Re: Re: XO-1.75 microphone socket

2010-11-15 Thread forster
> Just make sure you keep in mind the difference between the specification and > what is likely to be acceptable. One value is better suited to personal > tinkering, the other to widespread propagation. Good point. As background to my questions Turtle Art 103 now supports sensor input. http://

Re: XO-1.75 microphone socket

2010-11-15 Thread Ed McNierney
Just make sure you keep in mind the difference between the specification and what is likely to be acceptable. One value is better suited to personal tinkering, the other to widespread propagation. - Ed (who was disappointed to learn this weekend that "Zener" is not in the official Scra

Re: Re: XO-1.75 microphone socket

2010-11-15 Thread forster
> > The published XO-1.5 spec is very conservative. > > But unfortunately, layout concerns prevented me from > providing too much protection. The parts used (1/16W) > should protect up to 9V continuously, ignore previous mail, question answered thats +-9V? ___

Re: Re: XO-1.75 microphone socket

2010-11-15 Thread forster
> From the XO-1.5 hardware spec at > http://wiki.laptop.org/images/f/f0/CL1B_Hdwe_Design_Spec.pdf > > "2.7.4External Microphone Input . > An external voltage applied to this input is limited to between 0 and 3.5 V. > Inputs exceeding this range may cause excessive current to flow thr

Re: XO-1.75 microphone socket

2010-11-15 Thread John Watlington
The published XO-1.5 spec is very conservative. But unfortunately, layout concerns prevented me from providing too much protection. The parts used (1/16W) should protect up to 9V continuously, and up to higher voltages for shorter periods of time. With excessive voltage, the protective resistor

Re: XO-1.75 microphone socket

2010-11-15 Thread Ed McNierney
From the XO-1.5 hardware spec at http://wiki.laptop.org/images/f/f0/CL1B_Hdwe_Design_Spec.pdf "2.7.4 External Microphone Input A stereo jack is provided on the laptop for connecting an external microphone, switch, or other sensor. This jack is connected to the audio codec’s microphone input,

Re: Re: XO-1.75 microphone socket

2010-11-15 Thread forster
> > This was done starting with the XO-1.5, and will also be > done on the 1.75. thanks what is the allowable input voltage, i dont think its on the wiki? ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: XO-1.75 microphone socket

2010-11-15 Thread John Watlington
This was done starting with the XO-1.5, and will also be done on the 1.75. Regards, wad On Nov 13, 2010, at 3:55 AM, fors...@ozonline.com.au wrote: > I would like to make a request for a protection resistor between the > microphone socket and the protection zener diode on the 1.75 so it can mo

Re: New 10.1.3 build os353 for XO-1 and XO-1.5

2010-11-15 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Simon Schampijer wrote: > The dotted activity version build. And unleash-heldup-activity-fixes build! What a list! cheers, m --  martin.langh...@gmail.com  mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect  - ask interesting questions  - don't get distracted with

New 10.1.3 build os353 for XO-1 and XO-1.5

2010-11-15 Thread Simon Schampijer
OLPC build 10.1.3 - 353 = The dotted activity version build. =Builds= http://build.laptop.org/10.1.3/xo-1/os353 http://build.laptop.org/10.1.3/xo-1.5/os353 =Description of changes in this build= ==General== We do have 8g builds now for the XO-1.5. ==sugar== * Adapt bun

Free MeeGo IdeaPad S10-3t for developers as Intel get open-source serious

2010-11-15 Thread Carlos Nazareno
Hey guys. Looks like Lenovo's making a major push for developers too a la contributors' program in that they're giving away units to developers (at the conference) Free MeeGo IdeaPad S10-3t for developers as Intel get open-source serious http://www.slashgear.com/free-meego-ideapad-s10-3t-for-devel