Congrats. It would certainly be a plus to have a standard platform for development.
Regarding the JTAG connector, it would be desirable (if possible) to include at least a PCB footprint for an industry-standard connector pinout. The present schematic uses a ST Link (ST Micro proprietary) connector. A 20-pin IDC connector was the norm for many years, and now the industry is coalescing around a 10-pin 50mil connector. There is some example information here: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.faqs/attached/13634/cortex_debug_connectors.pdf As connectors go, the ST Link isn't a terrible one. 0.1" connectors are cheap. Moreover, ST Micro is practically giving away its development boards with ST Link embedded at the moment, so it is hard to argue against including ST Link as an option. There is a bit of a cold war going on between ARM manufacturers at the moment. Since customers can readily move between ARM licensees, manufacturers try to "lock in" developers early on in development with a proprietary debug interface that is most friendly to their manufacturer-specific IDE (which in turn come with manufacturer-specific drivers, etc., etc.). So, having at least a PCB footprint for an industry-standard JTAG/SWD connector would be a plus. On 5/21/2014 5:01 AM, David Rowe wrote: > Hello List, > > I just posted an introduction to SmartMic - an embedded version of > FreeDV that doesn't need a PC: > > http://www.rowetel.com/blog/?p=3125 > > If would be great if some of the talented readers of this list could > review the design (schematics and PCB) for us. This is an open hardware > product designed for all of us. People who would like to write code > would also be very welcome. > > Thanks, > > David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Time is money. Stop wasting it! Get your web API in 5 minutes. www.restlet.com/download http://p.sf.net/sfu/restlet _______________________________________________ Freetel-codec2 mailing list Freetel-codec2@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freetel-codec2
