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Tibbo released the EM500/GA1000 firmware about 10 days back. They published pinout diagrams showing how the EM500 had to connect to the GA1000 and another showing how it had to connect to the flash memory chip. I emailed their tech people to see if there was any chance of using a different pin arrangement and was told, "the lines will need to exclusive and cannot be mixed".

I did the layout for the shield discussed here and for another far more complex PCB based on their published wiring diagrams.

Today, I discover that the previously immutable pinouts have changed, making my PCB layouts obsolete. Luckily, I got a new wheelchair this month which blew my toy budget for the next few weeks so I have not yet ordered the boards. And, I'll now have plenty of time to redo the layouts. Both have been complicated by the need for a transistor AND gate between some of the lines so it may take some time.

I'm glad that Lester thinks so highly of these incompetent boobs. I think they need all the few friends they can get.