[Arm-netbook] flying squirrel tablet

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

time for a bit of a rant :)

i've been working on the tablet PCB now for... literally months over
the past year or more, and i can't quite believe that every time i
look at it i find something - yet another thing - that needs fixing or
improving.

the latest was noticing that NMI# from the tablet's AXP209 wasn't
connected to one of the EINTs on the EOMA68 connector, and noticing
that 18-pin RGB/TTL with the 8.9in LCD (only 3 lane LVDS) is
incompatible with 24-pin RGB/TTL of the 7in LCD (4 lane LVDS). so,
goodbye all the resistors for selecting different panels, and then i
noticed that the power tracks were crossing the LVDS lines so had to
completely reorganise those.

i also noticed that the SD/MMC needed moving upwards a bit (so that
SDcards could be poked into the case and actually... y'know... lock?),
and...

... well, it's just a heck of a lot of detailed work and i'm just...
amazed that there's so much to do!

oh - one other hilarious thing: i tracked down a company that makes a
TI SN75LVDS83b.... the name is *not* texas instruments, it's novatek
:) it's the NT7181 and it's literally identical. even the ability to
switch TTL levels so that it's 1.8, 2.5 and 3.3v TTL compatible
depending on input voltage.

anyway it's kiinda fun...

l.

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[miloh]

I've been following the progress of your projects with interest for awhile.

Is there a tracker you're using for all these issues that you can link to
here?

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

Post by miloh
I've been following the progress of your projects with interest for awhile.

cool

Post by miloh
Is there a tracker you're using for all these issues that you can link to
here?

no, because i am fixing things as i find them, directly. also
there's no direct day-to-day involvement from others in the
development (i've invited people over the past four years and the
invitation to collaborate on a day-to-day basis - and financially
benefit from their contribution - on these projects is still yet to be
taken up [1]). a tracker _would_ help in the circumstances where
there were other people directly involved.

l.

[1] thank you to everyone who has helped in other ways, esp. with
reviews, ideas and contributions.

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