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tech_artel@petroskowo.pl
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Ocieplenie ociepleniem, ale idzie kolejna #zima i w różnych częściach świata ludzie będą marznąć. Niedaleko stąd #Rosja nadal niszczy ukraińską infrastrukturę, a #Ukraina szykuje się do kolejnej hardkorowej zimy.
I dotyczy to nie tylko walczących na froncie, ale też osób cywilnych w miastach i na terenach wiejskich.
Dlatego chcemy dołożyć naszą mikrocegiełkę do pomocy zimowej i podjąć produkcję ogrzewaczy chemicznych, jednorazowych i wielorazowych.
- Wielorazowe (tiosiarczan sodowy i octan sodowy z wyzwalaczem mechanicznym) w postaci większych i mniejszych poduszeczek, a także wkładów do kamizelek (pierwsza pomoc przy hipotermii).
- Jednorazowe w postaci wkładek do butów i rękawic, (katalityczne utlenianie żelaza),

Poszukujemy osób chętnych do opracowania z ogólnie dostępnych materiałów prototypów, które przetestujemy, opublikujemy dokumentację (na licencji C0) i uruchomimy produkcję. Nie zamierzamy tego sprzedawać. Będziemy zbierać dotacje na pokrycie kosztów, a wyprodukowane ogrzewacze powędrują do grup medycznych i pomocowych.

#hipotermia #pierwszapomoc #chemia #ogrzewanie #ogrzewacze #OpenSourceHardware

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waynerad@diasp.org
Wayne Radinsky

"Recently some open-source hardware companies have either gone closed-source on products, are in process of going closed-source, are delaying the release of files/source code, or require NDAs to obtain the software for an advertised-as open-source hardware & Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) certified product."

"Arduino: Arduino Pro hardware is not open-source hardware, and the Arduino about page(s) were recently changed in regards to the open-source hardware and software."

"SparkFun:" "It appears that a recent product sold as open-source has closed-source firmware and an NDA is required to see it." DataLogger firmware.

"Prusa:" "marketed-as-open-source Prusa products are still missing the published files/source of what would allow them to be called open-source." Prusa is an "open-source" 3D printer company. Note there is a response from Comment from Josef Prusa, founder of Prusa, saying Chinese manufacturers are causing problems.

When open becomes opaque: the changing face of open-source hardware companies

#solidstatelife #opensourcehardware

When Open Becomes Opaque: The Changing Face of Open-Source Hardware Companies

Over the last 15+ years, innovative electronics companies have designed and released thousands of open-source hardware designs, creating a flourishing industry. Open-source hardware companies colle…

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waynerad@diasp.org
Wayne Radinsky

"Two hardware makers are planning to offer chips later this year featuring the RISC-V free and open architecture standard, joining the US $180 Linux-capable StarFive VisionFive RISC-V board that went on sale in January. In late June, Pine64 said it was designing a single-board computer for the market now dominated by Raspberry Pi, and Xcalibyte and DeepComputing said they would begin shipping RISC-V-based laptops at the end of the summer."

"The 12-year-old RISC-V computer instruction set architecture standard belongs to no one and everyone."

"The openness of the standard has also attracted markets facing limits on their use of Intel and Arm intellectual property: No government can place sanctions on open chip designs." Think: China, trade war, Russia, sanctions.

RISC-V guns for Raspberry Pi, legacy chips

#solidstatelife #opensourcehardware #riscv

RISC-V Guns for Raspberry Pi, Legacy Chips

Two hardware makers are planning to offer chips later this year featuring the RISC-V free and open architecture standard, joining the $180 Linux-capable StarFive VisionFive RISC-V board that went on sale in January. In late June, Pine64 said it...

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canoodle@nerdpol.ch
SilouettE

Purism making progress on Librem5 SmartPhone - privacy & freedom in mass production

Update: 2021-01

https://shop.puri.sm/shop/librem-5/

more latest news on: https://puri.sm/news/

Progress has been quick and steady, and because we only use components that respect both our ethical values and your personal privacy and freedoms, you can imagine the layers of complexity that go into delivering such a revolutionary mobile phone – from new hardware to a new kernel, from a new operating system to new applications, all of it culminating into the Librem 5 phone.

We want you to have the best possible solutions when it comes both to hardware, and to user experience.

Being able to show that what we’re doing corresponds to our exact intentions is very important, for it will allow you to see this progress for yourself–and we do think the video below, running on the Librem 5 dev kit hardware we shipped in December, speaks volumes.

The Librem 5 devkit running PureOS

https://puri.sm/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/devkit-demo.webm

“What you just saw in the video is the prototype of the Librem 5 hardware, and it has nearly identical specs to the ones we are putting into production later this year.

And, as you can see, it is running our own PureOS mobile operating system – we’re proud to show off the fact that the Librem 5 is not built on Android, nor iOS.

All the basic functionality is still in pre-release state, and more progress is constantly happening around-the-clock, which means even more apps are making it into the PureOS Store regularly.

