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1. minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2024 03:43:16 JST minute

   QA testing MNT Reform Kintex-7 modules with soft RISC-V core (LiteX/VexRiscV) and our eDP encoder board

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2024 03:46:37 JST minute

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     what's missing to make this already pretty cool setup even cooler:
     - fund a real batch (assembled at a pcb house) so we can get the price way down
     - test/integrate naxriscv (out-of-order 64 bit core)
     - implement a scaler in the gateware to 1/2 or 1/4 the resolution on demand to make up for 100Mhz speed

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2024 03:48:01 JST minute

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     it is so nice somehow to have a completely open system (hw/gw/sw) with networking and usb input devices and displayport

   • Will Green (willflux@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2024 03:57:07 JST Will Green

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     @mntmn sounds wonderful. If even a few hundred people were actively developing with this board I think we'd see some amazing hardware ideas come to life.

     I really hope you can raise the funds to make a large batch and bring the price down. 🤞

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2024 06:16:22 JST minute

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     • Alexis

     @alexisspacegirl in principle it can work, there's no mipi dsi solution yet for pocket's display though

   • Alexis (alexisspacegirl@bitbang.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2024 06:16:23 JST Alexis

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     @mntmn The Kintex-7 module is listed as incompatible with the Pocket Reform on your website, right? Is that for physical reasons, or is it something that could potentially be solved in gateware?

   • ElectronicAcorn (electronicacorn@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2024 22:23:08 JST ElectronicAcorn

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     @mntmn I strongly believe that more people need to learn why this is so important - to have a system from the ground up that's designed specifically NOT to have surveillance and tracking built in by design.

     i.e. Don't be fooled by a "smart" (always on) device that's designed to passively stimulate addiction and cultivated "needs", but be smart ourselves and demand devices that simply just do what we need it to, and without any hidden agendas.

     Like this kind of BS: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/02/lenovo-pcs-ship-with-man-in-the-middle-adware-that-breaks-https-connections/