I sell copyleft hardware buddy. Come on man.
[email protected] http://fabricatorz.com On May 2, 2011 6:27 PM, "Ron K. Jeffries" <[email protected]> wrote: > Jon, > > Does the customer require open hardware? > If so, can you comment on why? > --- > Ron K. Jeffries > > > > > > > > On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 17:16, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> All good. I think a solution in the 5 to 10k usd range is what they are >> thinking. Andthat is 5 to 10 portable units. >> >> [email protected] >> http://fabricatorz.com >> >> On May 2, 2011 7:12 PM, "Werner Almesberger" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> [email protected] wrote: >>>> How likely would it be to get nanonote to record and compress video? >>> >>> For then Ben, that would be tricky. If you're thinking of using >>> something like one of those phone-cam parts, you may be able to >>> hack a camera interface via UBB, but at least with a bit more >>> difficulties than my VGA hack. (E.g., they usually have a >>> parallel bus for the pixel data and a serial bus for >>> configuration, so you'd either need additional connections to >>> the Ben or some means to multiplex what comes out of UBB.) >>> >>> I don't know about the openness of the SDIO cameras you can find >>> on the market. >>> >>> I also have my doubts about the Ben's ability to do meaningful >>> compression on its own. (Be careful what you ask for, though - a >>> bit of denoising and RLE ought to be quite feasible ;-) >>> >>>> Also, could one use both a UBB-WPAN and a UBB-VGA and/or some future >>>> UBB-WEBCAM at the same time? >>> >>> Alas, the Ben has only one 8:10 card slot. So you can have as >>> many fancy peripherals as you can carry, but use only one at a >>> time. (Well, unless some of them are _really_ fancy and have a >>> use even when disconnected. E.g., I suppose UBB could make a >>> decent enough toothpick ;-) >>> >>>> How far can we push this guy? If not this, what about milkymist? >>> >>> Milkymist plays in an entirely different league when it comes to >>> peripherals and processing power ;-) >>> >>>> Also, what about ruggedizing either the nanonote and/or milkymist for >>>> this. >>> >>> To ruggedize the Nanonote, it would be really useful to "own" >>> the mechanical design. We don't have that yet. >>> >>>> Sorry, I'm shooting really high on this question, but have some very >>>> serious clients in the wings. >>> >>> If they would be interested in financing the development of a >>> Ben successor, that would of course allow for the removal of >>> most of the restrictions I've listed above ;-) >>> >>> - Werner >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qi Hardware Discussion List >>> Mail to list (members only): [email protected] >>> Subscribe or Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qi Hardware Discussion List >> Mail to list (members only): [email protected] >> Subscribe or Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion >> > > _______________________________________________ > Qi Hardware Discussion List > Mail to list (members only): [email protected] > Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
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