Purism’s CEO Todd Weaver Testifies at California Congressional Privacy Commission

February 21, 2019

https://puri.sm/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/todd-weaver-purism-spc-california-privacy-commission-testimony-2019-02-20.ogg

Q3 2019 – shipping the Librem 5

But all this leads us to the aforementioned (one quarter) shipping adjustment: the previous Q2 estimate is now confirmed for Q3 product shipping:

This accounts for the time it took us to properly benchmark test the newest CPU choices from NXP for the Librem 5, and the question of whether or not to choose the i.MX 8M Quad or the i.MX 8M Mini, mean we have adjusted our delivery plans slightly.

As we previously announced, the i.MX 8M Quad CPU had known errata issues in the silicon itself, and this was the root cause for the delay, detour and need for research about potential alternatives.

On one hand, the i.MX 8M Quad silicon issues meant not only that the temperature of the battery was way too high, but also that it could discharge too quickly. On the other hand, the i.MX 8M Mini is made in an updated silicon process (14nm instead of 28nm) and has reduced features, resulting in a lower power consumption–but it’s new, and there could be unknown issues and risks. So a lot of research was made, and our development team started evaluating the i.MXM8 Mini to see if it could be used within our requirements–free software only, no binary blobs, mainline based software stacks.

And then the month of February began, and something else unexpectedly happened: NXP released a new software stack for our first CPU choice, the i.MX 8M–and all of the power consumption and heating issues suddenly disappeared!

CPU and Specs

So here we are, on track again after a little delay–quite a useful delay, because now we know. We know a lot more about the i.MX 8M Quad CPU we chose, and a little bit more about a possible alternative. We have chosen the i.MX 8M Quad CPU because the power consumption issues can be dealt with in software… and ultimately that means we don’t have to change the hardware to solve this issue. Full fabrication will begin for the Librem 5 with the specifications we described before:

Librem5

Display5.5″ – 5.7″ HD displayProcessoriMX8M Quad CPUStorage32 GB eMMC internal storageWireless802.11abgn 2.4 Ghz / 5Ghz + Bluetooth 4BasebandGemalto PLS8 3G/4G modem w/ single sim on replaceable M.2 cardGPSTESEO LIF3 multiconstellation GNSS receiverSmartcard2FF format smart cardsKill Switches3 – WiFi, Cellular, Microphone/Cameras (all 3 will turn off GPS)External StoragemicroSD storage expansionAccelerometer9-axis IMU (gyro, accel, magnetometer)Front CameraTBDBack CameraTBDVibration MotorYesChargingUSB C connector for charging, USB client function, USB host function, power deliveryBatteryUser replaceableSpeakersat least oneDelivering on our Promise

As you have come to know, Purism will always keep you posted – about the impressive progress we are making, about any issues, major or minor, that come along. And ultimately, this CPU choice has many opportunities – ones that will change the future of computing for the better, for this decision does come with certain advantages in the long term. The i.MX8M Quad is the most powerful CPU that has both a good operating temperature and a good battery life. Having chosen the best possible CPU will provide us, and you, with an overall better hardware experience, with better capabilities and a shorter integration path–meaning, the integration with the software platform.

Rapid Development Continues

Software development continues to move forward quickly. Amazingly quickly. In the past few months, we’ve seen astonishing software progress, and we are now able to take advantage of it. Finally, the extra time for Librem 5 hardware fabrication will benefit software advancements that continue without slowdown, such as quality testing, providing a greater number of default apps, and community advancements made on our Librem 5 dev kit.

Excitement Increases

We recognize the importance of the Librem 5 phone and all the interest you have around it, you can rest assured. Based on our historic delivery on our promises, we feel more comfortable in advancing towards the delivery of the Librem 5 phone in the third quarter of 2019. We are also immensely grateful for all the support we’ve been receiving, both on our forums and on social media, and so proud of the progress our team is making; grateful to our community for supporting our efforts as we work diligently to get the Librem 5—and all its societal benefits—into people’s hands. We think that both our team and the community deserve the very best.

(src: purism.sm)

free open source hardware: what can users do?

where the user controls the program

not the program controls the user

#linux #gnu #gnulinux #opensource #administration #sysops #freehardware #purism #phone #smartphone #mobile #librem #librem5 #opensourcehardware #privacy #surveillance #bigdata #gnu-linux #SmartPhone #Smartphone #1984

Originally posted at: https://dwaves.de/2019/02/27/purism-making-progress-on-librem5-smartphone-privacy-freedom-in-mass-production/

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ahornbrett@diasp.de
existence.is.the.proof

#openHardware #openSourceHardware

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A collection of interesting open hardware device can be found at the USB product ID registration page: http://pid.codes/1209/
One product ID has been given away by a defunct company for such projects.

Vendor ID 1209
0x1209 is the Vendor ID originally assigned to pid.codes for allocation to open source hardware projects.
All projects using VID 1209 must be licensed using a recognised open source license.

Marcin Cieślak (@saper@mastodon.social)

A collection of interesting open hardware device can be found at the USB product ID registration page: http://pid.codes/1209/ One product ID has been given away by a defunct company for such projects. I already own one of them, another one is on...