Hi all, I'm looking into possibly buying a Pegasos II and i was wondering if the Peg has onboard USB and sound headers.

Like this?

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Yes it has!

It has the following headers on the motherboard (in addition to the connectors on the rear panel):

1 Firewere (standard motherboard connector)
1 USB (on the "geeky" header-row)
1 IR (on the same row)
1 I2C bus (on the same row)

*AFAIK* 1 Second Gigabit Ethernet (needs a not yet available tool/PCB "connector" that connects to the small slot just above the CPU card (where the PSU connector was on the Peg1))

1 Audio In (CD In)
1 Audio In (Video In)
1 Audio In (AUX In)
1 Headphones
1 Microphone

+ the regulars, such as various LED's, internal speaker, etc.



[ Edited by takemehomegrandma on 2004/8/31 20:30 ]

Thanks!

Gazp, you will find all information on
http://www.pegasosppc.com/tech_specs.php

AFAIK there are still board available for sale online
( same website :))

Whose crazy idea was it to put the USB pins in that weird configuration anyway? It makes adding hardware more difficult.

The plan is to produce plug-in boards which expose such functionality, adapting to whatever casing/peripheral needs were necessary.

The reason there is only one USB port is because the AGP spec dictates that USB should be made available on the AGP slot - 2 ports on back, 1 port on the front panel and one for AGP makes 4 - the maximum on the Via 8231.

You could always connect a USB hub to that single front connector.

Neko

@Neko

Why is there the USB? For what is needed?

Um, card readers, memory sticks, mice, keyboards, printers, scanners, cameras etc.

gazsp, please reply after read the thread correctly, I was said the USB on AGP...

@ gazsp (and all you others)

Note that info about this subject, and info about lots of other things as well, is now available at http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/overview.jsp?nodeId=018rH3bTdGZj9N58582822

People asks similar questions as the one above once in a while, and that page is a great source of info, so why not just point people there? Worth remembering the link IMHO!

gazsp, you may find this document interesting, http://www.freescale.com/files/32bit/doc/app_note/AN2666.pdf starting at page 8, and then a few pages forward.

[ Edited by takemehomegrandma on 2004/9/5 21:52 ]

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Macs make use of this: usb is routed to the DVI connector -> you only need one cable to get everything you need to the monitor..

USB is used for:
- audio
- many monitors have usb hubs
- some monitors can be software controlled..

For a real-world example of what I'm talking about, I just got an internal card reader which has some kind of a plug with a pin configuration which I guess is common on PC motherboards.

To get it to work with the Peg, I will need to cut the plug off and connect each wire to the corresponding pin. I think there are tools that help a person do this without having to use a soldering iron but it is still kind of a pain in the butt :)