Re: [Arm-netbook] python coding help needed (sin, cosine, blah blah)

2017-07-29 Thread Benson Mitchell
ses. (Though the part where you wrap the arc around the old bearing will need to be careful about clockwise/counterclockwise.) Hope that helps. Benson Mitchell ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/list

Re: [Arm-netbook] screwed up the Riki200 plotter design

2017-07-26 Thread Benson Mitchell
On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 2:39 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net > wrote: > ... can we move this entirely to the forum? > You bet. It may be a couple hours before I have a chance to sketch things up, but I'll see ya there. Ben

Re: [Arm-netbook] screwed up the Riki200 plotter design

2017-07-25 Thread Benson Mitchell
T2 timing belt. otherwise you would > need to use GT3 and 8 to 10mm, that's no longer "cheap". > > make sense? Yeah, absolutely. I'm sure there are reasons not to gang two or three 6mm GT2 belts on an extended pulley to get more strength? Benson Mitchell ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk

Re: [Arm-netbook] GR8 based EOMA68 card

2017-05-21 Thread Benson Mitchell
On May 20, 2017 7:47 PM, "Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton" wrote: remember that this *really is* the bare minimum - it'll be amazingly an under $10 BOM. also that if you _did_ want to add HP and/or TV-out and/or MIC sockets, as well as OTG you can't: there's not enough room on

Re: [Arm-netbook] Side-Topic: Liberating PocketCHIP

2017-05-09 Thread Benson Mitchell
On May 9, 2017 7:02 PM, "John Luke Gibson" wrote: Like, the first file initiated by the main make file is support/setlocalversion which looks to just check a whole bunch of un-special variables which weren't set in the make script and had no opportunity to be set by any

Re: [Arm-netbook] System 76 - Entering Phase 3

2017-04-21 Thread Benson Mitchell
On Apr 21, 2017 3:40 PM, "Allan Mwenda" wrote: Compromise is a trap Agreed. But I don't see anyone advocating compromise. If Luke were to say "It's okay, make an EOMA-68 laptop with proprietary hardware, and just ship blobs on the EOMA-68 card that comes with it", that

Re: [Arm-netbook] AMD considering releasing the PSP

2017-03-15 Thread Benson Mitchell
On Mar 15, 2017 11:42 AM, "Bill Kontos" wrote: How is that going to work and how will end users be able to know that they can't plug a 5+ watt card on a incompatible housing ? In the current standard, any card needing more than 5W must be a Type III (that's ~double

Re: [Arm-netbook] Logging and journaling

2017-02-08 Thread Benson Mitchell
pable of swapping, like some Android devices I've used; but I expect we all agree on that. Benson Mitchell ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk

[Arm-netbook] Soylentnews article on Intel's Compute Card platform

2017-01-14 Thread Benson Mitchell
Go get 'em! https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/01/13/1822251 Benson ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk

[Arm-netbook] EOMA68 Type III thickness

2016-12-13 Thread Benson Mitchell
devices to be 2.5mm thinner -- I'm not a big fan of thinner-is-better, but it undeniably sells. Benson Mitchell ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm

Re: [Arm-netbook] MIPI DSI instead of RGB/TTL - the only way out of the blind alley

2016-12-13 Thread Benson Mitchell
nd not understand why they don't work. If you're targeting those people (which you have to, to get volume), you have to make it work for them. Benson Mitchell ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk

Re: [Arm-netbook] RK3288

2016-11-15 Thread Benson Mitchell
On Nov 15, 2016 11:26 AM, "GaCuest" wrote: > Are all components supported under GNU/Linux (with proprietary drivers)? Most if not all, using ChromeOS kernel source: https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Asus/C201

Re: [Arm-netbook] Block Diagram - ZEOMA - Handheld Games Console

2016-10-19 Thread Benson Mitchell
ers with 40 or 50MHz ARM CPUs. Benson Mitchell ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk

Re: [Arm-netbook] Block Diagram - ZEOMA - Handheld Games Console

2016-10-19 Thread Benson Mitchell
t have any specific recommendations for lightweight/efficient source ports, but you might try several and see if it makes a difference. Benson Mitchell ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm

Re: [Arm-netbook] Housing idea: screenless laptop

2016-09-11 Thread Benson Mitchell
On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 4:31 PM, Matt Campbell wrote: > It occurred to me that for blind people, who use a screen reader such as > Speakup or Orca, a laptop housing without the screen or the touchpad would > be quite convenient. I don't know anyone in that situation

Re: [Arm-netbook] Verifying firmware

2016-08-25 Thread Benson Mitchell
Note that there is no electrical switch in even standard SD -- that advisory "switch" is just a plastic slider whose position is sensed by an actual switch in the card slot (if so equipped). So you'd need to find a ridiculously tiny switch to fit in an SD card case, and find a way to make that