Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross wrote: > Make it future proof by using the smaller rhombus-tech.net EOMA-CF > compact flash sized card.
Short of building it out of very large chunks of rock, there's nothing future-proof :-) I think EOMA/CF and a device like the Nanonote go in different directions. EOMA/CF looks like a good choice for people who don't want to mess with highly integrated electronics, who have only a small number of peripherals, and who don't need a high degree of customization. For example, if you're making a robot and just need a "brain" for connectivity and to talk to your power electronics, EOMA/CF could be a good choice, since it would come completely built and tested. However, a system like the Nanonote is designed around the SoC, and the circuit is arranged to fit a non-trivial mechanical design. The EOMA/CF module would not be a good fit in that regard: - there are very few I/Os, barely enough for a keyboard, - has interfaces useless for such a device (SATA, Ethernet, etc.), - lacks essential ones like audio or MMC, - the LVDS interface doesn't look as if it could talk directly to a low-cost LCM, - with everything being in one block, layout is very constrained, - and there are several connectors integrated in that module, so you'd also heavily constrain their placement, the placement of the module, and get worse overall mechanical characteristics. For anyone building a Nanonote-class device, a potential reuse of the EOMA work could be the electrical design and of course the drivers, though. EOMA could be a good base for that also because it shares similar goals for driver openness. - Werner _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
