I am looking to get started with Qualcomm Reference Designs.
I am partly inspired by this article: "Start Your Own Smartphone Company for $1,000".
I have an application that I would like to be able to run on my own hardware for various reasons and to save development time I would like to start with reference designs and fit the hardware into the appropriate casing for our application.
I have been through Qualcom reference designs website and it is circular and lacks information even with a login.
In addition to this website developer. qualcomm that has two platforms worth working with but a comprehensive spec only available for the 410c
I contacted all the design houses qualcomm had listed online but they seem to only deal with bigger customers. I am finding it somewhat slow to deal with Zuoer in China as mentioned in the bloomberg article.
To get started with reference designs I need a list of what is available and spec sheets for those designs so I can line them up against our test devices and find the right one for our application.
Any information is appreciated, thank you to everyone.
Best Answer
As someone who has been in the electronics sales and distribution world for a couple years now, I can say from experience that the majority of mobile handset chipset suppliers such as Qualcomm have their documentation on a secure portal and will only grant access to either top tier customers or other tier 1 customers that sign NDAs where the suppliers feel that the customer is a strategic partner. Otherwise, you're left dealing with a SoM vendor such as Intrinsyc.