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Is Parallella alive? I put in an order more than 18 months ago and still nothing. Related question: is Erlang running on Parallella yet? I remain very intere

by andyl 12y ago

Is Parallella alive? I put in an order more than 18 months ago and still nothing. Related question: is Erlang running on Parallella yet? I remain very interested - 64 or even 16 cores on a small form factor would be incredible.

rposborne 12y ago
Yup, they just shipped mine on saturday. Think they are about to backer 3000 now.
- qdog 12y ago
  I can confirm they have made it to backer #3811 as of last Friday for shipping, hoping it arrives sometime this week.
wtracy 12y ago
Mine arrived last Saturday, so I can confirm it does exist!
vidarh 12y ago
I have received my two. They're still working through the backlog.
acomjean 12y ago
I got mine today. I don't have the video cable yet and still have to attach the heat sink. They'd really like you to have a fan, so I have some work to assemble one. http://www.parallella.org/quick-start/ http://www.parallella.org/quick-start/
- vidarh 12y ago
  It does work with just the heat sink, but if you want to keep it on for extended periods, the fan is probably a good idea. I can recommend this kit for a case/fan: http://shop.abopen.com/ http://shop.abopen.com/ - that fan is enough to keep everything feeling cool to the touch. The design is on Github too, if you want to do your own (and if nothing else the instructions shows you how to hook up a 5v fan directly to the board) It takes some assembly and very light soldering, but not more than that you can get away with any crappy soldering iron and ideally a pair of wire cutters (but scissors will do)
  - acomjean 12y ago
    Very useful, especially the 5v on the board. Might have missed that. Thanks
- jevinskie 12y ago
  Uhh... what am I supposed to do with the case that Adapteva has shipped (awaiting arrival) me? The quick start says I need a fan but I do not see any place on the Adapteva case for such a fan. [0,1] Am I supposed to cut and craft the first-party case to work within the documented requirements? =[ [0]: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0230/6005/products/Case4_grande.jpg https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0230/6005/products/Case4_g... [1]: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0230/6005/products/case3_35292a6e-113a-42bb-a881-b27a4dc5c3ab_1024x1024.jpg https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0230/6005/products/case3_3... Edit: I just noticed that the two cases I posted actually differ. Perhaps the design was not yet settled and they have added provisions for a fan. Does anyone know what the cases that are actually shipping look like?
ccozan 12y ago
Well Erlang could run, after all they supply a Ubuntu distro for it. However, you cannot run Erlang on the Epiphany, you need to code some BIFs to take advantage of the multitude of cores.

by andyl 12y ago

rposborne 12y ago

Yup, they just shipped mine on saturday. Think they are about to backer 3000 now.

qdog 12y ago
I can confirm they have made it to backer #3811 as of last Friday for shipping, hoping it arrives sometime this week.

wtracy 12y ago

Mine arrived last Saturday, so I can confirm it does exist!

vidarh 12y ago

I have received my two. They're still working through the backlog.

acomjean 12y ago

I got mine today. I don't have the video cable yet and still have to attach the heat sink. They'd really like you to have a fan, so I have some work to assemble one. http://www.parallella.org/quick-start/ http://www.parallella.org/quick-start/

vidarh 12y ago
It does work with just the heat sink, but if you want to keep it on for extended periods, the fan is probably a good idea. I can recommend this kit for a case/fan: http://shop.abopen.com/ http://shop.abopen.com/ - that fan is enough to keep everything feeling cool to the touch. The design is on Github too, if you want to do your own (and if nothing else the instructions shows you how to hook up a 5v fan directly to the board) It takes some assembly and very light soldering, but not more than that you can get away with any crappy soldering iron and ideally a pair of wire cutters (but scissors will do)
- acomjean 12y ago
  Very useful, especially the 5v on the board. Might have missed that. Thanks
jevinskie 12y ago
Uhh... what am I supposed to do with the case that Adapteva has shipped (awaiting arrival) me? The quick start says I need a fan but I do not see any place on the Adapteva case for such a fan. [0,1] Am I supposed to cut and craft the first-party case to work within the documented requirements? =[ [0]: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0230/6005/products/Case4_grande.jpg https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0230/6005/products/Case4_g... [1]: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0230/6005/products/case3_35292a6e-113a-42bb-a881-b27a4dc5c3ab_1024x1024.jpg https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0230/6005/products/case3_3... Edit: I just noticed that the two cases I posted actually differ. Perhaps the design was not yet settled and they have added provisions for a fan. Does anyone know what the cases that are actually shipping look like?

ccozan 12y ago

Well Erlang could run, after all they supply a Ubuntu distro for it. However, you cannot run Erlang on the Epiphany, you need to code some BIFs to take advantage of the multitude of cores.