Re: Capacitor for snuffing interference to GPS antenna

2008-08-07 Thread Michael Shiloh
Jim Colton wrote: Hey OpenMoko.com hardware team, Is the voltage on this cap. okay for me to use for the hardware solution to the GPS Problem? Capacitance is what you suggested... I want to put into place on mine if it is okay.

Re: Capacitor for snuffing interference to GPS antenna

2008-08-07 Thread Cesar Eduardo Barros
Thomas Coppens escreveu: 2008/8/7 Michael Shiloh [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I recommend NOT doing this until we understand the problem a bit better. Michael Statements on these mailing list are often confusing because the origin isn't very clear at times. Perhaps there's a need for an official

Re: Capacitor for snuffing interference to GPS antenna

2008-07-21 Thread Jim Colton
Thanks Felix, All I saw from OpenMoko was to use a 10pf, surface mount. Do you know of a link from OpenMoko.org or .com that has more detail? Please refer me to it if so. I should be able to find the capacitor here in Denver, CO, USA - I've not tried very hard to find it yet. -Jim On Mon,

Re: Capacitor for snuffing interference to GPS antenna

2008-07-21 Thread Thomas Krahn
Jim Colton wrote: Greetings Felix, I see the product on that site. The capacitance is correct, but how do you know it is the correct voltage? All I have seen from OpenMoko is this: http://www.openmoko.org/wiki/Image:Gta02_gps_10pf_rework_sop.pdf .. mentioning the capacitance but not

Re: Capacitor for snuffing interference to GPS antenna

2008-07-21 Thread Jim Colton
I see the promising software fix being worked on here: http://git.openmoko.org/?p=kernel.git;a=commitdiff;h=1d04b142ffeaa15129f046751f1366b0f0614f47 and some test result... http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-July/023062.html So I installed the latest build with the patch and