Re: [Arm-netbook] tricky conundrum for the upcoming libre-riscv soc crowdsupply page: image needed

2018-11-05 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
Op za 3 nov. 2018 00:19 schreef Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton ok so to start the new campaign, an image is needed. not a logo, an > *image*. something that "represents" a chip and its potential uses > and usefulness in a real and concrete way. > > the problem is: this is a fabless semi-conductor d

[Arm-netbook] Fwd: Earth-friendly EOMA68 Computing Devices Update: FOSDEM Recap, RISC-V Update, and Certification Marks

2018-03-13 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
-- Forwarded message -- From: Crowd Supply Date: 2018-03-12 20:21 GMT+01:00 Subject: Earth-friendly EOMA68 Computing Devices Update: FOSDEM Recap, RISC-V Update, and Certification Marks To: mike.v...@gmail.com [image: Crowd Supply] An update from the Earth-friendly EOMA68

[Arm-netbook] OSHW git/pull?

2018-02-27 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
Interesting lecture: https://hackaday.com/2018/02/27/can-open-source-hardware-be-like-open-source-software/ ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-n

[Arm-netbook] Crowsupply update

2018-01-08 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop/updates/eoma68-a20-2-7-5-gerbers-off-to-factory-thank-you-to-everyone-for-the-sponsorship ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook

Re: [Arm-netbook] Libre RISC-V RV64GC SoC

2017-12-29 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-12-29 16:21 GMT+01:00 mike.v...@gmail.com : > 2017-12-29 15:37 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : >> >> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 2:25 PM, mike.v...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> 3D. Wasn't there a PoC from some students in the open macro's?

Re: [Arm-netbook] Libre RISC-V RV64GC SoC

2017-12-29 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-12-29 15:37 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > > On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 2:25 PM, mike.v...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> 3D. Wasn't there a PoC from some students in the open macro's? Perhaps >> those guys can be hired to refine their work? > > can

Re: [Arm-netbook] Libre RISC-V RV64GC SoC

2017-12-29 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-12-29 6:48 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 9:56 PM, Bill Kontos wrote: >> If this goes >> well it will go down in history as one of those famous conversations >> in the early days of tech we read about. > > yehyeh! I think so too. And India is very keen on

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68 / Libre RISC-V team financing

2017-12-27 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-12-27 13:35 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Luca Saiu wrote: >> On 2017-12-27 at 11:37, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > >> It is not unique, and there is no hard proof that the money being >> generated actually comes from mining. > > it's a

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68 / Libre RISC-V team financing

2017-12-27 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-12-27 12:07 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 10:25 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > wrote: >> 2017-12-27 10:59 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : >> Although I think that is also based on lack of insight. It remains >> currency tra

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68 / Libre RISC-V team financing

2017-12-27 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-12-27 10:59 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : Top note. You're writing like a TellSell ad. I get that you're exited and in need. But it's not boosting confidence. Also the worlds financial experts have a, perhaps healthy, fear of crypto currency's Although I think that is also based o

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations--Taper

2017-12-12 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-12-12 9:33 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 8:10 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > > so by doing this series of steps the inter-pair impedance changes > from its (appx) 110 ohms by virtue of the distance being 15mil to > each pair and also to th

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations--Taper

2017-12-12 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-12-11 11:53 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 7:25 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Just a small question. Why not deviate from the 45 degree angle? So >> you end up with converging lines, instead of the stepped approach? > &g

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations--Taper

2017-12-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-12-05 13:41 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 12:30 AM, Richard Wilbur > wrote: > >> 3. Reflections are more troublesome the further you get from the >> signal source. Close to the source the reflection arrives at the >> source during the signal rise time an

[Arm-netbook] "NonDesktop" Proposed For RandR: Useful For VR & Apple Touch Bar Like Devices

2017-10-20 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NonDesktop-RandR Handy extension for the LCD touchpad. ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-n

Re: [Arm-netbook] OT: Librem 5?

