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It would be impossible to implement a Dvorak keymap on that keyboard. There needs to be 2 keys to the right of the "L", and the space bar must be split in two.

GNU is not an operating system without Linux. I'm still waiting for the Hurd to reach a usable state. https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/

If it can't phone home, it does not matter if there is a back door. To have a secure system, the system can not have any external connections. usually this is called an "air gap". Not practical for most people, but that is the only way, and even then not secure against a determined spy. The RF...

any idea where else the JRE folder might be? my .../appdata/java directory is empty. The installer says it is installed though.

That is because you have never made a board using extremely high density BGA parts with hundreds of pins. When the ball pitch gets below 0.4mm, you can't route a wire between the pads, and on burred layers, you can't rout traces between the vias, so you must use via in pad, blind vias to...

More like the switches used in the Atari 2600 controllers. The contacts are the traces on the circuit board, and the domed piece of metal is usually taped in place. The product shown in that link is a fully assembled switch, much too expensive for a device with as many switches as the Pyra will...

To test with JTAG, both ends of each connection to be tested must be JTAG devices, and both be in the same JTAG chain. Realistically it is likely that only one device in the Pyra, the SOC will have JTAG which means the JTAG can test exactly nothing. At this point, as with most boards, the JTAG...

Digikey does not have anything like that, but they do have as stacked eSATA + HDMI : http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/1888540-1/A35076-ND/1246898 Too big to fit in Pyra though. If we could convince a manufacturer to produce a dual stacked full sized SD card socket, we would get a huge...

I'd rather see the SATA used for an internal solid state disk. SD is convenient, but even the fastest SD card is slow compared to SATA.

As someone who has designed many boards, I have never found JTAG to be practical for board testing. For programming FPGAs and debugging microprocessors, it is fine, but you seldom use more than one FPGA per design. Usually you end up with a separate JTAG port for each device that supports JTAG...

How many times have you visited the US with it?

Hmm, which of the following apps would do this? Firefox, Galculator, Navit, terminal, and Task Manager. That was all that had run since booting before the restart hang and the problem started. No games at all.

Yes, somehow it got switched to joystick mode. I don't know how though. Switching it back to mouse mode got it working again. Thanks.

I know this is a software bug since the left nub still works in the input tester app, but it does nothing on the desktop anymore. I was having trouble with navit. I had connected the bluetooth GPS as I always do, but navit refused to see it, so I initiated a reboot. The pandora hung during...

Why can't you just map both buttons to space so if you hit either one you get a space? You and Binky get a trivial compromise, and everyone else gets an extra button, and the flexibility to put the space button wherever they want it.

It is only 20 mm if you include the height of the buttons and nubs. I actually measured it to get that number.

Robustness all depends on the part chosen. This: http://media.digikey.com/PDF/Data%20Sheets/Hirose%20PDFs/ZX360D-B-10P%20drawing%20.pdf with through hole tabs would be more robust than this: http://katalog.we-online.de/em/datasheet/692622030100.pdf This...

You can not implement OTG with a full sized B port (usb 2.0, or USB 3.0) it does not have enough wires. Having both a full sized "A" and "B" ports connected to this port would be a really bad idea, confusing to users (only one can be used at a time) and adding extra circuitry which is very...

Because tying more than one connector to these 5 Gbps lines will add stubs to the lines (unconnected lengths of trace) that will act as antennas, to create all kinds of RFI interference, cause reflections which will distort and corrupt the signals, and more than likely give you two ports...

Because the double wide space key is what prevents a dvorak keymap on the Pandora.A uniform array of keys is much more flexible, any key can be used for any purpose, no dedicated space bar or return key. It allows more keys on the keyboard. You can find all the letter keys easily with you...