & essentially "rehousing" a wireless mouse dongle.
So with a "universal" wireless mouse + keyboard dongle rehoused in a module you could get two of your ports at least. :)
> If Framework opens this up for other companies to make modulesFrom what I can tell, they already did that: https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/ExpansionCards
> USB port module with an integrated Logitech wireless mouse receiver
This guy seems to be making something like that (minus the USB port): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_uOzNt-xwY
People are working on some interesting stuff. Example:
RP2040 expansion card: https://community.frame.work/t/rp2040-microcontroller-expans...
The engineers at framework seem to be very active on the forum engaging with the community.