[MinnowBoard] MinnowBoard MAX not EOLed (just the A2 based boards...)

[Kevron Rees]

Does the A4 come in black?

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 3:31 PM John Hawley <john.hawley at intel.com> wrote:

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> As with previous releases they'll be available when the boards ship
> for sure, I can check with CircuitCo and ADI and see if they are
> available to post sooner though.
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> - - John
>
> On 09/30/2015 02:48 PM, David Rice wrote:
> > John,
> >
> > Are the A4 hardware design files available yet?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > David.
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: elinux-MinnowBoard
> > [mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org] On Behalf Of
> > John Hawley Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 2:27 PM To:
> > MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion Subject:
> > [MinnowBoard] MinnowBoard MAX not EOLed (just the A2 based
> > boards...)
> >
> > Afternoon Everyone,
> >
> > I've been answering this a lot lately, so I'm going to try and get
> > this all down in one place so people know what's going on.  Many of
> > you have gotten e-mails, specifically from Mouser, about the MAX
> > being EOLed.  This is partially true, the A2 based MAXes are being
> > EOLed as the A4s are getting close to being available, and the A4s
> > have some user visible changes.  Those changes include (but aren't
> > limited to): - Pin 26 on the LSE is changing to provide an MCLK -
> > J7's function is changing to (once we get firmware support) to
> > provide a way to clear the NVRAM of the firmware. (this will likely
> > be in AFTER 0.83)
> >
> > There's some other fixes present as well, things like the I2C level
> > shifter has been swapped out for one that will handle I2C better,
> > etc. Mouser is EOLing the A2 based boards because the SKU will be
> > changing due to a lot of these changes, this is normal for them,
> > but does not mean that the MAX (in some form) is gone, quite the
> > contrary.  We've got new lures that are getting worked out, and new
> > things that we'll be showing off at ELCE, and going forward.  The
> > SPI Hook, which Tin Can Tools just released, is one of the things
> > we've been working on, Microsoft just announced the MinnowBoard MAX
> > as Azure Certified for IoT, U-Boot firmware support was committed
> > by a GSoC project over the course of the summer, etc.
> >
> > There's a lot of stuff going on, we just wanted to make sure
> > everyone knew what was up with the EOL e-mails, and hopefully let
> > everyone know we are feeling fine, and are thinking about going for
> > a walk (see folks in Dublin!) :-)
> >
> > - John
> >
> >
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