We are very happy to inform you that the Schematics Design of our new Powerboard Tyche Desktop is running fast thanks to the new Designer and to the NXP Devkit source design plus our Powerboard Tyche Notebook design. Designer took from the NXP Devkit design ( 2023 version) everything is related to the boot process and many parts from our Notebook design, except what is not needed for the Desktop version, like the Battery part.

You can check all the details regarding what we took from Devkit design and what we took from our Powerboard Tyche Notebook design.

At the end of July, we will provide the schematic design and the BOM to the factory, which will then begin the PCB design based on the schematics. Therefore, by the beginning of August (before the factory’s holiday closure), we will know the cost for the PCB design and prototype production. New donation campaigns will then start for PCB design and prototype production.

Today, July 14th, 2025, we’ve officially launched the donation campaign for the schematics. Before the end of July, we’ll make the down payment for the schematics design. We already have funds collected from the previous donation campaign for the CE certification (of the Powerboard Tyche Notebook), so we can advance money from that fund. However, it’s crucial to boost this new campaign and encourage everyone to donate so we can use fresh funds specifically for the schematics design.

SPECS

• Form Facttor: Micro ATX
• CPU: NXP T2080, e6500 64-bit Power Architecture with Altivec technology
  • 4 x e6500 dual-threaded cores, low-latency backside 2MB L2 cache, 16GFLOPS x core
• RAM: 2 x DDR3 Slots
• VIDEO
  • PCIE3 x16 VIDEO Card 1
  • PCIE2 x4 VIDEO Card 2
• AUDIO: C-Media 8828 sound chip, audio IN and audio OUT jacks
• USB: 3.0 and 2.0 ports
• STORAGE:
  • NVM Express (NVMe)
  • 2 x SATA2
  • 1 x SDHC card reader
• NETWORK:
  • 2 x Gigabit ethernet RJ-45 connector

Yes, it’s possible to reach the goal to have a working Powerboard Tyche Desktop before the end of 2025, but is needed an extraordinary effort from donors because we depend on donations to cover all the steps that are coming : Schematics Design, PCB Design, Prototype Production and Tests.

Starting from today (July 14th 2025) you can make your donation, thanks!

Milestones

The milestone phases depend from your donation. Thanks!

We remain absolutely committed to making an Open-Hardware Notebook-based PowerPC machine a reality.

As we have already published on our past post we have changed the tactic, focusing on a desktop board first allows us to concentrate on getting the core computing platform stable and functional, tackling the complexities of a laptop form factor (like power management, screen integration, etc.) in a later stage if needed. This is a pragmatic step to ensure we achieve a tangible outcome by our 2025 target. What’s more the Powerboard Tyche Desktop version will be more cheaper than the Notebook version!

We value the experience of making our Open Hardware Powerboard Tyche based on PowerPC from scratch; this is possible thanks to the support of all donors and supporters, and the time and creativity of the activists who have been involved in this project over the years.

We ask you to share every-ware this call for support a strong flow of donations to cross the finish line of all donation campaigns to arrive by 2025 with produced, tested and functioning prototypes!