Re: [coreboot] looking for a good, small, low power, portable board

[thomasg]

On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 3:28 AM, ron minnich <[e-mail]> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 9:19 PM, David Hubbard
> <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > Hi Ron,
> >
> > Is stackability or rack-mount also a plus?
>
> minor plus, but I would like to be able to carry it around in a
> backpack as well. So, small is best. In fact, the gizmosphere is near
> ideal save the enet won't work :-(
> > Any particular power requirements or limits?
>
> the lower the better.
> > I assume you've already looked at standard sizes like mini-ITX; can you
> > clarify what rules that out?
>
> They're kind of big. The gizmosphere is a better size.
>
> ron

Since the gizmoboard has 2 PCIe links, why not attach a cheap
low-profile PCIe network adapter with e1000e?
I think this will require building an adaptor, but it's only 8 pins
for PCIe x1 data and 4 (I think) for 12V power supply.
A low-profile Intel PRO/1000 PCIe adaptor (e1000e) should be around
USD10-20 new.

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thomasg