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Design Information

This section lists information on the CBB design guides and specifications for notebook computers. Design guides are intended as a reference for developers, suppliers and channel integrators. Specifications provide common ground for product developers and system integrators to come together and design products that can be used in a variety of applications. The specifications and design guides assure that Common Building Blocks are interchangeable across notebook platforms.

Common Building Block Specifications

AC/DC Power Adapter
AC/DC Power Adapter Interface Specification August, 2006 Rev. 1.0 PDF (133.0 KB)
AC/DC Power Adapter Design Guideline August, 2006 Rev. 1.0 PDF (163.1 KB)

Hard Disk Drive
Hard Disk Drive Specification August, 2006 Rev. 1.0 PDF (40.3 KB)
Hard Disk Drive Design Guideline August, 2006 Rev. 1.0 PDF (3.58 MB)

Keyboard
Keyboard Specification May, 2007 Rev. 1.2 PDF (4 MB)
Keyboard Design Guidelines May, 2007 Rev. 1.1 PDF (670 KB)

Liquid Crystal Display
Liquid Crystal Display Specification March, 2007 Rev. 1.1 PDF (2 MB)
Liquid Crystal Display Design Guidelines March, 2007 Rev. 1.1 PDF (1 MB)

Optical Disk Drive
Optical Disk Drive Specification July, 2007 Rev. 1.1 PDF (46.0 KB)
Optical Disk Drive Design Guideline July, 2007 Rev. 1.1 PDF( 739 KB)

Battery Pack
Battery Pack Specification April, 2007 Rev. 1.1 PDF (3MB)
Battery Pack Design Guidelines April, 2007 Rev. 1.1 PDF (4MB)
*For more information on the PROE Drawings and Battery Pack Database please send a request to batterypack@mobileformfactors.org.

 
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