![]() (Bad cameraman, no cookie.) There’s not really much to note here as the board layout is jam packed with passive components. Unfortunately, the board is now oriented that the front of the dockstar is now at the bottom of the picture. This is the bottom of the dockstar’s mainboard. Since this device is so low-level I would not recommend trying to connect a regular serial port to it directly as it more than likely requires a level shifter like a MAX232 to bring the -12/+12VDC down into something that won’t blast the components. Once I get it in and test it, I will update this article with a pinout diagram for you. Presumably this can be used for a serial port however I do not have the cable for that. Also of note, just below and to the right of the processor is a small ten pin header. For now, just know that it’s an arm compliant processor and when I post an update article, I will have more juicy details on the capabilities of the processor. I tried to pull some more datasheets from, but their datasheet listing is quite lacking. From research I have performed, this appears to be a Marvell 1.2GHZ processor (just like the sheevaplug devices that Marvell is also selling. Datasheet available here and the large square is the device’s main processor. The small black square is Nanya 1Gb (comes out to ~128 megabytes) DDR-2 RAM in a BGA package. The front of the device is to the right in this photograph. This is the dockstar in all it’s nude glory.
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