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I spent so much time with TI and Motorola chips, first in undergrad then at a division of Raytheon that used to be TI, that I got spoiled by being able to pick
by vonmoltke 12y ago
I spent so much time with TI and Motorola chips, first in undergrad then at a division of Raytheon that used to be TI, that I got spoiled by being able to pick up a document that had detailed descriptions of every functional unit, external signal, programmable register, and instruction. Then I ventured outside that world, where I couldn't even buy some chips without signing an NDA and submitting a fucking business plan.
- joezydeco 12y agoI hear ya. And that's where I think some people have gotten lulled by the Raspberry Pi when it comes to these boards. IMO there's a difference between true eval/dev boards and the (for lack of a better word) devices that are following along the lines of the RPi. Dev boards used to be large expensive things that did require NDAs and a healthy business relationship with a chipmaker and local FAE. Could you afford the $4K for an OMAP1 eval board? I couldn't. I'm glad to see some of that stuff come back down to earth, especially now that the big players are cooperating with more-open projects like Beagle/Panda and SABRE. And they're at least following it up with a more open attitude when it comes to documentation, drivers/kernel branches, and online support.