Not sure if you are aware, but FYI - Malcolm MacLeod with some
involvement from Kyle Owen, Jack Rubin, and others ported your code to a
ATF1508 CPLD with a minimal test board. I believe the longer term plan
was to make a full featured community project from it, but it's stalled
a bit atm. You can find the code repo here: 

https://github.com/malmacleod/omni-serial [1] 

And the Eagle files for the minimal test board here: 

https://www.retrotronics.org/svn/omniserial/ [2] 

All 5V PTH with minimal component count. However the FTDI micro-USB DE-9
shell connector violates the component height requirements. But it could
be sub'd for a 6 pin header and USB serial cable. 

-Alan 

On 2017-02-14 16:21, Philipp Hachtmann wrote: 

> On 14.02.2017 19:13, W2HX wrote: 
> 
>> Personally, i don't care about lead free solder.
> I care about lead: It's essential!
> 
>> Is there a rohs requirement for small production, non profit, prototyping 
>> project?
> Yes. At least here: You are not allowed to put anything on the market which 
> is not RoHS conform. And "putting on the market", in german 
> "inverkehrbringen" does explicitly not mean "large quantity, for profit etc." 
> Even doing it for fun and giving the product away for free is not allowed. 
> With that they want to catch the smart people who try to sell kits and 
> assemble them for free afterwards.
> 
> BTW the OmniUSB is NOT a non profit project!! I have to admit that! It gives 
> me some funding for my Eagle license and workshop equipment. But not that 
> much. And it does actually not cover a fraction of the development work. So 
> it's for fun on the one hand but officially run by my small business on the 
> other hand.
> 
> The CPLD and board design are not secret...
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Philipp :-)
 

Links:
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[1] https://github.com/malmacleod/omni-serial
[2] https://www.retrotronics.org/svn/omniserial/

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