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The internal amp goes through the HP jack and if nothing is inserted, then it is routed to the internal speakers. If something is plugged into the jack and is causing the overload, this is not a problem with the Pandora but something to do with whatever is being plugged in I would think...

Well, I wouldn't screw over Craig and ED but new projects always put a gleam in my eye. :) I just love designing electronics. As usual, who knows if these folks really understand the difficulty if they are just researching and looking for people. It's been a long and scary ride that would...

Looks quite interesting. So what does the job pay? ;)

I like SONY. I still can't get the image of him in a bra out of my head, but that's beside the point. ;)

What Craig eloquently means by garbage is that they come with some basic firmware cranked out through the development tools and if you don't like it, tough titty said the kitty. :D

Start does nothing on a bootup with battery insertion. The start button only forces a reset when pressed with the power button which wouldn't be necessary on initial power on because the PMIC will force the reset on its own. Oops, that's wrong. I'm referring to the Pandora button here. It's...

Yay, I got my first piece of mail in weeks! Sadly, it was just a bill. :)

This location on the case is the weakest point in the entire design. The plastic is thin but has to support little clips built into the lid. Perhaps DaveC and I should have looked into trying to beef this area up on our own but we also rely on the mold manufacturer to suggest improvements to...

That does sound more like OMAP4 since the keypad scanning matrix is built into that chip.

No, that doesn't make any sense at all. :) The keyboard is controlled by a dedicated row/column scanner built into the PMIC chip. The game buttons (GPIO) are using up the camera interface. There is no second digital (standard) display interface on OMAP3. The second display that OMAP3 could...

Before doing that, hold down the right shoulder button while booting and leave it at that menu for several hours. It sounds like your battery can't get a charge if the software is preventing a full boot when it detects a low percentage remaining and then you are not able to let it sit and...

So get on it then. DJWillis tells me all the latest improvements are in the git in its own branch.

A white LED with a small limiting resistor makes quite the night light. ;)

That won't work. You'd also have to add the resistors and FETs.

Wow, this looks very nice. One thing I want to mention is that if the nub reset is a toggle of the hardware GPIO on the controller chips then there really isn't a need for left and right resets. They are both connected together. If you reset one, you actually reset both. If this is some sort...

If you will allow me to make a couple of suggestions... First, if I can view the gerber data right, you have 15 mil wide traces everywhere and no expanded pads for soldering the pins of the Tyco connector. I used pads that were 3x0.7mm so they are almost double the width of your traces at the...

S-Video gets both TV out signals and the composite plug gets just the first output on the official cable. There is no mixing capacitor and the idea is that the user must be responsible for setting up the hardware through the software so that they don't get a B&W image on composite. Of course...

I brought this up with the guys recently. The current settings for TV output are not the same as they used to be. The image looked way better back when I made those Youtube videos. The image is darker and the text isn't as sharp anymore. Also the image doesn't fit my TV screen any more and a...

The pads will tear off if people try hanging wires off of them without epoxy or an enclosure to support the wires. Development stuff usually gets tossed around on the desk and one wrong move will destroy this thing. It's a definite advantage of through holes.

It means exactly that. You are either a plug or a receptacle. The Pandora has the receptacle. If you held a plug up to your face, it would look like the picture I made. The front since it is clearly not a pins view. Yes, connectors are on the bottom side of the PCB so they are upside down...