Bharat Tablet PC

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The Bharat Tablet PC (no model number) is a low cost tablet being built for distribution in India. It uses Texas Instruments' Sitara ARM-9 SoC, and provides 256 MiB of DDR2 memory (333 MHz), 128 MiB of SLC NAND Flash, and 2 GB in an internal microSD card.

Display

The display size is 7" diagonal w. 16:9 aspect ratio. The resolution is 800x400 ?.

Connectivity

A 100baseT connection is provided via an RJ-11 jack. No wireless networking is included.

Location/Movement

No location or movement sensing is provided.

Ports

  • Two USB type A ports
  • One RJ-11 for 100baseT
  • One microSD card, only accessible internally.
  • One full size SD card, externally accessible (no cover)
  • One 1/8" stereo phono jack for Headphone
  • One 1/8" stereo phono jack for Microphone

Power

The Bharat Tablet PC has a 14.8Wh Li-Ion polymer battery (4Ah @ 3.7V nominal).

Breakdown

The tablet opens quite easily (just screws, no adhesives), breaking down into a bottom half containing the single PCB and the battery, and a top half consisting of the sandwich of touchscreen and display.

The screws are all self-tapping, going directly into plastic bosses.

Height

The tablet thickness is roughly ? mm in the middle. The height stackup is:

Height Stackup
Cover Glass: mm
Touchscreen: mm
Air Gap: mm
Display: mm
Swell gap: mm Main PCB: mm
Battery: mm
Back cover: mm

The touchscreen is a single touch resistive touchscreen. It is implemented as a PET film laminated to the front of an unpolished coverglass, which is then attached with adhesive (but not optically laminated) to the front of the LCD module.

Weight

The tablet weight is roughly ? grams.

BOM