Hi John, The board you are suggesting will probably be a challenge as those connectors I believe only come in SMT style and the alignment of them are very tricky so I don't think you would be able to hand solder them.
Dave On Sunday, August 24, 2014 1:21:35 PM UTC-5, monahanz wrote: > > Thanks for the info gb. Currently I'm leaning toward s the Technologic > TS-4900. See here:- > http://wiki.embeddedarm.com/wiki/TS-4900 and > http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/board-pictures.php?product=TS-4900 > > They offer a mini-board with two 100 pin connectors on the back that > would make the placement on an S100 board very nice. The S100 board would > be modeled after one of their "TS-Sockets" and should in theory allow one > to use a number of their "Computer on Module boards". They supply a > free IDE programming interface but somebody told me programming the I/O > control lines is not easy. There are 121 of them. Clearly plenty to > control the critical S100 lines for other S100 board I/O data etc. > > An alternative I've been looking at is the European Olimex line, for > example their A13 https://www.olimex.com/Products/SOM/A13/A13-SOM-256/ > > The advantage of them is they are more "hobby" oriented and supply much > more information. The down side is their boards don’t have the connectors > on the back. The could be placed upside-down (not great) or perhaps removed > and re-soldered. > > Anyway early in the process, I have currently started on an 80486 S100 > board which I will do first. > > Everybody out there, please feel free to supply suggestions as to "modern" > CPU board you would like to see on the S100 bus. If a cell phone can > contain a powerful computer, the is no reason our S100 boards cannot be > one! > John > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <javascript:> [mailto: > [email protected] <javascript:>] On Behalf Of G. Beat > Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2014 7:13 AM > To: [email protected] <javascript:> > Subject: [N8VEM-S100:5012] An ARM CPU on the S100 bus > > These System-On-Module (SoM) packages offer some interesting capabilities. > Ethernet / wireless support and integration on the S-100 card being a BIG > Plus. > > Connectivity is replacing most storage media for data/program transfers, > such a board could serve the role as a surrogate for other S-100 boards. > > Depending on implementation, an ARM based S-100 board (Linux) could also > eliminate the need fir a separate PC to address -- uploads, interfacing, > etc. > > Intel's migration to NUC, now in their 4th generation, shows another > paradigm shift and options. It could sit inside a S-100 case -- or > attached to back of monitor (VESA), being a super-smart > terminal/workstation. > http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/nuc/nuc-kit-d54250wyk.html > > gb > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "N8VEM-S100" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "N8VEM-S100" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
