Pandora Stalker

Oct 29 13:47:53: EvilDragon: I also advise to not charge the GPD Win at the same time while running with a high CPU-Power, as that heats the battery up so that most batteries die after 1 year. I also advise to not drive a car at full speed, as the fuel it uses increases immensively compared to driving only a few km/h less...
Oct 29 09:19:50: EvilDragon: While the heatpipe works okay and moves the heat to the heatsink this only works properly for a short amount of time. Using Chromium to watch Youtube videos made the unit a bit warmer, but not that much. However, I left it charging for a couple of hours (idling at the desktop), and the unit...
Oct 27 11:27:04: hns: @startupsucht Nachdem es einige Fragen gab: dieser Job kann (zumindest anfangs) auch als Nebenjob/Teilzeit/Freelanc… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Oct 26 19:53:12: hns: Thanks for asking! We were not yet able to test durability... But I had an idea. This needs a hell-machine... It is not yet completely finished, but already looks like this: It will wobble the display lid of a Pandora. It should be able to handle roughly 80000 open-close-cycles per day so in...
Oct 26 15:16:14: EvilDragon: 1. Boxes not yet arrived, they are scheduled for November 5th (and the manufacturer has been very reliable for the past 10 years :)) 2. Picked up Chrome cases on Friday, so we can continue with pre-assembly (so far, we only had black ones) 3. Protection bags for packaging the Pyras arrive this...
Oct 23 14:19:51: EvilDragon: Es ist in internationalen Foren nicht unüblich,fremdsprachige Bereiche zu haben. Das ist nicht unhöflich - dafür sind sie ja da :)
Oct 23 14:08:09: EvilDragon: Könnte ein Bot sein. Aber nein, ist nicht als Archiv gedacht - hier darf auch noch fleissig geschrieben werden :)
Oct 23 10:45:38: EvilDragon: Hm? No, that's not what I mean :) All SoCs have a variation in height. The OMAP5 is between 1.06 and 1.29mm thick, according to the datasheet. That's the tolerance. I grabbed piece of plastic with 0.8mm height and put it between the OMAP5 and the mainboard. It was a tight fit, but it did fit...
Oct 23 10:32:45: EvilDragon: You also receive the message for prototype designs - because especially in this phase it's critical you are informed about something like that. Imagine you are finished with your prototyping only to find out the part is discontinued. Well, at least my TI EMEA Sales contact checked the internal...
Oct 23 09:36:13: hns: https://shop.goldelico.com/wiki.php?page=Product&product=3030 I have not tried a 400GB (µ)SD card on the Pandora but other OMAP devices are running well with it. AFAIK, the TV cable alone isn't enough.
Oct 23 08:18:44: hns: Very unlikely.
Oct 23 08:04:39: EvilDragon: I haven't checked this myself, but Nikolaus thinks the connectors are available in different heights. So we should have at least 2.2mm available for an SoC (or 2mm including a heat spreader).
Oct 22 23:48:10: EvilDragon: Well, the good thing about PoP was: You didn't need to worry about the connections from the RAM chips to the SoC. That was quite a deal with the 4GB RAM on the Pyra.
Oct 22 22:44:32: EvilDragon: Pandora had, and OMAP5430 would've also had RAM popped on top. But that's rare these days.
Oct 22 19:44:39: EvilDragon: Ah, sorry: The OMAP5432 is between 1.06mm and 1.29mm high. So we have between 1.8 and 2mm space... which would be a VERY tight fit for the i.MX8M (which is 2.03 +/- 0.15mm high). But we need to fit the 0.2mm heatspreader in as well (unless it doesn't run very hot). The RK3399 would fit then -...
Oct 22 19:07:24: hns: Ok, that is already some good sign. Do you have a serial console cable to check what the kernel is doing and optionally get a console?
Oct 22 18:37:00: EvilDragon: For some reason, the 8M has a die in the middle which is 2mm high. The rest of the SoC would be fine, 0.8mm height would fit perfectly, but 2mm...? The 8M Mini would fit, but that would be a step back. The 8M Plus might be a candidate. The physical size is different than the rest, but it's in...
Oct 22 18:22:43: EvilDragon: The heat spreader is only 0.2mm. And I checked today: We can stack about 0.8mm between the OMAP5 and the mainboard. So with the heatspreader included, it means that an SoC could have a height of max 1mm.
Oct 22 17:42:56: hns: Just give it a try. It may (or not) be that the bug has been fixed unintentionally. Then please report what you find out.
Oct 22 12:26:35: EvilDragon: Yes, but you don't need that to boot. You can use the system without them, you would just be missing these features. Wifi / BT could be done with a USB stick, for example, and not everyone needs the SGX. The "to boot" is pretty horrible, in my opinion.
Oct 22 12:03:43: EvilDragon: The RK3399 seems to be WAY too big. We had space issues with the OMAP5 (we originally planned to use the way smaller OMAP5430, but that one never went into production). So fitting the 23x23mm with 1mm thickness into the little space we have seems impossible. The best candidate right now seems...
Oct 22 10:38:06: EvilDragon: So, just a quick update regarding the availability situation: GC is at it at the moment. TI switched from EBV to Arrow as new distributor a few years ago. Last time GC checked last year, the OMAP5 was still available. Normally, you'll be informed upfront if a product you use is out of...
Oct 22 01:19:58: EvilDragon: We're in Europe here. The IMEI has to be on the device AND the box itself. So we have IMEI stickers as well...
Oct 21 21:22:51: EvilDragon: That might be true as well. Let's see how this turns out.
Oct 21 20:58:08: EvilDragon: Well, usually, a manufacturer informs all their customers if a product becomes obsolete including a deadling - so you can buy any remaining stock and place last orders if need be, and TI has not yet informed us about anything like that, so they should still have remaining stock. That said, they...
Oct 21 20:04:16: EvilDragon: Oh, it turned into a birthday thread :) Thanks a lot, I'm not really celebrating it, but it was nice to see here :D
Oct 21 19:53:41: EvilDragon: Hm, I'm still wondering if I should stock it. I mean, I put all carts and the console into my shop already... but how many would buy it? Maybe I should make a poll upfront to get some numbers.