Mikko wrote: > 2) Yes, it can make sense not to have a bazillion CPUs on board from > various perspectives.
I evaluated no less than 25 different GPS modules some years ago and compared them in all important aspects. Every single one had a microcontroller onboard. I do not agree that it makes any sense at all not to choose one of these types. They are down to the size of a thumbnail almost. Is the microcontroller a CPU, technically yes, but it's part of the receiver, and you want to do all this fancy GUI and not suck the life of the battery from ARM9 usage. It is a good thing they ditched that GPS. It is now standard that any GPS module does have a microcontroller inside, most commonly some variant of ARM7, super low power, you never deal with any firmware. More importantly, choosing any part that requires a binary on an open source based board is asking for trouble. -- Doug _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community