2017-09-25 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-09-25 13:47 GMT+02:00 Tzafrir Cohen : > On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 07:49:13PM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> WHAT CPU WILL BE USED I.MX6 OR I.MX8? >> We are using the i.MX6, unless/until we know we can use i.MX8. >> >> ?? power-hungry Cortex A9?? worra?? >> >> WILL YOU BE SEEKING

[Arm-netbook] Mali / Lima

2017-09-18 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
It seems that someone has picked up the tainted project. https://github.com/yuq?tab=repositories ___ 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...@fil

Re: [Arm-netbook] Conflict-free minerals

2017-09-18 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-09-17 19:47 GMT+02:00 pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) : > On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 01:15:06AM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> many people have pointed >> out however a flaw in this logic, that copyright is a civil offense >> not a criminal offense. >> > > Actually I’m not so sure depen

[Arm-netbook] Retrfit a Nokia and KiCad fun

2017-09-15 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
https://hackaday.com/2017/09/12/hackaday-prize-entry-retrofit-a-nokia/ https://hackaday.io/project/21263-nokia-3210-retro-fit-board Quote from the project log: "With the patched I submitted you can turn KiCad into a 'I know what I am doing' mode. Which meas you can place any type of via anywhere.

Re: [Arm-netbook] pre-2.7.5 JAE DC3 micro-hdmi connector test PCB success

2017-09-12 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-09-12 7:24 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/news/ Huzzah ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to ar

Re: [Arm-netbook] ppcnotebook

2017-09-12 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-09-12 15:15 GMT+02:00 Hendrik Boom : > Wasn't the power processor used in Sony's playstations a while back, > with something like five or six CPUs and some other thing to > coordinate them? Yes the PS3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(microprocessor) And they used repeatatly in a cluster

[Arm-netbook] Part sourcing

2017-09-11 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
http://www.findchips.com/ We'll that's interesting. Doesn't beat the offline markets in Shenzhen I guess. ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-ne

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-17 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-17 18:30 GMT+02:00 Richard Wilbur : > On Aug 16, 2017, at 23:28, "mike.v...@gmail.com" wrote: >> >> 2017-08-17 1:01 GMT+02:00 Richard Wilbur : >>>> On Aug 15, 2017, at 23:31, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton >>>> wrote: >>>> if i

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-17 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-17 20:59 GMT+02:00 Richard Wilbur : > On Aug 14, 2017, at 00:14, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> >> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 7:43 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com >> wrote: >>> 2017-08-13 14:20 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : >> >>> I

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-17 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-17 7:22 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 12:01 AM, Richard Wilbur > wrote: >> I would also look carefully at the GND traces separating the differential >> pairs from board edge and other circuitry. If we can't put 15mil between >> the differential pair

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-16 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-17 1:01 GMT+02:00 Richard Wilbur : > On Aug 15, 2017, at 23:31, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> if i just take *out* the ground intermediary traces that would do the >> trick of bringing the impedance back up, is that right? > > Should be a major step in the right direction. > How

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-16 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-16 15:17 GMT+02:00 mike.v...@gmail.com : > 2017-08-16 11:33 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : >> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 10:31 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> Looks pretty. Seeing that does raise a question too me. Is it >>> necessar

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-16 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-16 11:33 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 10:31 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Looks pretty. Seeing that does raise a question too me. Is it >> necessary to match length between the different pairs? I didn't think >>

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-16 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-14 9:14 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 7:43 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > wrote: >> Anyway a picture of the flood-fill will reveal everything. > > attached. greyscaled (smaller). original GND tracks are still > visible but they&#

[Arm-netbook] PCB Collaboration and Revision

2017-08-14 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/14/hardware-version-control-using-visual-diff/ http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2011/improving-open-source-hardware-visual-diffs/ For the next project ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.

