Dave Wilson wrote:
I confess, I believe the bit they're opening is the schematics for the
circuit board and the board layout files, rather than the internals of
the chip. After all, anything that encourages as many people as possible
to buy their SoC that lies at the heart of the design is in their
interest. It's like the very popular open Arduino being open, with the
closed Atmega168 at the centre.
I do understand the point you're driving at, but was curious as to why
you refer to the ATMega168 as a closed chip? The datasheets and
instruction sets seem to be quite available via Atmel's site, and having
worked with them, the public documentation is awfully descriptive for
such a closed device.
-JCB
