Sébastien Hinderer wrote:
Hi,
Peter Stuge :
So, do you think that a socket could fit if a compact flash card reader does?
The socket I have in mind is from Emulation Technology:
http://www.emulation.com/catalog/off-the-shelf_solutions/sockets/tsop/
It's 5.33mm high which is more than the most slim CF sockets, but it may just fit.
Is it possible to use the system with the top off if the socket doesn't fit? Perhaps a hole could be cut in the lid?
Samuel probably knows better than I do what to answer to these questions.
What I don't understand very well is what this socket oes exactly. The idea would be tosolder it to the mother board, and then one would be able to put the chip we want in the socket, meaning switching betwween a chip containing a development BIOS and the stable one. Am I correct ?
Yes, you are correct. Unless you have a socket and and a pair of chips, one for the original bios and one to test linuxbios with, you'll brick your board on the first attempt.
-Corey