time for a bit of a rant :)
i've been working on the tablet PCB now for... literally months over the past year or more, and i can't quite believe that every time i look at it i find something - yet another thing - that needs fixing or improving.
the latest was noticing that NMI# from the tablet's AXP209 wasn't connected to one of the EINTs on the EOMA68 connector, and noticing that 18-pin RGB/TTL with the 8.9in LCD (only 3 lane LVDS) is incompatible with 24-pin RGB/TTL of the 7in LCD (4 lane LVDS). so, goodbye all the resistors for selecting different panels, and then i noticed that the power tracks were crossing the LVDS lines so had to completely reorganise those.
i also noticed that the SD/MMC needed moving upwards a bit (so that SDcards could be poked into the case and actually... y'know... lock?), and...
... well, it's just a heck of a lot of detailed work and i'm just... amazed that there's so much to do!
oh - one other hilarious thing: i tracked down a company that makes a TI SN75LVDS83b.... the name is *not* texas instruments, it's novatek :) it's the NT7181 and it's literally identical. even the ability to switch TTL levels so that it's 1.8, 2.5 and 3.3v TTL compatible depending on input voltage.
anyway it's kiinda fun...
l.