[Arm-netbook] [EOMA26] example product layout

[luke.leighton]

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:35 AM, joem <joem at martindale-electric.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-08-19 at 08:07 +0000, joem wrote:
>> > does anyone know of any other SoCs that would suit EOMA-26?  i've
>> > listed the TI AM3389 already
>> > http://elinux.org/Embedded_Open_Modular_Architecture/EOMA-26
>
>
> Sqeeeeeeek!!!
>
> This type of IO expander scheme chips are a waste of money for the
> price they are being sold in relation to the much higher functions
> that are expected of them.
>
> Its cheaper to get a $2 cortex-3 lets say with 48 pins or 64 pins
> and then use its i2c to talk to the chip, and then have inside
> the chip a little bit of software for keyboarding, led driving,
> interrupt generation, adc, usb, ethernet, lcd, etc.

 yes - i mention that further down.

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