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Re: "UP" An Intel x5-Z8300 board in a Raspberry Pi2 form factor

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On 10/19/2015 8:37 AM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 18:59:51 -0400, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 18:33:42 +0000 (UTC), Martin Gregorie
>> <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> declaimed the following:
>>
>>> On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 16:35:31 +0100, Dave Farrance wrote:
>>>
>>>> Looks quite interesting, although they are still asking for funding.
>>>> (The x5-Z8300 is a new and relatively powerful quad-core Atom CPU for
>>>> tablets.) They say they've just got their first engineering test
>>>> sample of the "UP", and the photographs do appear to be of a real
>>>> board.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/802007522/up-intel-x5-z8300-
> board-
>>> in-a-raspberry-pi2-form-fa
>>>
>>> As you say, it looks interesting. I didn't notice any power consumption
>>> figures, though just that it uses a single 5v supply.
>>>
>>> Being slightly picky, I'd have preferred an SD card slot or a SATA
>>> socket
>>
>> 	I could swear the page image showed an SD card slot (along with
> four
>> USB host slots and Ethernet).
>
> There's a rather flat-looking socket on the bottom surface under one of
> the USB2 socket stacks, but its labelled "USB3" in one picture. There's a
> also a comment elsewhere in the text saying that it can be configured as
> either a 5th USB2 socket or the only USB3 socket.
>
> That is how they justify the claim of having 5 x USB2 + 1 x USB3 when the
> photos show only 4 obvious USB2 sockets on the top plus the one rather
> indeterminate piece of metal on the bottom. I initially thought the
> photos showed just 4 x USB2 and no USB3. It took some careful reading to
> realise that its only a semi-cheat. There are in fact five USB sockets in
> all but one of them doubles as either USB2 or USB3.

I'm holding out for hardware with a type C USB 3.1 connector.  The power 
input should be through a type C connector too and maybe the video.  I'm 
not sure how video over the type C connector is supposed to work.  It 
may be that the connector is the same, but the functionality is still 
special which is not a huge advantage, in fact it can be a bit 
confusing.  But if you don't need the video output it becomes another 
USB port.

-- 

Rick

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"UP" An Intel x5-Z8300 board in a Raspberry Pi2 form factor Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance@OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> - 2015-10-18 16:35 +0100
  Re: "UP" An Intel x5-Z8300 board in a Raspberry Pi2 form factor Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-10-18 18:33 +0000
    Re: "UP" An Intel x5-Z8300 board in a Raspberry Pi2 form factor mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-10-18 23:12 +0100
    Re: "UP" An Intel x5-Z8300 board in a Raspberry Pi2 form factor Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-18 18:59 -0400
      Re: "UP" An Intel x5-Z8300 board in a Raspberry Pi2 form factor Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-10-19 12:37 +0000
        Re: "UP" An Intel x5-Z8300 board in a Raspberry Pi2 form factor rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 11:36 -0400
        Re: "UP" An Intel x5-Z8300 board in a Raspberry Pi2 form factor mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-10-19 20:29 +0100
          Re: "UP" An Intel x5-Z8300 board in a Raspberry Pi2 form factor Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-10-19 22:17 +0000
    Re: "UP" An Intel x5-Z8300 board in a Raspberry Pi2 form factor Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-10-19 16:25 +0100
      Re: "UP" An Intel x5-Z8300 board in a Raspberry Pi2 form factor Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-10-19 22:21 +0000
        Re: "UP" An Intel x5-Z8300 board in a Raspberry Pi2 form factor Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-10-20 01:14 +0100
  Re: "UP" An Intel x5-Z8300 board in a Raspberry Pi2 form factor "M.O.B. i L." <mobil@orbin.se> - 2015-10-19 21:10 +0200

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