[Arm-netbook] A20 deadline

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 5:05 AM, Lyberta <lyberta at lyberta.net> wrote:
> Hi, there is so much talk about other SoCs.

 only one: the RK3288.

>  But what about the A20?
>  How much work is left

 two updates stacked in the queue with crowdsupply, so i will be brief.

> and will it actually be shipped in April?

 very unlikely.

 2.4.0 board used amphenol reverse-mid-mount connector which i learned
has been discontinued.  sole exclusive supplier: farnell in the UK.
DDR3 2GB upgrade confirmed working.  9 samples available.

 2.4.1 board used runde micro-hdmi.  not ideal.  only 2 samples made:
both don't work: V-Cut trashed tracks right at the edge producing
shorts in one and unreliability in the other.

 2.7.1 board is to use the JAE DC3 mid-mount connector which is *much*
better.  2.7.1 had to be done anyway (to test the DC3 connector) so
2.4.1 isn't a complete write-off.... @ $1.8k a a shot....

 2.7.1 board will be done here in taiwan.

i am *not* going to production until i have a fully working
pre-production set of samples.  i don't care what the shipping date
says: i am *NOT* going to rush ahead and produce 1,000 boards that
simply... don't work.  i KNOW you will trust that that's ok.

details in updates.  including why i haven't been writing updates
(every couple of weeks), because it's really hard to concentrate when
you're sleeping for about 12 hours a day due to yet *another* round of
virus(es).

l.