[Arm-netbook] thoughts about EOMA68

luke.leighton luke.leighton at gmail.com
Mon Oct 8 17:34:17 BST 2012


On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Gordan Bobic <gordan at bobich.net> wrote:
> 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.

 needs to be rechargeable, needs to be small (8mm diameter max, 2mm height max).

 does anyone know of any suitable part numbers that meet this description?

 l.



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