08/09/2004 04:25:27, "Solutions IT WireScale"
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info@wirescale.com> wrote:
>I called 2 distributors here in the US (and Canada)
http://www.digikey.ca &
>http://www.future.ca to ask them about pxa270 availability. The
first only have
>pxa255 and the second neither of them!
Yeah, but they're both pretty broad-line distributors. The silicon
does seem to be available from the specialists.
>I'm very interested and ready to contribute/volunteer in the
dev/test of balloon3.
>Is that possible?
Possibly - what's your area?
>btw, are you planning to add integrated ethernet support to
balloon3?
Tricky. I'm trying to keep Balloon3 cheaper & easier to
manufacture than Balloon2 was. Adding chips to the board which
not everyone wants, and which can be added at least as cheaply
on a CF card, needs some justification. The only reason I'd fit
Ethernet on the board would be to get Power-over-Ethernet,
which you don't get from a CF card.
I'm prepared to be convinced otherwise, but, for the moment, no
built-in Ethernet...
Steve
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