[TenTec] Dragonball CPU for Ten-Tec Orion

[Mike Bryce]

Maybe I’m out of the loop, but here goes.


If the DragonBall CPU takes a crap, and you get a new one, and then have that zillion pin TQFP part installed.

Don’t you still have to have the firmware installed?

Installing a new CPU would be like adding an empty bucket.

It’s like the processor for the Corsair II display, you can get the processor IC, but not the firmware to make it work.


Mike Bryce WB8VGE
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> 
> 
> Maybe we need a little reality check here.
> 
> In both the Orion and the Orion II, the DragonBall processors are not in
> sockets.  The DragonBall for the Orion is a 100 pin TQFP, and the DragonBall
> for the Orion II is a 196 pin BGA.  Replacing either of these parts will
> require the use of surface mount production equipment.  While the TQFP
> package could be done by a really skilled technician, the BGA cannot.
> 
> So, its nice to have a spare DragonBall processor, but there also needs to
> be a plan as to how it will be replaced if it fails.
> 
> 73..
> Howard, WA9AXQ
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