2013-02-06 00:08 LunaVorax has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 00:16 Jurting has quit [Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.89 [Firefox 18.0.1/20130116073211]] 2013-02-06 00:20 pcercuei has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 00:27 LunaVorax has quit [Ping timeout: 260 seconds] 2013-02-06 00:31 guanucoluis has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 2013-02-06 01:42 wolfspraul has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 01:47 pcercuei has quit [Quit: Bye] 2013-02-06 01:51 guanucoluis has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 02:01 guanucoluis has quit [Ping timeout: 272 seconds] 2013-02-06 02:45 xiangfu has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 02:53 pcercuei has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 03:09 pcercuei has quit [Ping timeout: 252 seconds] 2013-02-06 03:09 pcercuei has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 03:17 wolfspraul has quit [Ping timeout: 264 seconds] 2013-02-06 03:30 danlench1 has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 03:31 hi all, i need to talk to someone about hardware development for an FOSS project 2013-02-06 03:31 we will be launching a kickstarter project soon. the software is ready but i would like to offer a hardware solution as well 2013-02-06 03:32 wolfspraul has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 03:35 i need 1 or 2 SATA, 4 or 5 ethernet, 2 usb, and a way to provide 802.11* that can be upgraded 2013-02-06 03:36 per unit cost on 1k 5k 10k 50k intervals 2013-02-06 03:37 my emain is daniel@nofolder.com 2013-02-06 03:37 ^email 2013-02-06 03:39 hmm, i don't think anyone here is ready to do such things 2013-02-06 03:39 (here) on this channel 2013-02-06 03:40 wpwrak: any suggestions 2013-02-06 03:40 are you involved with qi 2013-02-06 03:40 danlench has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 03:41 the hardware requirements are a bit tricky. maybe there's something out there that already exists. else, you'd need a custom design. or try to adjust the specs. 2013-02-06 03:41 well yes, i'm involved with qi-hw. but i'm not sure what you think that means :) 2013-02-06 03:41 well i am looking for purpose built board 2013-02-06 03:42 well, i'm involved with alot of things as well ;) 2013-02-06 03:42 i'm preparing a kickstarter project 2013-02-06 03:43 think open source cross platform time capsule like device with dropbox like capabilities 2013-02-06 03:43 the software is done, i would like to provide a hardware option 2013-02-06 03:44 so i'm looking for manufacturers 2013-02-06 03:44 maybe post to the qi-hw list. while i haven't seen any discussion about people actually picking up manufacturing tasks (except sharism and tuxbrain, but tuxbrain is dead and sharism doesn't do much anymore), there may be lurkers 2013-02-06 03:45 ok i will 2013-02-06 03:45 would you know who does the pcb for qi? 2013-02-06 03:45 well pcb + components 2013-02-06 03:46 thats what i'm really hunting for 2013-02-06 03:46 you mean the pcb fab ? or the smt fab ? 2013-02-06 03:46 dandon has quit [Quit: .] 2013-02-06 03:46 in the milkymist project, i think pcbs were made and smt'ed in taiwan 2013-02-06 03:47 i think sharism sourced the components directly and then brought them to the smt fab 2013-02-06 03:47 right, probably, but who 2013-02-06 03:47 i mean i could do the smt in my garage if i had enough ovens 2013-02-06 03:47 wolfspraul would know 2013-02-06 03:47 lol 2013-02-06 03:47 good luck with the yield :) 2013-02-06 03:48 right!! late nights 2013-02-06 03:48 and i think anything > 100 units would get extremely boring 2013-02-06 03:48 no, i need to price 10k at least 2013-02-06 03:49 you're in the US ? 2013-02-06 03:49 all thoes pick and place makerbots 2013-02-06 03:49 yeah 2013-02-06 03:49 u 2013-02-06 03:49 you may also want to try to get domestic quotes for a first estimate 2013-02-06 03:50 at least for the pcb, that's easy 2013-02-06 03:50 it's on the list ;) 2013-02-06 03:50 i appreciate your time, i would love to throw this to an open source hw org 2013-02-06 03:51 then you can check your components on digi-key, subtract 10% for volume and maybe 10-20% for asia and you'd have a rough idea 2013-02-06 03:51 yep, the case is the other thing ;) 2013-02-06 03:52 unfortunately, in the qi-hw universe we're not quite set up for contract manufacturing. at least not anymore. would have been a possibility maybe