Re: [Arm-netbook] frickin funny

2017-08-14 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-13 15:49 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/78w8jy/pcmcia-once-defined-portable-computing-now-its-a-cable-industry-oddity LOL. Even EOMA gets mentioned. ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-13 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-13 14:20 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > btw yes i managed to move IPSOUT slightly to the right and got a GND > line in between them, without too much disruption. thank you for > prompting me to do that. Amazing! Just a nitpick left. You mentioned the GND flood-fill distance is

Re: [Arm-netbook] Conflict-free minerals

2017-08-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-11 8:03 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 1:08 AM, Jean Flamelle wrote: > >> I can imagine many OEM's don't publish or even pay attention to where >> they get minerals from, so I imagine the potential parts list dwindles >> beyond reason at simply limiting

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-10 13:09 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 11:14 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Also wouldn't a GND infill on the signal layers be preferable? As log >> not unconnected islands emerge. > > GND infill *is* going to be

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-10 10:18 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 9:01 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > wrote: >> 2017-08-09 15:23 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : >>> next set... >>> >> GND shielding parallel to the differentials is inte

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-10 10:45 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 9:38 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > wrote: >> 2017-08-10 10:18 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : >>> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 9:01 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com >>> wrote: >>>&g

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-10 10:18 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 9:01 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > wrote: >> 2017-08-09 15:23 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : >> Make sure the'res as much solid GND on the layer above and below the >> traces, ag

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-09 15:23 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > next set... > GND shielding parallel to the differentials is interrupted quite often. Those GND tracks act as shields, for emission and reception. I'd try to put as much parallel GND as possible. And trace the parallel GND around the via'

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Recommendations

2017-08-09 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-09 12:39 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > ... forgot the images... No image's here on the list ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to

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

2017-08-08 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-08 16:28 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 2:57 PM, mike.v...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> The Cedar VPU requires a closed source driver dependent > > you mean a criminally-infringing library which has at the very least > stolen co

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

2017-08-08 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-08 12:11 GMT+02:00 Pablo Rath : > On Fri, Aug 04, 2017 at 10:17:22AM +0200, mike.v...@gmail.com wrote: >> Well they've announced the CHIP to be more open and supported than >> actually delivered. >> >> Now that is unfortunately common practice. And d

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

2017-08-04 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-04 8:17 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > --- > > you cannot expect companies to drop everything and help just you. > you're just one person: you're expected to work these things out for > yourself. > > now, if you were placing an order for ten THOUSAND *then* they might > be int

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Impedance

2017-08-04 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-04 9:19 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 11:53 PM, Richard Wilbur > wrote: > >> 3. Instead of using two separate anti-pads on signal vias, combine >> them into an oval shared antipad (on every layer) to reduce parasitic >> capacitance. > > oo. never hear

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Impedance

2017-08-04 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-03 17:28 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > ok i did a video explaining: https://youtu.be/vFbzAmLSHPY Informative. Might I suggest a screen recorder? Although that might be a bit more work in post editing, it might be more clear and . The middle GND traces could use a bit more ri

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Timing

2017-08-01 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-01 16:11 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 2:51 PM, mike.v...@gmail.com > wrote: > > [trimming a huge amount of unnecessary context on your behalf, mike... > hint, hint] My apologies to all. > >>> there's a lot of oth

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI High-Frequency Layout: Timing

2017-08-01 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-08-01 12:29 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > ok reading in full, cutting extraneous, answering only with confirmation. > > On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Richard Wilbur > wrote: > >> So, while we will try to match the impedance of our traces >> (transmission lines) as carefully as

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-22 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-21 20:04 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 6:26 PM, Wolfram Kahl wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 12:00:07PM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >>> .On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 9:35 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com >>> >> in

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-21 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-21 13:00 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > .On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 9:35 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > wrote: >> 2017-06-17 11:17 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : >>> On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 8:40 PM, mike.v...@gmail.com >>> wrote: >>

Re: [Arm-netbook] Rv: Update: 2.7.4 EOMA68-A20 Cards Arrived

2017-06-21 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-21 12:56 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 5:31 AM, el_gallo_azul via arm-netbook > wrote: >> I'd be happy enough to supply my own MicroSD card (in place of the TSSOP-48 >> NAND IC). > > thanks greg. very much appreciated. > >> Greg Flint >>#yiv00423

