[MinnowBoard] MinnowBoard scheduled for Obsolescence?

John "Warthog9" Hawley warthog9 at eaglescrag.net
Fri Sep 25 15:20:40 UTC 2015


On September 24, 2015 11:14:26 AM PDT, Eric Owens <ericolv at cox.net> wrote:
>I don't know if new feature requests, for the next MBM revision, have
>been
>closed but where is the best place to make a suggestion or a request?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: elinux-MinnowBoard
>[mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org] On Behalf Of
>Jolley,
>Stephen K
>Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 11:00 AM
>To: MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion
>Subject: Re: [MinnowBoard] MinnowBoard scheduled for Obsolescence?
>
>Currently shipping is the Minnowboard MAX.  It is based on the A2 (not
>v2)
>rev of the PCB.  It is being upgraded to A4; date still TBD.  A number
>of HW
>fixes are planned for A4.  CircuitCo manufactures this board.  It is my
>understanding that A4 will continue to be called the Minnowboard MAX. 
>The
>list of planned fixes can be found at this wiki:
>https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Minnow_Bug_Triage
>
>The Turbot has been announced by ADI, it is a pending compatible board.
>Pending because it is not yet available in volume.  If it goes into
>volume
>and proves to be compatible as planned; which means the buses should
>behave
>the same as the MAX.  
>
>There is a slight change to the LSB between the A2 and A4.   The Turbot
>also
>has this change.  It is documented at:
>https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6865 but since
>neither
>board is in production yet; this is still an open item.  It is also
>discussed at: http://elinux.org/Minnowboard:MinnowMax
>
>A number of 3D designs at this web site:
>http://elinux.org/Minnowboard:MinnowMax
>
>Thanks,
>
>Stephen
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: elinux-MinnowBoard
>[mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org] On Behalf Of
>Blibbet
>Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 10:02 AM
>To: elinux-minnowboard at lists.elinux.org
>Subject: Re: [MinnowBoard] MinnowBoard scheduled for Obsolescence?
>
>On 09/24/2015 09:46 AM, Jolley, Stephen K wrote:
>> See note about it at:
>>
>> http://wiki.minnowboard.org/Where_to_buy
>
>Thanks.
>
>So Minnowboard MAX v2 will have an A4 board change. Will this be called
>Minnowboard MAX v3, or will this be the Turbot?
>
>Could someone please explain where/how the newly-announced Minnowboard
>Turbot fits into the updated Minnowboard MAX?
>
>What is the lure compatibility of upcoming A4-based MAX and Turbot to
>existing MAX v2 lures?
>
>http://firmwaresecurity.com/2015/08/19/minnow-turbot-announced/
>http://www.adiengineering.com/products/minnowboard-turbot/
>
>Also, is there any good enclosure for the current Minnows? The Netgate
>one
>looks nice, but it covers access to some ports.
>
>Thanks!
>Lee
>
>
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