a year ago or two. 2013-02-06 03:52 ah yes, cases are fun :) 2013-02-06 03:53 ugg 2013-02-06 03:53 i didnt have a developer then :/ 2013-02-06 03:53 milkymist had a fairly nice solution. all 2D cuts 2013-02-06 03:53 right, KISS 2013-02-06 03:53 (solution) for its case 2013-02-06 03:54 aye :) 2013-02-06 03:55 wolfspraul: do you by anychance know who does the pcb and smt for qi? i'm looing for a manurfacturer for my project and would love a reccomendation 2013-02-06 03:55 hows that 2013-02-06 03:55 danlench1 has left #qi-hardware [#qi-hardware] 2013-02-06 03:56 danlench1 has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 03:56 thanks for asking but you don't want to hear my recommendation 2013-02-06 03:56 :-) 2013-02-06 03:56 lol, at least i put my work machine on the line first 2013-02-06 03:56 uh oh 2013-02-06 03:56 ok, maybe a warning then. i'm ok with that also ;) 2013-02-06 03:57 sounds as if you need a hw designer, too 2013-02-06 03:57 i have a few on the list but always appreciate another 2013-02-06 03:58 arm or atom, needs to run minimal fedora or centos 2013-02-06 03:58 dandon has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 03:59 these will all be for the home or "small" users 2013-02-06 03:59 the enterprise can use their own HW 2013-02-06 03:59 still free of charge 2013-02-06 03:59 in your place, i'd first try to find a board/device that already does more or less what you need. it's a lot easier to source an existing device than making a new one. 2013-02-06 03:59 the mobile clients will be $5 to fund development 2013-02-06 03:59 well... 2013-02-06 04:00 the large number of ethers combined with SATA could be a problem. does this thing really have to be a router/switch ? 2013-02-06 04:02 where is that link... 2013-02-06 04:02 this will work: http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Leaked-ASUS-Eee-D200-Could-be-a-Home-Media-Server-3.jpg/ 2013-02-06 04:03 the router/switch integration will simplify the dropbox like capabilities 2013-02-06 04:03 for the home user 2013-02-06 04:03 DocScrutinizer05 has quit [Disconnected by services] 2013-02-06 04:03 DocScrutinizer05 has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 04:03 the d200 s basically a heavy duty prototype 2013-02-06 04:04 that box doesn't look so bad 2013-02-06 04:04 released in 2009 for around 700us 2013-02-06 04:04 may even have room for your SATA disks 2013-02-06 04:04 i hve a few now from amazon at 150us 2013-02-06 04:04 no one at asus has ever heard of it 2013-02-06 04:04 ;-) 2013-02-06 04:05 10 techs later and none of them 2013-02-06 04:05 a quiet failure 2013-02-06 04:05 but what a cool idea 2013-02-06 04:05 people who were working on that in 2009 probably have retired long since :) 2013-02-06 04:05 it seems a bit bulky 2013-02-06 04:05 integrated UPS also, its a lipo battery similar to a laptops 2013-02-06 04:06 about 4in wide 12 tall 2013-02-06 04:06 i'm beginning to see where the price comes from :) 2013-02-06 04:07 dvdrw, 2 3.5hdd, 2 fans, touchscreen all that other stuff 2013-02-06 04:07 batteries aren't such a good idea. they die within a few years. and then people will come to you asking for new ones. 2013-02-06 04:07 its tow boards with a pcb bridging them 2013-02-06 04:07 urgh 2013-02-06 04:07 its a beotch to get apart also ;) 2013-02-06 04:08 yeah, its too much 2013-02-06 04:08 good old crowbar not working ? :) 2013-02-06 04:08 but good for dev, 2013-02-06 04:09 so any HW man suggestions? 2013-02-06 04:09 :D 2013-02-06 04:10 btw, if you have two ether ports, you could already integrate it into an existing home network without using extra ports 2013-02-06 04:10 and two ether + SATA may be findable 2013-02-06 04:10 yes, it is 2013-02-06 04:10 wolfspraul: we still haven't heard your comment ;-) 2013-02-06 04:12 which you can imagine, it's easy: don't do hardware 2013-02-06 04:12 work for a manufacturer for a while if you really want to 2013-02-06 04:12 from what you write, there's just too much missing/imagined 2013-02-06 04:13 of course that is the very kind of feedback the successful guys blissfully ignore, but that power is entirely up to you 2013-02-06 04:13 I am still saying: save yourself and the world that bucket of wasted energy :-) 2013-02-06 04:13 there is a jetway board that is looking promising 2013-02-06 04:13 http://www.jetwaycomputer.com/spec/ADE4INLANG.pdf 2013-02-06 04:14 http://www.jetwaycomputer.com/NF9B.html 2013-02-06 04:14 that;s just the ether 