[Arm-netbook] UPDATE: EOMA-68 Micro Engineering Boards

[Christopher Thomas]

[Per the topic via the
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/07/22/2213244/eoma-68-based-kde-vivaldi-tablet-engineering-boards-ship
thread, ]

Speaking of the MEB, I'm going to try and ship off a few more
tomorrow. I'm having a coworker help me with assembly in his free
time. He will assemble and ship them while I inspect them. At least
this way I can get some out of the door.

The other option I can offer, is to forego testing and assembly and
ship them as a packaged kit to those who want them now. It's not the
ideal solution I was hoping for, but would be an alternative to those
with soldering skills. My right hand is still not working right but I
don't want to delay anyone any further.

Same as before, contact me off-list and I will get back to you with a
confirmation.

My coworker isn't as fast as myself, but he's competent and I will
guarantee all boards assembled will be to my standard. And again, I do
apologize for this delay. Everyone has been so patient and kind, I
greatly appreciate the considerate words you all have sent me.

Christopher

On Jul 24, 2013, at 11:18 AM, "luke.leighton" <luke.leighton at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Ottavio Caruso
> <ottavio2006-usenet2012 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> http://hothardware.com/News/Vivaldi-KDE-Linux-Tablet-Reaches-QA-Status-To-Ship-Soon/
>
> oooOo
>
>> But who is shipping the tablets? I thought you were shipping only the
>> boards, not the finished product.
>
> yeah it's all a little confusing but generally accurate.  the
> original post by aaron only refers to the micro-engineering boards
> that christopher put together.  the link has generally been made /
> assumed that aaron's referring to the actual _tablet_, which is in the
> final phases of development, and is also not far off.  the company we
> asked to do it, the boss really wants to do a final triple-check of
> both the case design and the PCB and schematics before he signs it
> off.  given that it's been described by other people we approached as
> an "old school" design this is probably a good idea!
>
> if you recall, waay back when i did the initial schematics and PCB
> layout, we're using PWM for audio via the STM32F, and the plan is to
> use adamgreig's "followingrobot" code to basically have the STM32F
> handle the camera *as well*.  i'm strictly speaking not an actual real
> hardware engineer, found everything "off the internet" and threw it
> together, so it really does need double-checking.
>
> ordinarily (i.e. nowadays) you jam a few chips together, they're
> digital, y'know, ya just wire a Wolfson Micro Audio IC to the AC97
> bus, ya wire this to that and it's all happy.
>
> so that it's future-proof and completely independent of whatever CPU
> Card is in it _and_ reasonably low-cost and also because none of the
> companies with USB Audio or USB Camera ICs would answer my enquiries,
> we've taken a much more "analog" DIY approach that's going to need
> some programming of the STM32F to get the product out the door.
>
> none of that was mentioned in the news articles because aaron was
> _actually_ referring to the Micro-Engineering Board :)
>
> l.
>
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