Ward Vandewege wrote: > > > I think a small microcontroller and actual flash chips may be > > > the simplest and cheapest way to do it. The microcontroller is > > > for flashing from ALIX, maybe also GPO pins and serial port. > > > > Speaking with y flashrom hat on, I'd like to point out that you > > can use the FT2232H Mini Module (~$30) to perform > > in-system-programming (well, as long as the machine is powered of)
In-system-programming is worth considering, but for boards with sockets it actually just creates extra work. In any case $30 for flash programming in the tester hardware is way unacceptable. I'm thinking that $10 is already nearly too high cost, but on the other hand it buys a very nice ARM7 with USB, which could be reused also independently of the tester. > What kind of hardware would one use to hook the spi chip to the > mini module? This is the question. Anything socketed is easy, but soldered down chips make it more difficult. For SO-8 I've only seen the IC-CLIP by Pomona, which doesn't attach with a very sturdy connection to chips. :\ //Peter -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
