Hardware Reference

This chapter contains a description of the hardware included with the Librem 5 developer kit and phone. The following list is a placeholder that will be replaced with individual sections. It is based on the information about the developer kits contained in this blog post.

  • 10/100 Ethernet
  • Audio Codec
  • Bluetooth I2S interface
  • Bluetooth (UART4)
  • Camera (MIPI CSI)
  • Charge Controller
  • Charge controller’s thermistor
  • Display’s LED backlight
  • Earpiece speaker
  • eMMC boot (boot mode switch in the “up” position)
  • External microphone
  • GNSS (UART interface and antenna)
  • Haptic motor
  • hardware kill switches for WiFi / BT and microphone
  • headphones detect (HP_DET)
  • Headphone speakers
  • Headset microphone
  • IMU (accelerometer, gyro, magnetometer)
  • JTAG
  • Microphone select IC
  • Mini-HDMI
  • MIPI DSI LCD panel
  • On-board microphone
  • Power indicator LEDs
  • Powering from 18650 battery
  • Proximity / ambient light sensor
  • push buttons (power button, reset button, volume up, volume down)
  • RedPine WiFi/BT M.2 module on SDIO
  • RTC
  • Safely charging an 18650 battery
  • Serial Downloader (loading u-boot via USB)
  • Smart card reader and smart card slot
  • SoM (pinout mostly validated, SoC, eMMC, and PMIC working)
  • SPI NOR Flash
  • Touch controller
  • UART Debug
  • USB-C
  • USB-C role switching
  • USB Hub and SD controller
  • User LED
  • WLAN/BT antennae
  • WWAN hardware kill switch
  • WWAN I2S interface
  • WWAN module, SIM card and antenna

Additional sections may also cover these components:

  • Audio jacks - headphone, microphone
  • Modem