The mboard 1 is the first motherboard concept for the linuxstamp. It is still in the planning stages, so if there is a feature you want add it to the wish list.
Archive for May, 2007
Linuxstamp motherboard
May 29, 2007Power Over Ethernet
May 12, 2007I’ve been reading up on POE (Power Over Ethernet). This is a really cool technology. I’ve partially added this feature to the Linuxstamp. I’ve put an ethernet jack on the board that is made for POE, and has the rectifier built in providing the 48v power pins. This allows a motherboard to implement a 48v -> 5v power supply. Transtek Magnetics has a very nice part for this. Tyco also has parts for POE with the rectifier on them, but they have a 10 week lead time and very large minimum orders. That seems like a very poor way to bring in new business.
