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On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 7:18 AM, Xavi Drudis Ferran <[email protected]> wrote: > El Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 05:34:06AM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton deia: > >> * i'm thinking of putting the "pass through" card on the campaign, >> approximate pledge amount $40 (because in low-volume expected >> it'll be about a $20 BOM), that would turn the laptop housing into >> a battery-operated screen, keyboard and trackpad for any smartphone, >> USB-HDMI-dongle-PC, laptop or desktop PC. thoughts appreciated >> on that one. >> > > Go for it ! > > I'm not aware of the cost you would have to bring it in before the > campaign deadline (is it finished, tested, ready?), but if you can do > it, don't doubt. it's been planned for a long time, i can estimate the BOM (not a lot - about $6 of components) it's the PCB manufacturing that will be a bit more than usual if the quantities are small, even if it's a single-sided 2-layer PCB > I think SOCs are too difficult to choose. All of them have one problem > or other. You can't immediately have a dozen CPU cards with different > SOCs to pick for. But if you can have a CPU card without CPU, then > you dodge the problem nicely. exactly, and it's kinda cool. > At the same time, having the computer attached by a couple of cables > to the laptop is still uncomfortable enough to justify buying a real > CPU card. So the pass through card does not lead to less CPU cards > sold. It justs justifies buying more laptops. exactly. then again you've probably seen the USB-HDMI dongle PC connected to motorola atrix lapdock "version 1" instructables.... you can't use the version 2 as they DRM-locked it. l. _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to [email protected]
