Re: [Gumstix-users] Latest rev of Robostix: 'blue wire', 'backwards LED' fixed?

[Dave H. <dhy...@gm...>]

Hi Rick,

> I'm considering picking up a (second) Robostix, and I'm wondering if the
> latest version is cured of the minor warts of the earlier boards:
>
> - The reversed (mis-marked) LED.
> - The blue wire that gets in the way when the Robostix is stacked with a
> Connex board.

Yeah - I have a newer Robostix which is marked as R341. It has no blue
wire. The blue wire rev'd board is R294. I think that only the first
batch of R294's had the LED reversed.

The newer rev of the board still has a minor fit problem. The 32 kHz
crystal on the gumstix still hits one of the components on the
robostix. Gordon said they're replacing that with a smaller crystal
but I'm not sure if that's just for the new gumstix (PXA270) or if
they'll fix up the older ones too.

This crystal problem is still pretty minor (the boards are very close
to being parallel).

I got a header version of the board where most of the connectors on
one side were right angled, except for the MOTOR power and battery
connectors. These still interfere with the MMC slot on the basix. It
would also interfere with the slots on the connex boards. Hopefully
this has been addressed. I removed the jumpers and replaced them with
right angle ones.

I'm considering getting the headerless version and putting the headers
on the bottom of the board.

> Also, I see that Robostix is currently out-of-stock (hot item!). When do =
you
> expect to have more in?

I don't know the answer to that, so I'll have to let one of the
gumstix folk chime in.

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Dave Hylands
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.DaveHylands.com/