What I/O boards do users want?

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donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: Australia Posts: 1314	Posted: 11:41pm 10 Jun 2011       Hi Ross, Yes they are the sort of suggestions we are looking for, and the fully populated at $3.50, well is that USD or AUD you need it at? You pretty much covered the full spectrum of I/O, so I'll try and cover a bit of it. Cheap LCD will be a must, I think Geoff has mentioned this is the past, or has it covered, but it is trivial for this beast. Ethernet, again, I think if you have a look through the archives, Geoff has this on his to do list, but it will be a few months, as he is in Darwin, and doing a round Australia camping holiday, and will be returning to Perth in September. So it may be September before you see any big movement with the Maximite firmware. He is doing small updates on the road, and only has USB Modem comms from a notebook, so he can't always be on line. I have noted all your other comments and suggestions, and will make sure Richard reads through them, as he will be the one designing the I/O. BTW I have never seen a Maximite, so I haven't used one. Richard contacted me last Saturday, and asked me to re-read my Silicon Chip articles. So my involvement is a week old. I read through all SC articles when Leo printed them, but the penny didn't drop, that this is an $8 chip doing all of this work, and the way Geoff has knitted the project together, really puts the icing on the cake. He really is a happy little Maximiter! Cheers Don... https://www.dontronics.com