PineBook Pro revision 2.2: Wishlist for the hardware issue fixes

[Arwen]

On topic, how about small holes over emmc and serial switches, with flush rubber plugs?

If there was an onboard rs232 to usb converter, then there wouldn't need to be a serial switch.
What's more, many rs232-usb chips also have a few GPIOs which can be controlled over USB.  This could be used to give the host the USB console is connected the ability to turn on/off eMMC and the SPI flash chip, without needing to open up the PBP and flip a switch.  Would make the disable eMMC, boot, re-enable eMMC while running process used to reflash a bad eMMC a lot easier.

Interesting idea. One of the USB->TTL serial chip series I looked at, had both a model with some GPIOs and another with few, (or was that none?), GPIOs.

If we ran the power to the USB->TTL serial chip from the EXTERNAL source, we could even power off the Pinebook Pro and have the state of the GPIOs remain the same.

In my theoretical new daughter / small board with the built in USB->TTL serial converter chip, using external power was part of the plan. Basically if you don't plug in an external computer, their is no need for the USB->TTL serial to work. Thus saving a bit of power on the Pinebook Pro, (which might be running off battery).

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I'd vote for a new privacy switch, for sound out. There is nothing more annoying when visiting a web site to find out it wants to blare loud sound.

And yes, I know I can get the volume control GUI to reduce volume. Or outright mute the output sound. But I had been stuck in situations were quiet was expected and sudden blaring of sound was disruptive. Stopping it immediately is needed. As in the longer it lasts, the more heat sent your way...

Don't know if this should affect the headset jack audio output. Probably should be same as the microphone privacy switch. If the headset jack's microphone input is disabled by the privacy switch, then the sound out should be affected by the new sound out privacy switch.