[Arm-netbook] [EOMA26] example product layout

[joem]

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.