IRC log for #neo900 on 20140303

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02:22.25sparkles_What OS are people using on their N900s while they wait patiently for the neo900 boards to be fabricated?
02:34.17Zero_Chaospwnie express version of meego/debian
06:31.50ilonDocScrutinizer05: as long as you can turn them off (the leds on the spacer frame), since even one indicator led is rather bright at night, wouldnt  want a UFO ready for take off on the table next to bed :P
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10:06.14merlin1991hm the 4 spare leds could be used to display signal strength or any kind of 1 to 4 bar if they are close enough to each other
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16:49.51DocScrutinizer05RGB?
16:50.27DocScrutinizer05and for a always-on gauge it seems LED are suboptimal either way
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16:53.17DocScrutinizer05I'd rather make such 4-bar signal strength display a 2-color orange/blue flashing: 0%blue+100%orange 25%blue+75%orange 50%blue+50%orange 75%blue+25%orange
16:54.23DocScrutinizer05percent of time
16:55.23DocScrutinizer05after all that's what the lp5523 engines are made for ;-)
16:56.07mvaenskaeDocScrutinizer05: does the SoC used in the neo900 some sort of hyperthreading/pipelining? from what i understand it's a single-core, right?
16:56.22DocScrutinizer05and operating 4 LED continuously costs you ~20mA
16:56.52DocScrutinizer05it's a cortex-A8
16:57.11mvaenskaeagain i accidently a sentence?! i have a severe case of monday :(
16:57.22DocScrutinizer05an ARM risc processor with single core but massive pipelining
16:58.13mvaenskaei have no idea what an cortex-a8 has internally :) i would guess it has a v8 engine but that's not really true now, is it? ;)
16:58.34DocScrutinizer05v7 iirc
16:59.03mvaenskaeoh, so it is like the raspberry pi?
16:59.24DocScrutinizer05http://www.ti.com/product/dm3730
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17:01.14DocScrutinizer05http://www.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-a/cortex-a8.php
17:02.50mvaenskaethanks :) i will be reading up on them in a moment
17:03.27mvaenskaebtw, about a week or two ago someone mentioned a possible stash of n900s. was the offer legit?
17:03.50DocScrutinizer05no follow-up on that one so far :-/
17:05.41mvaenskaehm, that is surely a limiting factor for potential buyers if they don't have the rest of the device :/
17:06.10DocScrutinizer05hm? we plan to offer complete devices, didn't you notice?
17:06.37DocScrutinizer05http://neo900.org/#about
17:07.00DocScrutinizer05it's a pita for me tou source all the mech parts
17:07.07DocScrutinizer05to*
17:07.43DocScrutinizer05http://neo900.org/faq#complete
17:07.51mvaenskaeoh, you do have enough devices to build all from scratch? i assumed ressources were scarce and not everyone could order a complete device
17:10.41DocScrutinizer05for now we have no resources at all, we are about to source mech parts or complete (defective) devices. We hope to be able to source a case and display and stuff for every customer who wants to buy the complete device
17:11.16dos1mvaenskae: it's much better than raspberry pi
17:11.28DocScrutinizer05for most components there's a virtually unlimited supply of spare parts
17:11.53DocScrutinizer05a small number of components is tricky to source
17:12.10DocScrutinizer05but we're optimistic we will manage all that
17:12.27mvaenskaeDocScrutinizer05: does that include the light diffuser for the keyboard? it seems mine is broken as the keys light up unevenly :/
17:13.00DocScrutinizer05the light spreader is integrated into domesheet. Hard to figure how it could break
17:13.03mvaenskaei am playing more around with my n900 lately to find ideas for the motherboard and justify an order :)
17:13.17DocScrutinizer05anyway domesheet is one of the difficult-to-source components
17:13.23dos1DocScrutinizer05: (we need a new newsletter) :nod:, I'll try to write it this evening
17:13.31DocScrutinizer05:-)
17:14.03DocScrutinizer05mvaenskae: maybe a few of your 6 kbd backlight LEDs are broken?
17:14.06mvaenskaedos1: oh, thinking of the march again of it, it was armv6j, not armv7; v7 belongs to the current smartphone gen :)
17:14.39mvaenskaeDocScrutinizer05: that could also be, are those lights part of the motherboard one could buy? :)
17:14.46DocScrutinizer05yes
17:15.16DocScrutinizer05they are even part of the LED stuff I elaborated on in last ~50 lines
17:15.30DocScrutinizer05you'll get RGB kbd backlight
17:16.48DocScrutinizer05[2014-03-02 17:29:19] <DocScrutinizer05> I found a controller that does kathode side
17:16.50DocScrutinizer05[2014-03-02 17:30:01] <DocScrutinizer05> http://www.ti.com/product/lp55281
17:16.51DocScrutinizer05[2014-03-02 17:30:23] <DocScrutinizer05> so RGB kbd backlight is secured
17:16.56mvaenskaewow, that is pretty nice
17:17.07DocScrutinizer05:-) glad you like it
17:17.52mvaenskaebtw, are you offering replacements for the front "glass" which remove the nokia logo and add the neo900 logo there? ;)
17:17.53DocScrutinizer05but all that heavily depends on us sourcing domesheets or finding an alternative solution for kbd
17:18.17DocScrutinizer05no, can't be done. sorry
17:19.08mvaenskaeshame, but i can understand as otherwise you'd need to finance that as well :)
17:19.25DocScrutinizer05the "N900" printing is embedded into digitizer and can't get removed
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20:00.32MentalysionHi, I'm really interested in neo900. When will the motherboard replacement available?
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20:58.21DocScrutinizer05hmmm, too impatient
20:58.48DocScrutinizer05or maybe found the answer on neo900.org
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