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I too am confused why BL602 and not ESP32? Basically they want to reverse engineer this 10MB binary file: components/bl602/bl602_wifi/lib/libbl602_wifi.a Whi
by rasmantov 6y ago
I too am confused why BL602 and not ESP32?
Basically they want to reverse engineer this 10MB binary file:
components/bl602/bl602_wifi/lib/libbl602_wifi.a
Which references an internal closed-source sdk:
phy_bl602.c
phy_hal.c
phy_tcal.c
rfc_bl602.c
bl602_rf_private.c
etc..
- ducktective 6y agoSo this is not actually kinda advertisement to raise aware-ness on the chip? I mean if the manufacturer is sponsoring this giveaway, why didn't they release the sources in the first place?
- oriesdan 6y agoI would be very funny to discover they lose their source code :) A more serious reason I could think of : maybe pine64 is trying to convince them to do just that, and this contest is to show them there is public interest (pure speculation from me, of course).
- Avamander 6y agoPine64 and Bouffalo are two different entities. The former tries to ship open-source compatible hardware, the latter manufactures the chip.
- ducktective 6y agoSo Pine64 is itself giving away 1000 pcs of the board? Assuming 5$ for each board, this challenge costs them 5k...
- Avamander 6y agoYep