> It's not that much extra area, and it's possible that the PoE chip
> could be used as the general purpose high-voltage supply input,
> too. (The PoE spec allows some pretty wide tolerances on the
> voltage seen at the port). Bear in mind that Ethernet also requires
> a huge RJ45 socket (which may contain the magnetics & LEDs, but
> it's still a lot of area. There's also the question of where to put the
> connector - a perennial problem on Balloon - which side is a user
> likely to want pointing out of their case, if any?
>
Or a header. Its the serial & sb solution we choose so why not for ethernet too?
Nick
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