IRC log for #elinux on 20180705

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04:30.25ildar[m]quarterback : surely not the author. Just my suggestions, nothing clever, welcome ))
04:30.52quarterbackildar[m], Thanks
04:31.05quarterbackAre you in russia?
04:31.25ildar[m]close. Kazakhstan.
04:31.42quarterbackPeople in that region use ) instead of :)
04:31.50quarterbackSo I recognized :)
04:32.20ildar[m]oh! 👍
04:32.55quarterbackIt seems preparing a elinux board is daunting. I have worked on it before and putting a board altogether is a daunting task.
04:33.04ildar[m]we have quite a history of using smiles. e.g. http://www.kolobok.us/
04:34.04quarterbackInteresting.
04:34.17quarterbackDo you work on embedded boards?
04:34.27ildar[m]that's why most people just use ready-made and popular SBC as building blocks
04:34.48ildar[m]not. amateur here
04:35.08quarterbackSBC seems pretty easy than custom developed boards.
04:35.12ildar[m]I bought OrangePi
04:35.22ildar[m]extreamly cheap ))
04:35.34ildar[m]yep
04:35.48ildar[m]but they fit for many applications
04:35.56ildar[m]so why not?
04:37.08quarterbackLooks interesting. I would probably get one myself.
04:37.53quarterbackThere was something similar, raspberry pi zero which had minimal configuration.
04:38.19quarterbackhttps://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-zero/
04:38.25ildar[m]☺
04:39.15quarterbackOne thing I've seen is that these boards lack a good power supply pin. The usb power supply is not rugged and not an option if you want to make the board to run for years.
04:39.36quarterbackIt would have been better if the board had a 5v power supply with normal pins.
04:40.11ildar[m]mine has it.
04:40.12ildar[m]))
04:40.24ildar[m]Orange Pi One
04:41.03quarterbackThat is perhaps better.
04:41.42quarterbackI was talking about raspberry pi series. The only disadvantage with that was the power supply was usb and not a normal power supply.
04:41.50ildar[m]but I spent a week finding the connector 😞
04:42.02quarterbackLooks like you found a good board.
04:42.18ildar[m]USB is great you just plug it and quickly test
04:42.27ildar[m]))
04:42.30ildar[m]10 bucks
04:42.43quarterbackI wouldn't want to power a board with usb for longer periods.
04:43.05ildar[m]sure, that's just two different use-cases
04:44.34quarterbackYes, usb power is for hobbyists and normal power pins are for professionals.
04:45.30ildar[m]😁
04:45.41ildar[m]then I have got the wrong one
04:47.16quarterbackYou seem to have said your power supply is not usb.
04:48.04ildar[m]exactly. But I'm an amateur, amateurs should take USB option $)
04:48.04ildar[m]😉
04:53.27quarterbackHave you tried buildroot?
04:54.04ildar[m]not yet.
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05:01.27quarterbackAre you following any book such as "building embedded linux systems"?
05:01.58quarterbackI am wondering what other people are doing. Are they using web based documentation for building embedded linux boards?
05:04.25ildar[m]emm, no. Just exploring freely.
05:04.26ildar[m]I kinda follow Grenning - "Test Driven Development for Embedded C"
05:05.32ildar[m]btw the MOST advanced ppl I've seen in embedded are on #oe channel
05:11.13quarterbackSome of the orange boards have emmc storage. I wonder how long do they last if you load embedded linux in it and write an application too.
05:13.11ildar[m]I doubt you can find MTBF info
05:13.12ildar[m]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_time_between_failures
05:13.31quarterbackIt doesn'
05:13.43quarterbackIt doesn't say anything about emmc storage used in embedded boards.
05:14.22ildar[m]I mean doubtful someone made such statistics
05:14.23quarterbackMany smart phones have emmc storage too and they seem to work for 4 to 5 years effortlessly.
05:15.41ildar[m]yep... well... try to find the chip name of the eMMC and MTBF info on it
05:16.13ildar[m]but it surely depends on write intensity and such
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