2013-02-06 04:15 pcercuei has quit [Quit: Bye] 2013-02-06 04:15 ah, and that would be a 2x ether solution 2013-02-06 04:15 and with plenty of SATA interfaces 2013-02-06 04:16 its too much 2013-02-06 04:17 wolfspraul: i appreciate your words 2013-02-06 04:17 and i concur with wolfgang: since you're aiming for a relatively high-performance design, which also has a fair number of peripherals, you're likely to face a very long and costly development process 2013-02-06 04:18 so a much better approach would be to find something you can just OEM 2013-02-06 04:18 well i plan to run the kickstarter in 2 projects, one for the software only one for hardware only 2013-02-06 04:18 oem would be great 2013-02-06 04:18 been looking for a month 2013-02-06 04:18 new stuff every day 2013-02-06 04:19 time for me to retire for the nite 2013-02-06 04:19 maybe have some vacations in taipei and shanghai (or shenzen ?), and visit the local markets :) 2013-02-06 04:19 thanks so much for your input 2013-02-06 04:19 np. good luck ! 2013-02-06 04:19 :D 2013-02-06 04:19 i'll be back ;) 2013-02-06 04:19 danlench1 has quit [Quit: danlench1] 2013-02-06 04:21 sigh. why doesn't just once someone pop up who wants to make hardware who a) already has the bag of money necessary and b) wants to make, say, a new nanonote ? it would be such a pleasure to help with such a thing ... 2013-02-06 04:44 emeb has quit [Quit: Leaving.] 2013-02-06 04:59 wej has quit [Ping timeout: 245 seconds] 2013-02-06 05:52 valhalla has quit [Ping timeout: 244 seconds] 2013-02-06 05:55 wolfspraul has quit [Quit: leaving] 2013-02-06 06:08 rz2k has quit [] 2013-02-06 06:48 jekhor has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 07:15 dandon has quit [Quit: .] 2013-02-06 07:17 rz2k has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 07:37 Jay7 has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 2013-02-06 07:38 Jay7 has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 07:40 rz2k has quit [Ping timeout: 246 seconds] 2013-02-06 07:43 rz2k has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 07:44 wpwrak: I wonder, how much money would be required for a new NN? 2013-02-06 07:44 lower bound :D 2013-02-06 07:44 the upper one is obviously +∞ 2013-02-06 07:56 jluis has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 07:59 jekhor has quit [Ping timeout: 256 seconds] 2013-02-06 08:08 liuqi has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 08:16 liuqi has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 2013-02-06 08:19 liuqi has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 08:30 liuqi has quit [Quit: leaving] 2013-02-06 08:36 liuqi has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 08:36 urandom__ has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 08:40 wej has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 09:55 whitequark: hmm, production-ready design in the order of 100-150 kUSD 2013-02-06 09:57 perhaps more 150 than 100, considering that the case may be a bit of work 2013-02-06 10:06 hm 2013-02-06 10:07 where did you get the money for first Ben, then? 2013-02-06 10:07 as far as i know, that came from wolfgang's savings 2013-02-06 10:08 also, the first ben wasn't an original design. it was licensed from a company that sold it as a dictionary 2013-02-06 10:10 I see 2013-02-06 10:12 dandon has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 11:06 jekhor has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 11:13 valhalla has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 11:28 wej has quit [Ping timeout: 248 seconds] 2013-02-06 11:28 wolfspraul has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 11:33 wej has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 11:34 xiangfu has quit [Ping timeout: 272 seconds] 2013-02-06 11:35 xiangfu has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 11:49 megha has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 12:08 rz2k has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 2013-02-06 12:14 lekernel has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 12:16 xiangfu has quit [Ping timeout: 252 seconds] 2013-02-06 12:25 jekhor has quit [Ping timeout: 276 seconds] 2013-02-06 12:36 xiangfu has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 12:43 jekhor has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 12:51 wej has quit [Ping timeout: 245 seconds] 2013-02-06 12:56 wej has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 