Ordering the Alpha board

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Wow Exxos that is quite a feat of engineering. I just compared your new board to my 520 STM board.

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Icky wrote: Tue Aug 28, 2018 8:54 pm Wow Exxos that is quite a feat of engineering. I just compared your new board to my 520 STM board.
Cool! well actually base form as STF of course :) but all that now "blank space" will be where all the expansion ports will go :)
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exxos wrote: Tue Aug 28, 2018 4:17 pm Well I am shipping sockets for them all anyway. Problem is, if a chip gets red hot , then unsoldering it will be a pain.. also if something is wrong somewhere, might need leg bending, track cutting etc...

Soldering direct is best for sure, but not a good idea on a test board..
Cool, sockets it is then :)
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Picked mine up this morning ;)

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"Probably won't work edition" has landed in Ohio. =D
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Icky wrote: Tue Aug 28, 2018 8:54 pm Wow Exxos that is quite a feat of engineering. I just compared your new board to my 520 STM board.


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Glad you are all getting them pretty quick! Thanks for everyone's support! :cheers:

I will be listing 4 more boards in my store shortly... those are the last ones... I'm not producing anymore of these boards as of course it is un-tested.

See the roadmap for clues on whats to happen over the next year... https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/forum/viewt ... =19&t=1028
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I will list the last 3 boards in my store later today.. but please don't order any other parts as I can only send the board in a jiffy bag and can't pack other items in there as well (not without being crushed)..
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Chris I've been looking for the schematics for the board, I have enough parts to start building. I want to check the resistance on the pullups prior to starting full build up. Also is the DiagROM image up some where? Maybe we could have a thread for debug tools. Hope to have power on by next week end. The memory board and processor I just ordered from your store is going to be my long pole.

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PaulJ wrote: Sun Sep 23, 2018 3:36 pm Chris I've been looking for the schematics for the board, I have enough parts to start building. I want to check the resistance on the pullups prior to starting full build up. Also is the DiagROM image up some where? Maybe we could have a thread for debug tools. Hope to have power on by next week end. The memory board and processor I just ordered from your store is going to be my long pole.

Thx
Hi PaulJ

When building the board I used a combination of the following to help:
I found that printing the schematic out and the silk screen layer (inverting so black background is white) helped when working on the board

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