[Arm-netbook] flying squirrel conundrum

[luke.leighton]

On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 3:12 AM, Henrik Nordström <
henrik at henriknordstrom.net> wrote:

> mån 2012-11-26 klockan 02:30 +0000 skrev luke.leighton:
>
> > a 100-pin STM32F.  15 scan lines where you do PWM, this charges the
> > capacitors; 9 "sense" lines, connected to ADCs, read them in, shove
> > the output over to the main processor, let it work out the answers.
>
> Ah, nice. Suspected it was the case but asked to be sure.
>
> > as this would be raw data being received and decoded on a 1ghz+
> > processor, theoretically it would be possible to do... i dunno....
> > 50-point multi-touch or something ridiculous.
>
> And a very nice platform for experimenting with multi-touch panel
> readings and boundaries.
>
>
yes!  you wouldn't believe the cost i've found (10k volumes).  a company in
HK, recommended off of ST's web site, they are doing such high volumes that
even the 100-pin STM32F106RVT6 is just under $2.50.  stunning.  they sell
in lots of i think it's 850, they come in packs, they just ship them
straight out, no splitting packs, nothing.

it's... mad.  absolutely mad.  _so_ no need for any of these 8052-based
ICs, one for camera, one for audio, one for this, one for that.  i had
absolutely no idea that there were so many processors in a single tablet.
adding it up, there must be what... *eight* separate processors, even as
many as 10 or 11 if it's got 3G and GPS.

l.
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