NOOKcolor Teardown

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• "Display connector chips"

  "Display connector chips" - well it looks more like a switching power supply. Device marked "100" is an inductor connected from Q1 to rectifier D1, and note the bank of 3 capacitors C18,47, 48. Likely MOSFET Q1, and likely controller UC1. What is VR1 for? Did you try it? It would be cool to have a real close up and see the part markings on those semiconductor items.

  

  opcom

  2 December, 2010 08:32

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• "Texas Instruments Audio codec"

  The DAC3100 is a small class D audio power amp with digital inputs/CODEC.

  

  opcom

  2 December, 2010 08:45

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• RE: NOOKcolor Teardown

  All that and no look at the processor.

  

  Ostracus

  3 December, 2010 02:26

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  • RE: NOOKcolor Teardown

    @Ostracus, process of elimination says it's the "unknown Texas Instruments chip". This makes sense, given the chip's proximity to the RAM, and the fact that TI makes the OMAP ARM chip known to drive the NOOKcolor.

    

    Myself248

    14 May, 2011 23:30

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  • RE: NOOKcolor Teardown

    Aloha, @Ostracus...
    
    Nook Color processor revealed: ARM Cortex A8-based TI OMAP3621
    http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/28/nook-color-processor-revealed-arm-cortex-a8-based-ti-omap3621
    
    Tana-Lee

    

    tanalee

    29 August, 2011 17:26

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• RE: NOOKcolor Teardown

  Personally, I think there are better eReaders on the market. I bought my eReader after reading this fast and simple eReader report from theebookreport.net

  

  dxg19

  2 January, 2011 15:12

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  • RE: NOOKcolor Teardown

    @dxg19, lol do you work for Amazon? ;) jk...
    
    I think the Nook Color and Kindle are really for two different markets. I have a Nook Color and I love it. I read mostly non-fiction and I appreciate seeing color charts/data and reading other ancillary docs (PDF and Office). I do occasionally pop over to the web for further reference on topics. So to me it's a great, integrated reading and casual study tool. I only miss being able to annotate Office docs.
    
    @Ostracus, I agree! :)
    My wife has a Kindle and she loves it. She reads novels, exclusively.

    

    mbratch

    4 January, 2011 10:18

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• RE: NOOKcolor Teardown

  Despite the manual.. it -will- charge from a computer.. the nook color just has to be off (i.e. turn it off while it's hooked up) and it'll charge, I did this last night (wasn't trying to charge it on purpose), but it did charge. The reason why they say this, is that the 'automount' that it does of the internal storage/sd card, overrides the charging driver..

  

  sorphin

  9 February, 2011 21:11

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• RE: NOOKcolor Teardown

  Did you put it back together? And if so, did it work when you did? Jus askin' . . . .

  

  sagewomanconcepts

  4 September, 2011 17:40

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• PLEASE HELP WITH THE DIGITIZER

  DOES ANYONE KNOW THE PART NUMBER FOR THE DIGITIZER FOR THE TOUCHSCREEN??
  
  I WOULD BE SOOOOO GRATEFUL IF ANYONE CAN FORWARD ME THE PART NUMBER.
  
  GEORGE
  saltwatercowboy70@yahoo.com

  

  saltwatercowboy70@...

  22 December, 2011 12:05

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• There appear to have been changes

  The Nook Color on which i am typing this reply (purchased August 2012, rooted shortly thereafter) has a plastic outer edge (already cracked on three sides) rather than metal.
  
  I wonder if there changes that are not simply cosmetic.

  

  fairportfan

  30 October, 2012 22:21

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