[Arm-netbook] What's new at the end of 2023?

[Mike Henry]

Just wanted to add that I am still excited about this project. I don’t
understand how anyone can contribute without access to the hardware. Is
there some extra sitting around that I could get ahold of (at my expense)
to test and help out?

On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 14:25 Richard Wilbur <richard.wilbur at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 1:30 PM Pablo Rath <pablo at parobalth.org> wrote:
> > As we have discussed in January (2023) on this list I have a working
> > boot-image fullfilling the minimal requierements (U-Boot, Linux Kernel,
> > Debian root image on UART console) somewhere on my hard drives.
> > Andreas Grapentin and I have broken hardware. I don't know if Andreas
> > made any progress at repairing his hardware.
>
> Sorry about your busted hardware.
>
> > So my question is: "Can anyone with working hardware test and varify my
> > boot-image before we send it to Crowdsupply?"
> > This is the crucial step right now. We can ice the cake later once 100
> > cards get released into the world.
> >
> > Richard, am I correct that you have a working computer card and a
> > microdesktop in you possession. Are you willing to set it all up and
> > test my boot-image?
>
> I have an untested computer card (v1.7.4) and microdesktop (v1.?, I've
> got to lay eyes on it to verify the version).  I am interested in
> setting it up and would be happy to test your boot-image.
>
> (I'm also interested in being able to generate a boot image from
> source.  Do you have notes on how you built it?)
>
> I'm a few days away from being able to set things up, I believe.  Then
> I can try things out, verify that my computer card works and try out
> your boot image.
> After that we can send the boot image to CrowdSupply.
>
> When I can lay my hands on an oscilloscope, I intend to
> carefully/gingerly test my microdesktop board.  I get the impression
> from what others have written, there's a pathology with either the pcb
> layout or the assembly around one of the regulator chips.  So I'd like
> to observe it misbehaving without burning anything up.
>
> Richard
>
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