[Arm-netbook] EOMA68 pinout change may be needed

[lkcl luke]

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 5:13 AM, Bari Ari <bari at onelabs.com> wrote:

> Yes. I was going to point that out since I believe that somebody could
> still jamb a PCMCIA card into the EOMA68 slots. But not vice versa. So
> we should protect the EOMA68 mainboards from any damage every time it is
> sure to happen.

 *sigh*.

>>
>> also, bari, what did you think of the idea of converting 2 GNDs to power?
>> http://elinux.org/Talk:Embedded_Open_Modular_Architecture/EOMA-68
>> http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/pipermail/arm-netbook/2012-January/001822.html
>>
>>
> EOMA68 10.5mm cards could make use of the two extra power pins to
> support multicore ARM or x85 designs. I was still debating where and how
> to cleverly implement them.

 bugger clever - if in your opinion there's no EM cross-interference
possible from the USB 480mb/sec speeds (balanced lines or not) then
just make them 5v power and that's the end of it.

 l.