Re: [Arm-netbook] Crowsupply update

2018-01-08 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 11:24 PM, Richard Wilbur wrote: > It all sounds like fun! What can I help with first? well... perhaps... something simple like.. a simple program that tests GPIO, assuming that say 4 hard-wires are connected between 8 GPIOs in pairs, turning one

[Arm-netbook] Software as a Community Service

2018-01-08 Thread Jean Flamelle
In an ideal global community, there would be distributed to every language-bearing living being a modicum of electronic networking and information rendering hardware. That isn't going to be any day soon. I identify with arguments against SaaS,---and posed them to Urbit's bugtracker in issue

Re: [Arm-netbook] Crowsupply update

2018-01-08 Thread Richard Wilbur
It all sounds like fun! What can I help with first? ___ 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] Crowsupply update

2018-01-08 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 9:22 PM, Richard Wilbur wrote: > One downside of the 2.7.4 board at this point is the changes in capacitor > pricing that have been ameliorated only on version 2.7.5. Here's hoping the > 2.7.5 board works! darn yeah i'd forgotten about the

Re: [Arm-netbook] Crowsupply update

2018-01-08 Thread Richard Wilbur
On Jan 8, 2018, at 07:57, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 2:28 PM, Neil Jansen wrote: >> I do completely agree with his >> decision to get a few boards produced and tested before doing a complete >> run. Even with all the review,

Re: [Arm-netbook] Crowsupply update

2018-01-08 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 4:07 PM, Neil Jansen wrote: >> > > OK then, (A) is there a timetable for when he plans on having such a > fixture ready? he isn't planning, i am. any time in the next... 4 months is fine. nothing could ever really be "planned" because there was no

Re: [Arm-netbook] Crowsupply update

2018-01-08 Thread Neil Jansen
On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 10:47 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > the microdesktop 1.7 brings everything out. as it's only 68 pins, 24 > of which are RGB/TTL, 4 are power, 8 are unused USB3, 7 are for > micro-sd and 4 are for USB2, there's actually not a lot left. > >

Re: [Arm-netbook] Crowsupply update

2018-01-08 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
--- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 3:32 PM, Neil Jansen wrote: > On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 9:57 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton > wrote: > >> the whole point of doing the computer cards is that

Re: [Arm-netbook] Crowsupply update

2018-01-08 Thread Neil Jansen
On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 9:57 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > the whole point of doing the computer cards is that the base units - > the Housings - *can* be done with 0603 and 0805 components, on 2 layer > PCBs. > Does the current housing design break EVERYTHING out? Or

Re: [Arm-netbook] Crowsupply update

2018-01-08 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
--- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 2:28 PM, Neil Jansen wrote: > On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 4:32 AM, Hrvoje Lasic wrote: > >> did you ever think about in investing in small PNP machine (or just

Re: [Arm-netbook] Crowsupply update

2018-01-08 Thread Neil Jansen
On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 4:32 AM, Hrvoje Lasic wrote: > did you ever think about in investing in small PNP machine (or just small > oven plus some hand tools), like being able to produce small batch in house > and test it qucikly? > No, this would be a horrible idea, I speak

Re: [Arm-netbook] Crowsupply update

2018-01-08 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Hrvoje Lasic wrote: > But if you are small, starting business producing 100 pcs in house looks > like good option. yehyeh absolutely. i am however extremely lucky with mike, he will tolerate 100 pcs orders. l.

Re: [Arm-netbook] Crowsupply update

2018-01-08 Thread Hrvoje Lasic
On 8 January 2018 at 11:06, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Hrvoje Lasic wrote: > > agree on your points. > > > > did you ever think about in investing in small PNP machine (or just small > > oven plus some hand tools), like

Re: [Arm-netbook] Crowsupply update

2018-01-08 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Hrvoje Lasic wrote: > agree on your points. > > did you ever think about in investing in small PNP machine (or just small > oven plus some hand tools), like being able to produce small batch in house > and test it qucikly? yehyeh, i did - at one

Re: [Arm-netbook] Crowsupply update

2018-01-08 Thread Hrvoje Lasic
agree on your points. did you ever think about in investing in small PNP machine (or just small oven plus some hand tools), like being able to produce small batch in house and test it qucikly? do you have any idea how reliable www.openpnp.org project is currently, for example to meet your specs

Re: [Arm-netbook] Crowsupply update

2018-01-08 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
--- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 9:08 AM, Hrvoje Lasic wrote: > does it make sense before mass produce, make i.e 5 pcs and test? question. would it be better to make 1000, only to discover that there's a

Re: [Arm-netbook] Crowsupply update

2018-01-08 Thread Hrvoje Lasic
does it make sense before mass produce, make i.e 5 pcs and test? I understand PCB have been tested already, there is Chinese NT coming and most certainly all is ok but still! On 8 January 2018 at 09:31, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > oh that was quick, mike :) > --- >