Innards of the BlackBerry PlayBook
The PlayBook was easier to tear down compared to an iPad, and has a smaller battery which is not straightforward to replace. The motherboard has to be removed in order to get to the battery, which is glued to the mid-plane assembly.
Many of the chips are from Texas Industries. The main chips include: 1GHz TI OMAP 4430 dual core processor, SanDisk 1GB NAND Flash, Elpida B8064B2PB-8D-F 1GB DRAM, Bosch Sensortec BMA150 Digital 3-axis accelerometer, and an Invensense MPU-3050 3-axis gyroscope.
For those into chips, other components include: Texas Instruments TWL6030 Power Management, STMicroelectronics XTV0987 5 MP mobile imaging processor, Wolfson WM8994E audio codec, Texas Instruments WL1283 WLAN/Bluetooth/FM, TriQuint Semiconductor TQP6M9002 802.11a/b/g/n + BT front-end module.
Motherboard of the BlackBerry PlayBook
Not detailed enough? There’s also the Texas Instruments LMV339 Quad General Purpose Low-Voltage Comparators, Texas Instruments SN74AVCH4T245 4-Bit Dual-Supply Bus Transceiver with Configurable Voltage Translation and 3-State Outputs, and a Texas Instruments PS63020 High Efficiency Single Inductor Buck-Boost Converter with 4A Switch
For the gory details, visit iFixit’s report.
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