[Arm-netbook] first post / sharing a thought

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68


On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 7:39 AM, fuumind <fuumind at openmailbox.org> wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> My first post to this list. Have enjoyed lurking here for the last
> couple of weeks. Really hope that this campaign works out! EOMA is a
> game changer. Been sharing everywhere.

 awesome

> Just thought I'd share a thought with you guys. Please bear in mind
> that I know relatively little about hardware development so don't come
> down on me to hard with all the arguments about why it would be
> unrealistic! ;)

 :)

> Would it be possible / feasible to combine something like this (https:/
> /www.crowdsupply.com/lime-micro/limesdr) with the EOMA68 standard?

 ooo... hmm.... it's a bit big already, and those are really highly
specialist boards.  in theory it's possible but look at the component
density from the picture.  the lower 1/3 is "analog RF" that's why it
has the gold ring to divide it up so you don't get radiating R.F like
buggery.

 honestly i feel if you needed this you'd just plug it in as-is into
the laptop's compartment at the front left, it would fit (just about).

 some time down the road, if SDR ever fits inside e.g an affordable
Zynq (ARM with FPGA) processor, and there is an R.F. front-end that
can be made small enough, we *might* get an EOMA68 SDR computer
card.... but woo-boy... :)

l.