[Arm-netbook] 15in laptop LCD up on PCB1

Paul Boddie paul at boddie.org.uk
Tue Dec 1 17:25:39 GMT 2015


On Tuesday 1. December 2015 17.05.31 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> http://rhombus-tech.net/community_ideas/laptop_15in/news/
> 
> it's by no means perfect, but i have at least data on-screen.  i
> suspect EM interference is causing the corruption, so another revision
> of PCB1 will need the LVDS IC layout to be reworked.  this is however
> huge progress.  the only 2 parts of PCB1 that need to be checked and
> debugged are the MicroSD card slot and the 1W speaker/headphone
> amplifier circuits.  the CM108AH USB Audio IC has already been
> confirmed as operational on the USB bus, as has the GL850G and the 3
> USB ports.

Nice work on getting this far, despite the "gothic" font. ;-)

Now if only the established players would see sense and support this effort 
instead of dumping excess stock SoCs into newsagents on the covers of 
magazines and causing scuffles in the aisles. :-/ OK, well, maybe not that 
established player, but at least the likes of Adafruit and Sparkfun...

Paul



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