Thanks for the feedback Jens! Sorry if I sounded too harsh. I get your point now, and I had forgotten the D on OCD meaning. But I think a zap and a bug and a chip is too much information for a logo. Maybe it would be better to keep just one of then with the chip.
Cheers, Martin Em sex, 9 de out de 2020 16:31, Jens Bauer <j...@plustv.dk> escreveu: > Hi Martin. > > I absolutely agree with you on OpenOCD (Open-On-Chip-Debugger) is for more > than killing bugs. > My main reason for suggesting the 'bug' is that the 'D' in OpenOCD is an > abbreviation for "Debugger". > -But it's not just a flash-tool either. OpenOCD differs from other > flash-tools by being a debugger, which makes it stand out a lot (in > addition to being universal for many targets and many platforms). > > A more "describing" name would probably be "OpenOCT", Open-On-Chip-Tool, > since it has multiple purposes. > > That said, I do not think OpenOCD should be renamed; it's had its name for > a long time and everyone using it knows it by that name. > > Maybe it would be better to 'zap' the bug by a "flash" of lightning ? ;) > -That would include both debugging and flashing - but icons / logos should > also be easy to understand. > > I do like that Kristof is focusing on shape without color; color can > easily be added and it can easily make a shape more clear. > > Personally, I'm using it for flashing Cortex-M based microcontrollers most > of the time, but at times, I do find myself using it as a debugger and for > investigating data inside a MCU's RAM or registers (also a kind of > debugging; eg. verifying that my data are correct - or trying to figure out > what went wrong). > I'm only using it for "unlocking" when a MCU is locked from a board > manufacturer; this is only necessary on flashing the first time, so I > consider that to be a part of 'flashing', though technically it isn't. > > One word that is seen often in relation to OpenOCD, is 'hacking' (meaning > "making modifications to something, in order to get it to function > properly"). Basically that would more or less cover both flashing and > debugging, though it might remove the focus from flashing and debugging. > > > Love > Jens > > On Fri, 9 Oct 2020 15:49:45 -0300, Martin Meier wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I haven't developed anything for the OpenOCD, so I don't think my > > vote should count as a developer. Bus as a "customer", I'd like to > > say that I like the logo idea from opensource/openhardware > > communities, because of the relation with the "OPEN" word: > > > > https://reelyactive.github.io/images/osi-oshw.png > > > > Maybe something like this (but not made in m$paint): > > > > or this (unlock your mcu full potential!): > > > > > > Regarding the existing options, I like the options 4 (more dynamic) > > and 5 (more emphasis on the "OPEN" side). > > Regarding Jens options (bug image), I liked it at first, but after > > thinking a while... Although openOCD is a "debugger", it can also be > > used in production (the reason I found it) and embedded development > > is not only about killing bugs... > > But that's just my 2 cents... > > > > Thanks for the amazing work! > > > > Martin > > > > > > Em qui., 8 de out. de 2020 às 13:19, Spencer Oliver > > <s...@spen-soft.co.uk> escreveu: > >> On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 at 10:35, <kristof.mul...@telenet.be> wrote: > >>> Dear OpenOCD developers, > >>> > >>> Let's have a look again at choosing a logo for OpenOCD? > >>> As you might remember, I've drawn a couple of samples, > >>> which you can find here: > >>> > >>> https://new.embeetle.com/figures/logo_matrix.png > >>> > >>> Some of you already voted for a logo: > >>> > >>> - Tomas Vanek > >>> - Anton Krug > >>> - Antonio Borneo > >>> - Andreas Bolsch > >>> - Tommy Murphy > >>> - Vladimir Zapolskiy > >>> - Oleksij Rempel > >>> - Jan Matyas > >>> - Paul Fertser > >>> - Tarek Bouchkati > >>> > >>> The votes are also listed on the figure (see link at > >>> the top). Please feel free to: > >>> > >>> - Change your mind (just send me a mail to > >>> change your vote). > >>> > >>> - Make suggestions for a new logo. I'm happy > >>> to make new drawings. > >>> > >> > >> thanks they look great - my vote is A6. > >> > >> Spen > >> _______________________________________________ > >> OpenOCD-devel mailing list > >> OpenOCD-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openocd-devel > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenOCD-devel mailing list > > OpenOCD-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openocd-devel
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