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-21 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-15 16:02 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > i received the latest pre-production cards yesterday and have tested > one of them: it works. > > however (and this is the whole point of doing pre-production > prototypes) in endeavouring to use automated assembly and solder paste > it wa

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-21 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-17 11:17 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 8:40 PM, mike.v...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Bleh. It looked so pretty in my mind. ;-( > > i knoow... btw can you possibly investigate why, when you hit > "reply", the "&

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-16 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
Op 16 jun. 2017 16:03 schreef "Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton" : On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Neil Jansen wrote: > I'm on mobile at work, I've confirmed with an EE here that does this sort > of thing all the time. > > The good news is that your easiest bet is to just ask the board house to > fi

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-16 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
Op 16 jun. 2017 15:57 schreef "Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton" : On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 11:06 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com wrote: > Since the schematics already show two layers with HF signal tracks why not > place the Tx and Rx track on top of each other. Result: Parallel tracks.

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-16 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-16 9:33 GMT+02:00 mike.v...@gmail.com : > > > 2017-06-16 8:55 GMT+02:00 mike.v...@gmail.com : > >> >> > > To the left I see that all HDMI tracks are routed trough some chips. What > are those? Magnetics, impedance matchers? I mention that because on t

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-16 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-16 8:55 GMT+02:00 mike.v...@gmail.com : > > > 2017-06-15 21:01 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > >> okaay so the HDMI connection isn't so hot on these 2.7.4 boards. it >> works... but there is significant line-interference under certain >

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-16 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-16 9:07 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 8:03 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > > Speaking of near the edge. The tracks on the board seem awfully close the > > boards cutoff edge. > > yyep they are. > > > Do

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-16 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-16 8:54 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 7:51 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > wrote: > > . Use smaller width tracks. > can't. > Was afraid of that > > > . Cut the pads tight a little shorter and place the via's to the rig

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-15 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-15 21:01 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > okaay so the HDMI connection isn't so hot on these 2.7.4 boards. it > works... but there is significant line-interference under certain > circumstances, even for 720p50. 1080p60 there is huge amounts of > interference resulting in green

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-15 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-16 8:19 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > > > there's not really any other options: you can see how little > clearance there is to the edge of the board: it's flat-out impossible > to bring tracks in either in between those two sets, or round the > back... and you don't want to an

Re: [Arm-netbook] bunnie about riscv

2017-06-14 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-12 2:02 GMT+02:00 Neil Jansen : > On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 4:38 PM, wrote: > > > We should have libre software hdds and ram. > > Can you elaborate on that a bit? I don't understand what you mean. > It's the same principle as explained by bunnie in the video. HDD and RAM process all the d

Re: [Arm-netbook] revision control in the arts?

2017-06-11 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-06-06 15:47 GMT+02:00 Hendrik Boom : > On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 05:47:35PM -0400, John Luke Gibson wrote: > > For word processing, I think the only good solution is a document > compiler, with the writer editing the source code. > The're is a way for arbitrary documents so work with version c

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

2017-05-30 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-30 4:36 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > > On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 10:48 PM, David Niklas wrote: > > > I am just a tad confused. > > 1. You started a reverse engineering project on NT domains. > >

Re: [Arm-netbook] libre 64-bit risc-v SoC

2017-05-29 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-29 23:24 GMT+02:00 David Niklas : > On Mon, 8 May 2017 06:24:08 +0100 > Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > > On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 4:00 AM, David Niklas wrote: > > > >> > important to avoid, because mixed analog and digital is incredibly > > >> > hard to get right. also note that t

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

2017-05-29 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-29 23:37 GMT+02:00 David Niklas : > On Mon, 08 May 2017 09:59:50 +0100 > "mike.v...@gmail.com" wrote: > > 2017-05-08 3:34 GMT+02:00 : > > Sorry, I (foolishly) though that ARMv7 == A7 (i.e. a contraction). > Don't worry that is common one. > >

