On Sat, 2015-11-28 at 17:43 -0800, KH Goh wrote: [...] > In terms of the hardware, at the moment we are having 2 unit of > Pine64 Engineering board (Please refer here for the > spec http://pine64.com/product ), and would like to donate it to the > community for further evaluation and testing. Since we are a newcomer > in this community, we would like you to advise us on who and where > should we send the 2 board to.
You can already start with the new device howto - http://linux-sunxi.or g/New_Device_howto This would be a nice second step to working together with community. Do you also have access and/or permission to "publish" the datasheets (A53, AXP??? and Wifi/BT) and BSP? Also, on http://pine64.com/product#intro could you label all the ports and expansion headers (I can see from the board that there are headers/sockets for TP, CSI, DSI, RTC, VBAT, POWER, UART). And what regulator chip (AXP???) and wifi/bluetooth chip does it use? And a typo "muti-channel" on that page. > Thanks for your advise and appreciate your kind assistance. > Regards, > KH Goh > > > On Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 9:01:31 PM UTC+8, Luc Verhaegen > wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 12:38:16AM -0800, khg...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Hi, > > > We are a group of people currently trying to come out with a very > > low > > > cost single board computer, by making use of Allwinner Quadcore > > 1.2Ghz > > > 64-bit A53 CPU. The target costing for the single board computer > > is > > > USD15. The hardware will have a 4K HDMI video output and on board > > > ethernet connection. Further more, each board will has its own > > unique > > > MAC address. The objective for this project is to allow > > individual, > > > having the opportunity to learn IT knowledge with a friction of > > the > > > cost. Please refer to pine64.com for more detail on the hardware > > > specification. > > > > > > Currently, the hardware development on the board is almost ready. > > And > > > with us, is the full Linux BSP with the true 64bit compiler. Due > > to > > > budget constrain and our limited know-how in Linux, We would like > > to > > > request the help from this community to bring up the Linux into a > > full > > > function Ubuntu desktop, thus allow the user to truly owning a > > fully > > > function open source computer with just a friction of the cost. > > > > > > As for the hardware itself, currently we are in the mist of > > building > > > some sample board to allow any interested developer to work on > > it. > > > > > > Thanks and Regard, > > > KH Goh > > > > Hi, > > > > Thanks for contacting the canonical source of most things > > sunxi/allwinner before actually launching your kickstarter > > campaign. > > > > This is the first time since the original cubieboard that such a > > thing > > has happened. Many companies with similar products only afterwards > > find > > out to what extent they do depend on the linux-sunxi community, and > > then > > change their story in either direction. Often the work done by the > > people of the linux-sunxi community gets used directly, > > cloned/forked, > > and nothing is ever given back. > > > > As you can see, we (and while i do not speak for all of us, i know > > that > > i am not alone here) are sceptical about whoever approaches us like > > this, especially when one of the first statements is "budget > > constraints". You cannot expect the linux-sunxi community to do > > your > > work for you for free. > > > > You should however donate boards to many known and active linux- > > sunxi > > developers, but for that you must not expect anything in return. > > Whatever then happens, happens, or it doesn't. The results are > > usually > > quite positive, especially given the limited cost of said boards, > > but it > > will hardly ever consist of full support for your product > > (especially > > when based on a new SoC variant). > > > > If you wish to have more complete support, you can always try to > > hire > > known linux-sunxi developers directly, or work with those members > > of our > > community who do contracting. The choice is up to you. > > > > Thanks for reaching out to us before launching your marketing > > campaign, > > i hope that your collaboration with linux-sunxi ends up being just > > as > > fruitful as your kickstarter. > > > > Luc Verhaegen. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "linux-sunxi" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send an email to linux-sunxi+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to linux-sunxi+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
