Hello FC community, I am pleased to announce the latest packaged release of our host tools:
ftp://ftp.freecalypso.org/pub/GSM/FreeCalypso/fc-host-tools-r5.tar.bz2 Our loyal developers (or at least aspiring developers :) DS and Serg have surely been following the development of these tools in the freecalypso-tools Hg repository on Bitbucket and regularly compiling them from source including the target binaries, but the packaged release above includes precompiled binaries for the Calypso ARM7, so you only need to compile the Unix/Linux host programs and won't need a cross-compiler setup as a prerequisite. The previous packaged release of FC host tools (r4) was made near the end of 2015, and there have been many new developments since then: see the CHANGES file at the top level inside the fc-host-tools-r5 tarball. While anyone who wishes to be a serious FreeCalypso developer is still expected to follow the Hg repository as needed, having regular periodic releases of our host tools with target binaries included is still important in terms of making our offerings more accessible. And yes, I do realize that we do not currently have any offerings that are truly for the end user, but there are still many intermediate levels between a core developer and an end user, and lowering the entry barrier for those intermediate levels is important. Next on my agenda is to update our website for the current hardware situation: while we are still not at a point where we can sell our FCDEV3B board kits on a retail basis, we are well past the at-risk crowdfunding stage, thus the website is due for an update. And once I am done with that website update, I'm hoping to finally be able to get back to the development of automated RF calibration software - the lack of the latter is one of the main remaining blockers for the FCDEV3B project. Hasta la Victoria, Siempre, Mychaela aka The Mother _______________________________________________ Community mailing list Community@freecalypso.org https://www.freecalypso.org/mailman/listinfo/community