No pretty pictures today, but a lot of results. Nikolaus has been busy testing all the features the mainboard offers, takes quite some time (seriously).

A quick summary upfront: The main PCB only had TWO layout mistakes - and that can be manually fixed within a few minutes and fixed in the layout file (for the production version) within 1 - 2 hours. So yes, the main PCB should be ready for production now - and the display PCB as well. Only missing thing now is the CPU PCB (which is more than halfway done already).

Here's a nice list of what has been done:

Note: As Nikolaus is currently working on the tests, it could be that some stuff that I put in the untested list has been tested by him already :) Not much left to test anyways :)

Tested and working fine: ------------------------

* Display (without using the ssd2858) * Backlight * Nub-Buttons * Keyboard Backlight * BMP180 (Barometric Sensor) * Nubs * FTDI (RS232 over USB) * Power-LEDs * LID-Detect * BMC150 - accelerometer works with hacked bma150 input driver * Panel-I2C * TSC2007 + touch screen * Charging Bypass * Charger * Fuel Gauge * Keyboard * Logo LEDs * Shoulder Buttons * USB-Host Currency Converter * Cinterion Modem (both phone part and GPS) * Modem Ignite

Issues found ------------

* Sometimes, I2C hangs (Reset issue)

Not yet tested --------------

* CRTOUCH - we don't have a driver yet * INA231 (Current Shunt and Power Monitor) * Force-Reset-Logic * Over-Current-Indicator * BMG160 (Gyroscope) * BMC150 (Compass) * BNO055 (9-Axis Sensor) * Mic-Detect * FM * ssd2858

Stuff we need the finished CPU PCB to test them: ------------------------------------------------

* DPAD, ABXY * Microphone * WLAN * Bluetooth * Audio (PCM1773 and TWL6040) * Headset * Vibra * (u)SD-Slots

We're getting there - full speed ahead!

BTW: Beware - I'll start an official keyboard layout thread later tonight... I guess there'll be a hot discussion after that...

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