Re: [Arm-netbook] $150 taobao knock-off 3d printer doing 200mm/sec

2017-05-29 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-29 12:39 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 9:54 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > wrote: > > If so is there list were you can people can sign up? > > i hadn't thought that far ahead! hmmm, let's add it to the libre > laptop

Re: [Arm-netbook] $150 taobao knock-off 3d printer doing 200mm/sec

2017-05-29 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-29 17:11 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 11:39 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton > wrote: > > On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 9:54 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > > wrote: > > > >> I might have missed it but: Do you need/want other

Re: [Arm-netbook] $150 taobao knock-off 3d printer doing 200mm/sec

2017-05-29 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-28 4:49 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 3:25 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton > wrote: > > https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/6de5sv/ > looking_for_ways_to_maximise_the_mm_sec_metric/ > > > > ok so i asked on reddit, let's see if anyone pitches

Re: [Arm-netbook] GR8 based EOMA68 card

2017-05-23 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-21 1:45 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > the layout's hilarious: the PCB is over 50% completely empty. what i > haven't done is: > Would it make sense to add a small LiPo battery, to fill the empty space? That way you can swap a card from one housing to another, without the nee

Re: [Arm-netbook] designing a low-cost decent 3d printing board

2017-05-23 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-23 3:27 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > hi all, > > ok so i've been looking around and the practice of creating a > "modular" 3d printing electronics board is extremely common, thanks, > many years ago, to the stupid, stupid decision to use prototyping > (evaulation) plugin boar

Re: [Arm-netbook] mali gpu reverse engineering lkcl may ignore

2017-05-22 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-22 0:06 GMT+02:00 : > Because I deleted a previously email about this subject, I start a new > email. > Info. Lkcl said, he is not in favor of reverse engineering a mali gpu. > Because it is about 15eu and new gpus will emerge during the reverse > engineering and the outcome is uncerta

[Arm-netbook] What's your EOMA card doing

2017-05-15 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
Let's have a "What's your EOMA card doing" site so the world can see where and how long cards are alive and what use they have. Perhaps have each card have a, printed, unique number. So it's journey can be followed. This obviously has security and privacy issues attached so it would need a lot of

Re: [Arm-netbook] Totally derailed topic

2017-05-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-11 0:44 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 10:23 PM, zap wrote: > > > it is sad because they think they will be rewarded at the end. But they > > already have their temporary very short term reward. Though they deserve > > it, I feel a mixture of pity and a

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

2017-05-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-10 16:38 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 3:23 PM, Pablo wrote: > > > With any non-Chip-kernel you will lose NAND support. > > So you can either: > > a)patch your libre kernel > > or > > b) ignore NAND and use flash memory via usb port. > > > > For b) you

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68 card based on NXP i.MX7 (work in progress)

2017-05-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-09 22:53 GMT+02:00 Vincent : > Hi everybody, > > Since this is my first post on this list, please allow me to get off my > chest a few things: > > - huge thanks to Luke for getting this project started > - me = funding a PFY laptop, eagerly awaiting for it to arrive ;-) > - me = working at

Re: [Arm-netbook] I saw your recent update, Luke

2017-05-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-10 4:34 GMT+02:00 Kyle : > Damn. You know a list has been taken over by posting nazis when entire > threads get hijacked just to tell anyone who cares to listen that someone > top posted, and that breaks someone's flow. > I'm not seeing any of that. The inline posting is simply the format

Re: [Arm-netbook] I saw your recent update, Luke

2017-05-09 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-09 12:55 GMT+02:00 zap : > > > On 05/09/2017 04:32 AM, Bill Kontos wrote: > > Something that crossed my mind, does the lack of flash mean we can now > update to kernels newer than 3.x ? > > > Just a thought but I believe top posting annoys Luke. > Bill didn't know how to post in-line. Bu

Re: [Arm-netbook] Totally derailed topic

2017-05-09 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-09 11:48 GMT+02:00 mike.v...@gmail.com : > > > 2017-05-09 10:45 GMT+02:00 Lyberta : > >> do...@mail.com: >> > I think you're caught in the same trap, unable to realize your own >> > potential for lack of a moral standard (it also suffers as a res

