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On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 10:18 PM, Paul Boddie <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I read the archives of the Tinkerphones (previously OpenPhoenux) community > mailing list, and it appears that Nikolaus - the man behind the GTA04 > smartphone and influential in the Pyra and Neo900 projects - may end up making > the processor module for the Pyra handheld available as a separate item: > > http://lists.goldelico.com/pipermail/community/2016-September/001505.html cool! > within the appropriate area. And although it would have been great if the > EOMA68 profile had been used instead, that might have had implications for its > use in the Pyra. yes. looking at what's being designed, it's a 200-pin (2x100) SoM with a comprehensive range of pinouts. it's clearly designed to take advantage of the OMAP5 (which is a bitch to get hold of) so making it easier to obtain is a good idea. what they've done there is trade "comprehensive pinout availability" for "future upgradeability". given that the OMAP5 is still a very good processor, that's not such a bad thing. l. _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to [email protected]
