[Arm-netbook] thoughts about EOMA68

[Gordan Bobic]

On 10/08/2012 05:22 PM, luke.leighton wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Gordan Bobic<gordan at bobich.net>  wrote:
>
>> What about having a watch battery on the EOMA card that can power it for
>> a few minutes to facilitate hot-plugging?
>
>   i asked wits-tech to put in a supercapacitor but they oops chose a
> lithium cell to power the RTC.... didn't listen.  grrr.
>
>   *sigh* yes, we have to redo the PCB layout anyway.  all a bit
> embarrassing (i made a mistake).

Hmm... Will a supercap be enough? Even if you have a way to suspend 
everything and clock the CPU down to 0MHz, it may not last long enough. 
A lithium battery, OTOH, shouldn't have a problem with keeping this 
sleeping setup alive for minutes.

Gordan