... Hello Russ, I don't make much on the sale & installation of the Addon Board. Sometimes, it is a pain to schedule my other work around the installation of...
I was playing a song using MyTunez, and then the whole thing froze up. If I turn it on and off, it will still show the frozen screen. I don't know what to do,...
I have tried twice to set up a development environment for the Zipit. and have been unsuccessful. Are there any updated tutorials on how to do this? What is...
... Well.... There doesn't seem to be a "best" way to do this. It takes some experience with tools to get things done. I threw together a buildroot to get...
... Well, it is not so much the lack of video drivers, you can run a framebuffer X server against the Zipit hardware. The issue, as I see it, is that of a...
Thanks Tom for your remarks on the LCD and GUI situation. I don't mind writing my own "driver"... though as I see it, that would just be a part of the program...
Hello all, Friend, have you been wondering what to do with that Zipit? You know the one, the one with the 5 wire mod and MMC card? Has it been wasting away in...
Porting u-boot may allow to boot kernel from tftp, then kernel can mount file system from nfs. What would be nice would be to use only HTTP so you can setup...
... Yes, I use mine to browse the web using the 'links' browser. This browser can do SSL (HTTPS) access so if you need to logon to a wifi network before using...
I was thinking of just loading the image like it says here http://www.elinux.org/wiki/OpenZipItLinuxInstall instead of the five wire serial. ... GET ... to be ...
Hihi I've just been blatantly robbed by some 'person' on ebay and sent a zipit with a smashed screen, it otherwise works, psu charges, when powered on lights...
Hello! I imagine that the EBAY pages practically insist that it was in good condition. This is normal, and unfortunately expected. However, since the majority...
... Highly doubtful that you can find a replacement. The LCD appears to be a custom Chinese design TFT. I have yet to find anything. TomW -- Tom Walsh - WN3L...
Hello! I am of the opinion that, "There are always possibilities." to paraphrase a certain individual from Star Trek. So unless it's an extremely custom job, ...
... It is an extremely custom unit. Some of the bias electronics mounted inside a "normal" TFT display are located on the Zipit mainboard. I would imagine...
Hi all, I've been a long time lurker, still have a fresh Zipit sitting on the shelf waiting for my schedule to give me time to play. I see now that things have...
... I'm not sure about using the WM8751 chip as a modulator / demodulator... This does seem to be information about the chip itself. But I've never considered...
I have been a lurker around here for along time now myself, but I bought my ZipIt last year for the hopes of doing some kind of APRS application with mine. ...
... Well, if you added an MMC card plus the 5wire RS232 mod (TXD, RXD0, RXD1, GND and DBG), I would suggest that you install the OpenZipit distro from:...
... Doesn't Linux support the BayCom stuff? I mean, why use a TNC if you can FSK an NE555 timer as a modulator and use something like a single tone detector...
I am looking into purchasing a zipit(red) having trouble finding the zipit period Only 3 sources available. DOes anyone know where or who i can send the zipit...
i just visited circuitcity.com and they have up'ed there price from 60 to like 90 dollars. Where is the best cheapest place to buy one. Does any one have a...
ebay... http://computers.search.ebay.com/zipit_Computers-Networking_W0QQ_trksidZm37QQcatrefZC12QQfromZR40QQsacatZ58058 There's a red one that ends in 27...
I'm curious as to where I can get a nice kit, preassembled or otherwise, for a TTL level shifter. I've tried with the Max233A chips several times, and each has...