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Rockbox Player - Project to design and build a Free/Open hardware audio player
00christian00:
@BigBambi
Sorry when i read "it has to approach what can be bought commercially" i thought you meant that the component where to be easily bought by anyone(for DIY).Sorry for my misunderstanding.
@Casainho
I didn't know the situation was that bad,I did know about the really big guys(NVIDIA,Broadcom) but I hoped there were more open minded company.
I think it's ok for the schematic,but we'll discuss this once I get the ok from the factory.
casainho:
--- Quote from: 00christian00 on April 01, 2008, 06:59:14 AM ---@Casainho
I didn't know the situation was that bad,I did know about the really big guys(NVIDIA,Broadcom) but I hoped there were more open minded company.
I think it's ok for the schematic,but we'll discuss this once I get the ok from the factory.
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Christian, can you please say what is the motivation of Pasen to want make a Free/Open hardware media player? - and maybe your personal motivation - I am curious.
You can read my motivations on wiki page of the project.
00christian00:
Hehe,
there is more than one.My motivation are :
-Because i am a tech geek like you.I like to see cool and new things,a small gadgets that can
expand his feature over the time is really cool.
I was a developer myself some year ago,you can find some emulator porting(atari st,turbografx,wonderswan) for symbian uiq if you check my nick on google :)
-Business reason 1.Right now we do only OEM,that mean the hardware is provided by some factory and we only make some small changes to the software and brand it.
We don't like much this because it's very limiting,you are forced to change models almost every 2-3 months because there is no development at all(they sell the new features with new models),so we would like to start producing our own hardware and this could be a chance to get used to this new business.
-Business reason 2.If we can make this well feature packed it can fill a market that altough being small have no competitor,so it can sell very well=money.
casainho:
--- Quote from: 00christian00 on April 01, 2008, 07:27:25 AM ---Hehe,
there is more than one.My motivation are :
-Because i am a tech geek like you.I like to see cool and new things,a small gadgets that can
expand his feature over the time is really cool.
I was a developer myself some year ago,you can find some emulator porting(atari st,turbografx,wonderswan) for symbian uiq if you check my nick on google :)
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Nice to know :-) - we are all geeks :-)
--- Quote from: 00christian00 on April 01, 2008, 07:27:25 AM ----Business reason 1.Right now we do only OEM,that mean the hardware is provided by some factory and we only make some small changes to the software and brand it.
We don't like much this because it's very limiting,you are forced to change models almost every 2-3 months because there is no development at all(they sell the new features with new models),so we would like to start producing our own hardware and this could be a chance to get used to this new business.
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Like the S1MP3 players, where there is no Rockbox port because there are a lot of them, all different, so, there is no continuity :-( - that is not good for us consumers :-(
A good opportunity for both, I think - If Pasen want to start producing their own hardware.
casainho:
--- Quote from: friendlyzookeeper on April 01, 2008, 02:24:04 PM ---Do you have a working model? This sounds more about money than a DIY. Sorry I offend you, I thought I might help. 4.4 was about placing other drivers when needed as for building up the hardware.
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No working model yet, I hope to get at least, in the next 6 months, have that Prototype working.
The file you mention, were already selected for 1st stage bootloader:
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/RockboxPlayerPrototype#1st_stage_bootloader
Do you have experience with AT91 Bootstrap bootloader? What do you think about the bootloader? - the first code I would like to have, is an flash LED, but, with that bootloader scheme.
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