On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 3:39 AM, Werner Almesberger <[email protected]> wrote: > The idea is to replace the SiLabs C8051F326 microcontroller with an > Atmel ATmega32U2 (or ATmega16U2, etc.). The motivation is that AVRs > are fairly popular in DIY circles while 8051-based chips tend to be > treated with distaste, so the ATmega32U2 should be a more attractive > choice and would lower the barrier for others to contribute to the > firmware.
Why doing you get Atmels written permission to release a open source clone of Atmel's own AVR and AVR32 architectures BEFORE you force everyone to write their software for that proprietary architectures. So we(Qi hardware projects) don't have to relive the MIPS legal issues over again? Remember the talk about a Qi-hardware MIPS core since it's 25 years old and so should be patent free? On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:09 AM, Wolfgang Spraul <[email protected]> wrote: > ICT (and Loongson) is basically the Chinese government. Even though > Loongson was created and designed from day 1 to not be affected by > the patents (the 4 missing instructions, independently implemented), > in the end MIPS forced the Chinese government to pay. All smaller > Chinese MIPS clones know what that means, and what they are supposed > to do now. > > The attempt to create a royalty-free CPU around MIPS instruction sets > failed. Sincerely, Panthera Tigris Altaica _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
