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Yes, yes, it’s been a while, does EOMA68 have any updates? Oh, yes it does, and very interesting ones that that. First of all, there is still evidence of people “complaining” about the slow progress of EOMA68. By all means, this is due to the thin budget that the project is operating on. But, because of this, the project does publish some useful tips and tricks for working with advanced, modern electronics on a low budget.

The first trick, dealing with cheap printed circuit boards. The edges of a cheap printed circuit board are not precisely machined. There are tiny burrs on the edges that will inhibit proper insertion of edge-mounted components, such as an edge-mounted mini/micro HDMI connector. But, luckily there is a simple and cheap remedy for this issue. Take an Xacto knife and rub away on the edges where precise fitting is needed. This will cut away the burs that are 0.01 mm in size, and tada! Your micro HDMI connector will fit.

20190929/https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop/updates/report-back-from-factory-on-hdmi

The second trick. Well, this is not so much a trick, but something to watch out for. Some tiny integrated circuit components such as power regulators need a blob of solder underneath the component. Also, interestingly, with modern integrated circuit packages that are so tiny, they package may have no labeling on it simply due to the impracticality of putting labels on the package at a low cost. So, when you buy and work with such components, you better be pretty sure you are working with the right stuff, otherwise you just have to throw away the components and buy new ones, due to lack of labeling.

20190929/https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop/updates/faulty-power-regulators