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Pandora: Unboxing the dev kit!
Thu, 27 Nov 2008

Everyone (me included) is already bubbling over with excitement and drama and cannot wait for the true Christmas day when the devices start shipping. With the devs being so utterly busy, I thought I might take a few pics of the just-arrived dev kit; maybe a few people will enjoy the pics; a few more will be relieved that things are in motion; finally still even more will be happy that there is another conduit for some information without bugging the poor guys. Mike agrees its okay for some leaks :) Theres not a lot of free time for me, and I'd rather be hacking anyway...

But if you do have any specific requests for pics, let me know :)

YES, I realize these are very nearly the worst pics ever; I'm no camera snob. I do need a tripod for steady shots, and some way to get diffuse lighting in. Daytime shots with a steadier hand.. I'll do that next week when I've got more than 30 seconds and don't need to work on installing bootstrap code :)

THIS IS NOT THE FINAL PRODUCTION BOARD. This is a mark 2 dev kit board and break out board .. which is to say it is relatively likely the final pcb, but the devs are surely able to change things as they see fit.

This is part hardware p0rn; part the excitement of being this close to starting some hacking on the bare metal of such a powerful and teeny little beasty. And equal parts fear and annoyance for bloody UPS leaving the package upon the steps in front of my house for a full 10 hours before I could get there to ensure it was safely cuddled in my loving arms.

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