[J-core] We're not making ELC Europe.

[Joh-Tob Schäg]

Short correction: The CfP(articipation) for 36C3 hasn't been released
yet. I think you have a good chance getting in but you should explore
other places too.



On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 at 23:38, D. Jeff Dionne <jeff at se-instruments.com> wrote:
>
> On Oct 2, 2019, at 17:29, Joh-Tob Schäg <johtobsch at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thank you for letting us know.
>
> Hi Joh-Tob, quickly:
>
> > I could find any information about specs of the turtle board on the
> > website (http://j-core.org/turtle/). Since you are moving into
> > production the specs should well known.
>
> Yes.  This is 1v1, basically the same as the previous prototypes, with some component changes.
>
> > Could you enlighten us about what FPGA made it and the other specs of the board.
>
> The device choice is XC6SLX25 or XC6SLX45, both in a IIRC 326 PBGA, with LP-DDR memory
>
> > What does that FPGA choice means for the turtles viability as a dev
> > board in the future? In the IRC i saw the question whether the board
> > will be big enough for a J4 or a J64.
>
> LX45 is large enough for J32 (aka J4) MMU SMP, and probably UP J64.
>
> > Additionally are you looking for other conferences to present at?
>
> Yes.  We need to do that.  We’ll have physical units people can walk away with at any conferences we go to.
>
> > There are a few more events this year:
> > http://www.linux-magazine.com/Resources/Event-Calendar
> > Including at the end this year (27.-30. December) there is the 36.
> > Chaos Communication Congress (36C3) in Leipzig, Germany. They are
> > known to be very capable with recording talks but i guess getting a
> > spot now could be though.
>
> We’ll take a look!
>
> Cheers,
> J.
>
> >
> > On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 at 21:33, Rob Landley <rob at landley.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Alas, the turtle board components got held up in customs for a week, so the
> >> completed boards are expected to leave the factory on the 19th, meaning having
> >> boards ready at ELC on the 28th seems unlikely.
> >>
> >> So we're probably doing a small crowdsupply campaign without announcing it at a
> >> conference, just to get the boards available, and then try to have a HAT board
> >> (probably the GPS hat) ready to launch at a conference early next year..
> >>
> >> Rob
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