There's a page for a predecessor of it here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20040422083729/http://www.ssv-embedded.de/ssv/pc104/p149.htm
but nothing for this version. Weird.
There's a page for a predecessor of it here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20040422083729/http://www.ssv-embedded.de/ssv/pc104/p149.htm
but nothing for this version. Weird.
okay so after spelunking through the site of the company that made it, I think this PC/104 board doesn't actually exist.
@nabijaczleweli this datasheet is from 1996.
I don't think they're ever going to fill it out
I've not seen a computer with the DARK BOOT option before
@cinebox what radios does it NOT have?
@endrift Li-Mn, apparently
Huh. I just snipped a VARTA battery out of a 486. It reads 3.0v and hasn't leaked.
This thing is nearly 25 years old!
@vfig @stilescrisis heh.
Actually the module is named "Gravity" and that switch is for selecting which interface to use, i²C or UART
@ClaireH Five, I think
So I searched for "Lyft ebike" and this image came up. Apparently in 2021 they were testing these out, and it looks like the actual released product is basically this thing but inside a plastic enclosure.
So either this is just the internals, or this is a prototype for something they later built.
Missed a chip! There's an Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 SoC on the back.
That's a Bluetooth/BLE/NFC/Zigbee chip.
(It's also an ARM Cortex M4. )
@stilescrisis not really? it's the same chip, they just put a different connector on it.
@stilescrisis I recognized it as a GPS/GNSS module, and I've ordered breakout boards for these before. Things like this:
@doskel no, I think it's just a monochrome LCD with a lot of contrast. It doesn't seem to be epaper
@magni yeah I was just thinking about that
And it's got a set of connectors on the back. Presumably whatever scooter this plugged into had some of these, but I don't really know why it needs SO many.
Maybe variants for different types of scooters? At the very least, I think it's hooking into a can bus and power (so it can recharge the battery, since there's no other input)
This did have a sim card in it when I got it. it's still active.
I think the display has a backlight, and that thing in the bottom-left looks like an ambient light sensor, but without being able to boot the thing further I can't get it to turn on the backlight.
The battery is a 3235mAh 18650 with a 5 wire plug on it.
It then sits on this screen permanently, saying Please Wait and an error code: 0x24007.
This is probably it trying to dial home, but since I pulled the SIM card it can't do that.
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