WRTnode Opened for $25
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WRTnode Opened for $25
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Re: WRTnode Opened for $25
#2Is it open hardware if the ISA of the processor is not free (in both senses)? I think MIPS (which this uses) is free, but I see a lot of open hardware where I doubt the ISA, much less the architecture, is free.
Re: WRTnode Opened for $25
#3I always find it hard to take things seriously when they are written in poor english. "Will coming soon" makes me worry about the quality of the rest of the project, maybe more than I should.
Re: WRTnode Opened for $25
#4Is it open hardware if the ISA of the processor is not free (in both senses)? I think MIPS (which this uses) is free, but I see a lot of open hardware where I doubt the ISA, much less the architecture, is free.
Generally in the "maker" community open hardware is based on layout and software level openeness. So board layouts are shared even if the internals are not.
This is what allows adruino to be open as they share layout files and software, but the Atmel AVR micro-controller they use does not have an open design.
It does get confusing since there are open hardware projects that go down to silicon, but for the most part that level of design is just beneath the concern of the people who want to internet enable their fridge or whatever. Just like most computers contain closed source code in the form of controllers and all but the most extreme open source types just don't care that they have a closed source USB controller.
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#5I always find it hard to take things seriously when they are written in poor english. "Will coming soon" makes me worry about the quality of the rest of the project, maybe more than I should.
FWIW, I have ordered some parts from Seeedstudio (including a Xadow board) and was quite satisfied with the service.
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#6Previous submission that sank: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8181321.
Re: WRTnode Opened for $25
#7I always find it hard to take things seriously when they are written in poor english. "Will coming soon" makes me worry about the quality of the rest of the project, maybe more than I should.
FWIW, I have ordered some parts from Seeedstudio (including a Xadow board) and was quite satisfied with the service.
Seeed isn't a typo, to save anyone else checking.
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#8I always find it hard to take things seriously when they are written in poor english. "Will coming soon" makes me worry about the quality of the rest of the project, maybe more than I should.
Thanks for pointing out, we corrected it. :)
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#9Is it open hardware if the ISA of the processor is not free (in both senses)? I think MIPS (which this uses) is free, but I see a lot of open hardware where I doubt the ISA, much less the architecture, is free.
Generally in the "maker" community open hardware is based on layout and software level openeness. So board layouts are shared even if the internals are not. This is what allows adruino to be open as they share layout files and software, but the Atmel AVR micro-controller they use does not have an open design. It does get confusing since there are open hardware projects that go down to silicon, but for the most part t…
Well, my beef with it is that the proprietary blobs should be interchangeable, and that requires an open ISA, the silicone can be as proprietary as it wants, as long as the interface is open.
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#10I hope this trend of really annoying scroll-skipping goes away like flashing "under construction" .gifs and framed pages.