Parallella Community

Richard, have a careful read over the original post. The problem is that the Parallella can be damaged by use with a hub that violates the USB specification. If the hub follows the USB spec faithfully, there is no problem. The remedial action that Adapteva are taking is thus a bonus for future purchasers - good engineering in action.

The openness about this issue is in striking contrast to the way the PC industry handled the infamous nVidia laptop GPU problem a few years ago...

Mmm, just seen the proposed fix on the new schematic ... however I'm not exactly sure what's the logic behind it.

Like, overcurrent/thermal will reset the FPGA which will in turn cause the enable to be de-asserted which will shutdown curent flow ? I guess it can work, but it as a pretty serious issue that if you plug something that draws too much current, it will reset your board ... (instead of just shutting down usb power to it)

Is this protection fix is already in the boards that just shipped or is it slated for the next release?