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[Christopher Havel]

Regarding the art -- you're welcome! Please do let me know if I can be of
further help there ;)

One question that seems germane to the list -- doing some random EOMA-68
tinkering in my head, lol -- would it be possible to generate say a PS/2
keyboard port from the GPIOs, reasonably easily (ie without having to dev
up a homebrew driver)...? I'm thinking specifically of the A20 card here --
I have an AT101W keyboard (mechanical, from the mid-90s or so) that I'd
love to tuck an EOMA card into -- it's just the right size that I may be
able to fit the Micro Desktop Board in there if I do a custom enclosure for
it... then again since I like the junkyard look I may go enclosureless on
this one... prolly will in fact since I've lost the screws that hold the
thing shut...

On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net
> wrote:

> ok so lots has happened in the past couple of weeks, firstly thanks to
> christopher for doing some concept drawings on the micro-desktop dock.
> turns out that we may have to try something slightly different in
> order to keep the cost down, chris.  we got a prototype back (in MDF
> laminates), i have some ideas on how it looked and assembled, so i
> will wait to see what the reaction is, there.  the case is what we are
> waiting for to start the campaign btw.  and yes, i really really want
> it to be wood not plastic.
>
> second thing i have been playing with the EOMA68-IC3128 CPU Card -
> everything works *except* the LAN9514 USB-Ethernet Hub.  there are a
> number of issues, most likely related to unstable power but possibly
> due to unstable kernel code, and it's simply impossible to tell
> properly which.  so i made a decision to replace the USB-Eth Hub with
> a GL850G Hub and an MCS7832, because ICubeCorp have tested that
> combination and we know it properly works.  space is *very* tight so
> it is a bit of a mess.
>
> so the revision 1.2 has been done, it now needs review, and then it
> can go for assembly which is great.  i'm not going to push things, so
> if it's ready when the crowdfunding campaign starts great, if not
> that's fine we do another campaign separately.
>
> also just so people know, one thing we may try is to push the IC3128
> to 440mhz (remember it's quad-core so a total of 1.76 ghz of
> processing power instead of 1.6 ghz), and, also, the whole CPU Card
> uses only 2.5 watts at 400mhz, which is pretty good for a 55nm SoC.
> so it is well within the 3.5w margin set for ensuring that no fans or
> special cooling is needed.
>
> l.
>
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