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> At 08:57 AM 15/01/99 -0500, Chris Thompson wrote:
> [deletia]
> >Creating such a board from scratch is not a trivial undertaking. Although
> >the cardPC is very integrated, it is not a complete computer system.
> >Designing a small carrier board with additional capability like pcmcia
> >on-board is a great deal of work. Keeping it small is a real trick. Making
> >it manufacturable and reliable is an art.
> [deletia]
>
> If you're looking for ideas, check out:
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>
http://www.eea.epson.com/library/cardboard.htm
>
> They have the schematics for their CARD Presso board available in ORCAD
> DOS/Windows and PDF format. It has a PCMCIA slot on-board, so the
> schematics show the interface ICs required.
>
> Caveat: There seem to be a few differences in pin-outs between the Cell
> Computing and this Epson/SMOS cardPC. Mostly LCD pins, power management
> (not the actually vcc/gnd pins, fortunately :-), but it's something you'd
> probably want to design for, so your carrier board is more flexible.
>
> I'm just starting to work on my own ideas along these lines. I hope to
> include at least one PCMCIA slot (Type II, maybe Type III), an
> IDE-connected CompactFlash port, and an ISA-bus based 10B-T Ethernet port.
>
> Now, if only I could find a place here in Ottawa to do prototype quantities
> of PCB and SMD work... Anyone know of any?
>
> Andrew.
>
> Andrew Plumb
>
spam_OUTandrewTakeThisOuT
plumb.org
>
http://www.plumb.org/
>
http://wwp.mirabilis.com/13667980