Re: [Arm-netbook] Totally derailed topic

2017-05-09 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-09 10:45 GMT+02:00 Lyberta : > do...@mail.com: > > I think you're caught in the same trap, unable to realize your own > > potential for lack of a moral standard (it also suffers as a result of > > an Atheistic philosophy), and unable to accept a pointless existence. > > When I was 19, I wa

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

2017-05-08 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
Don't top post please 2017-05-08 17:23 GMT+02:00 : > Original Message > From: Bill Kontos > > > Verhaegen is one of those selected individuals who had the luxury of > getting all the shit of the world thrown at their face for trying to do the > right thing. He was one of the le

Re: [Arm-netbook] firefly 3399 all source software disclosed?

2017-05-08 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-08 16:39 GMT+02:00 Bill Kontos : Please don't top post. Gmail has inline capability. > Imagination is far from dead yet. They did a mistake when they based all > of their gpu income on apple, but their ip is rather advanced. > ImgTec income is going to be cut by 60%. That's not something

Re: [Arm-netbook] firefly 3399 all source software disclosed?

2017-05-08 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-08 11:02 GMT+02:00 Bill Kontos : > I think arm has open source kernel drivers but there is no way they will > get mainlined any time soon. The question is, how much does the userland > blob do and how much work needs to be done to get libre 2d accel. > A display pipeline is a complex one w

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

2017-05-08 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-08 3:34 GMT+02:00 : > I apologize for DOS'ing the list, I can only get online about once a week. > > On Thu, 4 May 2017 17:13:23 +0200 > "mike.v...@gmail.com" wrote: > > > > 2017-05-04 9:04 GMT+02:00 John Luke Gibson : > > > > > Sin

Re: [Arm-netbook] libre 64-bit risc-v SoC

2017-05-08 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-07 22:26 GMT+02:00 : > I apologize for DOS'ing the list, I can only get online about once a week. > > On Fri, 28 Apr 2017 13:58:57 +0100 > Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > > > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 12:47 PM, mike.v...@gmail.com > > wrote:

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

2017-05-04 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-04 9:04 GMT+02:00 John Luke Gibson : > Since it seems like a trivially simple task that for some reason no > one has taken up, I would like to take the opportunity to exercise a > learning experience and simultaneously benefit the community, by > liberating PocketCHIP by deblobbing the sou

Re: [Arm-netbook] libre 64-bit risc-v SoC

2017-05-04 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-05-04 12:51 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > > ha, bit of irony for you: gaisler research released the LEON3 SPARCv8 > core a number of years ago under the GPLv2, so that people could use > it for "academic and research purposes", the expectation being that > for "commercial" use,

Re: [Arm-netbook] libre 64-bit risc-v SoC

2017-04-28 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-04-28 16:17 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > > the rest of the article makes a really good point, which has me > deeply concerned now that there are fuckwits out there making > "driverless" cars, toying with people's lives in the process. you > have *no idea* what unexpected decis

Re: [Arm-netbook] libre 64-bit risc-v SoC

2017-04-28 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-04-28 14:58 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > > in the case where you have something that falls outside of the custom > silicon (a newer CODEC for example) then yes, an FPGA would *possibly* > help... if and only if you have enough bandwidth. > That is what I was talking about. >

Re: [Arm-netbook] libre 64-bit risc-v SoC

2017-04-28 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-04-28 13:23 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 11:29 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com > wrote: > > The problem is MUXing all modes to a single output. New Apple laptops > have > > USB-C but not all ports support all functions. > > > &g

Re: [Arm-netbook] libre 64-bit risc-v SoC

2017-04-28 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-04-27 13:21 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > ok so it would seem that the huge amount of work going into RISC-V > means that it's on track to becoming a steamroller that will squash > proprietary SoCs, so i'm quite happy to make sure that it's > not-so-subtly nudged in the right dir

