Precursor: an open-source mobile hardware platform
([Briefs] Sep 20, 2020 23:30 UTC (Sun) (corbet))
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- News link: https://lwn.net/Articles/831983/
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Andrew "bunnie" Huang has [1]announced a new project called "Precursor"; it is meant to be a platform for makers to create interesting new devices. " Precursor is unique in the open source electronics space in that it’s designed from the ground-up to be carried around in your pocket. It’s not just a naked circuit board with connectors hanging off at random locations: it comes fully integrated—with a rechargeable battery, a display, and a keyboard—in a sleek, 7.2 mm (quarter-inch) aluminum case. " You can't get one yet, but the crowdfunding push starts soon.
[1] https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=5921
[1] https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=5921
Precursor: an open-source mobile hardware platform
the core notable:
_Precursor is powered by the software-defined hardware of a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). FPGAs are a sea of basic logic units that users can wire up using a “bitstream”. Precursor comes pre-loaded with a bitstream that makes the FPGA behave like a RISC-V CPU, but you’re free to load up (or code up) any CPU you like, be it a 6502, an lm32, an AVR, an ARM, or something else_
Precursor: an open-source mobile hardware platform
the core notable:
_Precursor is powered by the software-defined hardware of a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). FPGAs are a sea of basic logic units that users can wire up using a “bitstream”. Precursor comes pre-loaded with a bitstream that makes the FPGA behave like a RISC-V CPU, but you’re free to load up (or code up) any CPU you like, be it a 6502, an lm32, an AVR, an ARM, or something else_