12:58 jekhor has quit [Ping timeout: 255 seconds] 2013-02-06 13:23 pcercuei has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 13:41 pcercuei has quit [Quit: Bye] 2013-02-06 13:45 Hoolxi has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 14:15 kristianpaul has quit [Quit: Lost terminal] 2013-02-06 14:17 Hoolxi has quit [Quit: Leaving] 2013-02-06 14:18 dlan^ has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 14:18 kristianpaul has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 14:28 paul_boddie has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 14:30 Having read the logs, I wonder if danlench1 should be talking to the arm-netbook people. Although I'm not sure whether 4 or 5 Ethernet ports is on their roadmap. 2013-02-06 14:30 Maybe a router/switch manufacturer, then. 2013-02-06 14:31 I'm fairly sure that a dumb switch chip is trivial to obtain 2013-02-06 14:31 and is not very demanding 2013-02-06 14:31 not sure if many of them are interested in making custom designs 2013-02-06 14:31 It sounds like a super-sized FreedomBox. :-) 2013-02-06 14:32 the problem is that the whole system is fairly high-end. you need a very well-equipped shop to make such a thing work. 2013-02-06 14:33 By the way, wpwrak, looking at the documentation for the Arduino shield I was talking about, it appears that feeding 5V to the shield's VIN pin is necessary. The circuit then ensures that the controller gets 3.3V. And there was I thinking I could skip over those pages in the datasheet. :-) 2013-02-06 14:34 there's your problem :) 2013-02-06 14:34 could you feed the 3.3 V directly into the 3.3 V rail, ignoring the 5 V side ? 2013-02-06 14:34 No, that didn't seem to work. 2013-02-06 14:36 :( 2013-02-06 14:37 erikkugel has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 14:38 megha is now known as baba 2013-02-06 14:38 USB would need 5V anyway, as I understand it, so some external power source is probably required. I was using USB as that power source (through the Arduino), but that's cheating. :-) 2013-02-06 14:39 well yes, external power is always a solution ... 2013-02-06 14:39 just make sure you don't connect the ben to any 5 V net. it may resent that. 2013-02-06 14:39 baba has quit [Quit: WeeChat 0.4.0] 2013-02-06 14:42 Indeed. 2013-02-06 14:43 Here, I assume that the shield's designer followed the advice on those other datasheet pages I wasn't interested in reading. ;-) 2013-02-06 14:45 heh :) 2013-02-06 14:46 isn't arduino switching to 3.3 V, too, for their next generation ? i thought i read something like that. or was that some arduino-like board ? 2013-02-06 14:46 5 V is so 1980es ... 2013-02-06 14:46 there are several 3.3V variants 2013-02-06 14:47 arduino pro or something for example 2013-02-06 14:51 dlan^ has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 2013-02-06 15:04 ah yes. has a 3 V and a 5 V variant. 2013-02-06 15:10 Arduino Due is 3.3V (see the warning on http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardDue), as are some of the older models. 2013-02-06 15:11 aah, DUE is that next generation thing i meant ! yes, even has a decent core 2013-02-06 15:13 is the DUE the one with the arm core? 2013-02-06 15:13 yeah, AT91SAM3X8E 2013-02-06 15:13 (Cortex-M3) 2013-02-06 15:13 nice 2013-02-06 15:17 Competition is getting pretty stiff in the low-end ARM space, though: http://www.st.com/internet/evalboard/product/252419.jsp (for example) 2013-02-06 15:17 it's not exactly hard anymore to make a little ARM board :) i guess the brand name may help arduino, though 2013-02-06 15:21 plus their grown ready to use sensor gadgets 2013-02-06 15:30 guanucoluis has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 15:30 jekhor has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 15:58 jekhor_ has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 16:01 jekhor has quit [Ping timeout: 252 seconds] 2013-02-06 16:05 paul_boddie: i am on the arm-network channel as well 2013-02-06 16:06 wpwrak: i'm impressed with the nanonote for sure, just my phone and laptop and tablet and... 2013-02-06 16:07 i appreciate everyones comments totally 2013-02-06 16:07 emeb has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 16:13 danlench: you have a nanonote ? 