Re: [Arm-netbook] libre 64-bit risc-v SoC

2017-04-28 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-04-27 13:21 GMT+02:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > ok so it would seem that the huge amount of work going into RISC-V > means that it's on track to becoming a steamroller that will squash > proprietary SoCs, so i'm quite happy to make sure that it's > not-so-subtly nudged in the right dir

[Arm-netbook] Funding

2017-03-15 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
Interesting read: https://medium.com/open-collective/why-and-how-to-fund-the-open-source-projects-you-depend-on-da62a582307#.qborgcu54 ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68 booting process

2017-03-14 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-03-10 16:12 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 1:56 PM, mike.v...@gmail.com > wrote: > > Always boot externally? That means that every housing must contain > storage > > and an OS. > > not at all. you misunderstand. external *o

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68 booting process

2017-03-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-03-10 8:15 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton : > > ah. right. the way i see it, the only thing that needs to happen is > that the card has to have enough on-board storage to get to u-boot (or > similar) where it can then recognise the EOMA68 I2C EEPROM (and get > the ID info) or for it

Re: [Arm-netbook] Logging and journaling

2017-03-09 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-03-09 15:37 GMT+01:00 Hendrik Boom : > On Sun, 12 Feb 2017 19:35:00 +, Lyberta wrote: > > > Eric Duhamel: > >> Depending on what you mean by "newbies", I don't think they would know > >> if they want any particular image of GNU/Linux except the one that was > >> designed to run on the pro

Re: [Arm-netbook] A suggestion why Systemd may be bad

2017-02-15 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-02-15 7:30 GMT+01:00 John Luke Gibson : > Perhaps it is the idea that a linux machine should be wholly modular > and attaching a library to a critical component of the system, > shouldn't be a viable strategy for popularizing one's work. > True > > When a distro is forced to carry a package

Re: [Arm-netbook] Logging and journaling

2017-02-10 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-02-10 8:53 GMT+01:00 mike.v...@gmail.com : > > > 2017-02-09 12:03 GMT+01:00 Julie Marchant : > >> On 02/09/17 01:50, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> >>> do you know the mkfs.ext4 commands needed or the ext2flags command? >>> >> >>

Re: [Arm-netbook] Logging and journaling

2017-02-09 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-02-09 12:03 GMT+01:00 Julie Marchant : > On 02/09/17 01:50, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > >> do you know the mkfs.ext4 commands needed or the ext2flags command? >> > > No, but just using an ext2 filesystem instead should suffice (since ext2 > doesn't support journaling). That's the

Re: [Arm-netbook] Logging and journaling

2017-02-09 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-02-08 21:02 GMT+01:00 Adam Van Ymeren : > On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:54 PM, mike.v...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> >> >> Op 8 feb. 2017 16:11 schreef "Julie Marchant" : >> >> On 02/08/2017 09:46 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com wrote: >> > NAND

Re: [Arm-netbook] Logging and journaling

2017-02-08 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
Op 8 feb. 2017 16:11 schreef "Julie Marchant" : On 02/08/2017 09:46 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com wrote: > NAND wear is probably more linked to age than number of writes. No, NAND is flash memory, it has a definite limit on the number of times it can be written to (in each sector, that is

Re: [Arm-netbook] Logging and journaling

2017-02-08 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2017-02-08 15:33 GMT+01:00 Julie Marchant : > I just want to make sure of something: are the EOMA68-A20 computer cards > going to be shipped with logging and journaling disabled (so that the > storage isn't constantly being written to)? I'm asking because this is > pretty much a necessity for an O

Re: [Arm-netbook] personal fight against the modern laptop

2017-01-27 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
Op 27 jan. 2017 16:59 schreef "mike.v...@gmail.com" : http://hackaday.com/2017/01/26/a-personal-fight-against-the-modern-laptop/ https://youtu.be/Ib7tFvw34DM Wrong link https://youtu.be/Fzmm87oVQ6c I Commented on the video that EOMA might be what he'd like. I tried to poin

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