Novena is an

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project designed by Andrew "bunnie" Huang and Sean "Xobs" Cross. The initial design of Novena started in 2012. It was developed by Sutajio Ko-usagi Pte. Ltd. and funded by a

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campaign which began on April 15, 2014. The first offering was a 1.2 GHz

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. It was offered in "desktop", "laptop", or "heirloom laptop" form, or as a standalone motherboard. Novena laptop motherboard

On May 19, 2014, the crowdfunding campaign concluded having raised just over 280% of its target. The extra funding allowed the project to achieve the following four "stretch goals", with the three hardware stretch goals being shipped in the form of add-on boards that use the Novena's special high-speed I/O expansion header, as seen in the upper-left of the Novena board: * Development of

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graphics drivers for the on-board video accelerator ( etnaviv) * Inclusion of a general-purpose breakout board providing 16 FPGA outputs and eight FPGA inputs (3.3 or 5 V gang-selectable via software), six 10-bit analog inputs (up to 200 ksps sample rate) and two 10-bit analog outputs (~100 ksps max rate) * Inclusion of a "ROMulator" breakout board capable of emulating TSOP NAND flash devices * Inclusion of a MyriadRF

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at all hardware-purchasing backing levels. The Novena shipped with a screwdriver, as users are required to install the battery themselves, screw on the LCD bezel of their choice, and obtain speakers as a kit instead of using speaker boxes. Owners of a 3D printer can make and fine tune their own speaker box. The mainboards were manufactured by AQS, an

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provider.

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External links

Novena page on Sutajio Ko-Usagi's wiki

Building an Open Source Laptop

The Novena Open Laptop

Novena Five-Year Anniversary: End-of-Life
Laptops Open-source hardware American inventions Computer-related introductions in 2014 Modular design

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