2013-02-06 16:14 pcercuei has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 16:21 no i do not, but i may after our conversations ;) 2013-02-06 16:22 whee ! :) 2013-02-06 16:22 where is the order form 2013-02-06 16:22 or do you want to sell me yours 2013-02-06 16:23 for the US, right from the source should be best: https://sharism.cc/ 2013-02-06 16:23 naw, i keep mine :) 2013-02-06 16:24 but if its autographed... 2013-02-06 16:25 I got mine from Pulster but that's because it was in the EU and thus less complicated. 2013-02-06 16:25 that would be a large detour ;-) 2013-02-06 16:25 does it have wifi 2013-02-06 16:25 (autographing) 2013-02-06 16:25 nope, no wireless. there's a IEEE 802.15.4 module you can get separately, though. 2013-02-06 16:26 No, there are various strategies for using WiFi with it, but it isn't built in. 2013-02-06 16:26 http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/werner/wpan/web/ 2013-02-06 16:26 i have a meeting in 30 min that i have to prepare for, i'll be back ;) 2013-02-06 16:26 and yes, there's also a hard to find uSD wifi module. not sure if there are any other portable wifi solutions for the ben. 2013-02-06 16:27 By the way, wpwrak, on that microSD Sniffer product page there was someone wanting to use that board to break out to a normal SD card socket which they then intended to use with an Eye-Fi card. 2013-02-06 16:29 hmm, at some point those appendages will become a mechanical problem ... 2013-02-06 16:29 pcercuei has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 2013-02-06 16:29 jekhor_ has quit [Ping timeout: 252 seconds] 2013-02-06 16:32 jluis has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 2013-02-06 16:34 pcercuei has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 16:35 I'm not advocating EyeFi usage - I'm not sure how easy it is to make it a general WiFi solution or that it costs much less than that Spectec card once you add on the price of all the bits needed to connect it - but I wonder whether anyone looked into using one as a quick hack before now. 2013-02-06 16:42 paul_boddie has left #qi-hardware ["Kopete 0.11.3 : http://kopete.kde.org"] 2013-02-06 16:47 there isn't even a linux driver for eyefi 2013-02-06 17:07 wolfspraul, you may find this interesting: http://www.altera.com/literature/wp/wp-01139-timing-model.pdf 2013-02-06 17:55 jekhor_ has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 18:48 pcercuei has quit [Quit: Bye] 2013-02-06 19:09 jekhor_ has quit [Ping timeout: 276 seconds] 2013-02-06 19:15 sivoais has quit [Ping timeout: 248 seconds] 2013-02-06 19:22 sivoais has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 19:23 jekhor_ has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 19:29 urandom__ has quit [Quit: Konversation terminated!] 2013-02-06 19:30 sivoais has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 2013-02-06 19:31 sivoais has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 19:39 sivoais has quit [Ping timeout: 255 seconds] 2013-02-06 19:40 sivoais has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 19:48 sivoais has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 2013-02-06 19:49 sivoais has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 19:57 sivoais has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 2013-02-06 19:58 sivoais has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 20:12 sivoais has quit [Quit: leaving] 2013-02-06 20:12 sivoais has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 20:13 Jay7 has quit [Ping timeout: 244 seconds] 2013-02-06 20:17 woakas has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 20:39 crunch has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 20:39 hey 2013-02-06 20:52 guanucoluis has quit [Ping timeout: 264 seconds] 2013-02-06 21:12 crunch has quit [] 2013-02-06 21:36 guanucoluis has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 21:50 hi 2013-02-06 22:05 wej has quit [Ping timeout: 264 seconds] 2013-02-06 22:11 wej has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 22:26 wej has quit [Ping timeout: 245 seconds] 2013-02-06 22:30 Jay7 has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 22:30 wolfspraul has quit [Ping timeout: 260 seconds] 2013-02-06 22:30 jekhor_ has quit [Ping timeout: 276 seconds] 2013-02-06 22:32 wolfspraul has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 22:39 wolfspraul has quit [Ping timeout: 264 seconds] 2013-02-06 22:48 lekernel has quit [Ping timeout: 264 seconds] 2013-02-06 22:51 guanucoluis has quit [Ping timeout: 276 seconds] 2013-02-06 23:00 lekernel has joined #qi-hardware 2013-02-06 23:03 woakas has quit [Quit: WeeChat 0.3.8]