I think nobody will buy a GTA02v5 knowing that a better revision will be available some days after... I think this is a counterproductive way to go on marketing....because I apprehend that nobody will tell us when GTA02v5 will be sold out and GTA02v6 will be on sale...
just my 2 cents 2008/4/18, Flemming Richter Mikkelsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 4/18/08, Andy Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Somebody in the thread at some point said: > > | I'm re-posting here some mails from the openmoko-devel "Future Button > > | and LED software spec" thread [1] in which there are some infos about > > | Freerunner hardware that I think they should be more visible. > > | > > | Summarizing, they say that the GTA02v6 hardware version fixes an > > | hardware bug that causes the LEDs to use about 150mW instead of 25mW. > > > > Yeah, but how often are the LEDs lit in normal operation: ~0. > > > As written in the dev list, the problem is with the transistors: > > *Shawn Rutledge wrote: > > But GTA02v5 is not going to ship is it?* > > *Last thing I've heard, the first units will be GTA02v5 * > > *Fortunately, these power-draining LEDs (well, it's the transistors > really) are the only major issue we fixed between v5 and v6. There > are a few smaller improvements, mainly shaving off a mW of suspend > power consumption here and there.* > > *- Werner* > It was not easy to find any details, but it was mentioned something about > a fix: > > *From: Werner Almesberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Future Button and LED software spec > Newsgroups: gmane.comp.handhelds.openmoko.thirdparty > Date: 2008-04-17 15:50:07 GMT (1 day, 2 hours and 8 minutes ago)* > > *thomasg wrote: > > @Werner: do you know - or can you figure out - how many GTA02v5 will > leave > > the factory and reach the customers?* > > *I've heard something like "thousands". However, I've also heard that > there'll be some sort of fix for the LED problem in these GTA02v5. > Perhaps the dual transistor for the dual LED has been replaced with a > pack with built-in register. I'll probably hear more about this in the > next days.* > > *> And how will it be possible to find out what revision it is without > powering > > it on?* > > *I don't know if there will be any easily visible labels or such. I > know it's printed quite clearly on the PCB * > > *- Werner* > It sounds to me as the problem is easy for those of us that knows a little > electronics. If I get one that leaks current, I will start soldering! > > Does anybody know if the fix Werner is talking about, will be done for all > GTA02v5 PCB's? If it really will be a fix for it, it will not be any problem > at all. > > -- > Please don't send me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > Join the FSF as an Associate Member at: > <URL:http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=5774> > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > >
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