03-23-2019, 01:10 PM
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Thanks Wood and Paraplegic Racehorse, good to hear others are interested in the PineTab. The 16GB seemed a little light on for me too, hopefully Pine will reconsider this.
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Looking at the pine store, they sell their 64GB module for the existing platforms for about $20 more than the 26GB one. I'd definitely pay that difference if it were an option.
I've only seen the one picture of the pinetab's board from the FSODEM update post and it looks like they may have been considering other options. The eMMC modules in the store look like BGA packages, and I can only see 3 BGA packages on the board. The two in the middle are the A64 and I'm assuming RAM module. The third is on the right side in a confusing region of overlapping silkscreen lines. One set of borders looks like the outline of the modules in the store, but there is a much larger rectangle that encompasses and area about twice the size. There may also be a connector of some kind leading to the chip? Socketed storage would be really nice, but I don't see any method of securing the module which wold be needed for any socketed connection in a device built for a lot of handling.
Of course that chip could be something completely different and the storage is on the other side of the board (and since that end is butting up against the display, it would definitely be a soldered in package to minimize the height).
Another side note: If I understand the description right, the keyboard module communicates over USB port. If that is the case, I hope they consider selling the mating ends as parts, I can think of several uses for a ready-made usb/pogo connector set!
Thanks Wood and Paraplegic Racehorse, good to hear others are interested in the PineTab. The 16GB seemed a little light on for me too, hopefully Pine will reconsider this.
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Looking at the pine store, they sell their 64GB module for the existing platforms for about $20 more than the 26GB one. I'd definitely pay that difference if it were an option.
I've only seen the one picture of the pinetab's board from the FSODEM update post and it looks like they may have been considering other options. The eMMC modules in the store look like BGA packages, and I can only see 3 BGA packages on the board. The two in the middle are the A64 and I'm assuming RAM module. The third is on the right side in a confusing region of overlapping silkscreen lines. One set of borders looks like the outline of the modules in the store, but there is a much larger rectangle that encompasses and area about twice the size. There may also be a connector of some kind leading to the chip? Socketed storage would be really nice, but I don't see any method of securing the module which wold be needed for any socketed connection in a device built for a lot of handling.
Of course that chip could be something completely different and the storage is on the other side of the board (and since that end is butting up against the display, it would definitely be a soldered in package to minimize the height).
Another side note: If I understand the description right, the keyboard module communicates over USB port. If that is the case, I hope they consider selling the mating ends as parts, I can think of several uses for a ready-made usb/pogo connector set!
