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09:58.54ceeneDocScrutinizer51: those silego chips are like small FPGAs?
09:59.29DocScrutinizer05yes
10:00.40DocScrutinizer05and the engineers at silego are _really_ friendly. Proof: they sell their own chips off factory by the dozen
10:01.04ceenei see they provide libraries for eagle, orcad and altium
10:01.26DocScrutinizer05I would've been surprised if they don't
10:01.34ceenenot everybody does
10:03.03DocScrutinizer05sure, most chip manufs are not interested in a wide market, they rather optimize all their strategy towards one or two very big customers and "fuck the rest"
10:04.24ceenetell that to macom
10:04.28DocScrutinizer05>>datasheets? sure, no problem. Sign this contract that obliges you to buy 1 million chips during next 2 years and we send a field engineer to bring and read the datasheet to you<<
10:04.35ceenewhich has stopped selling GaAn amplifiers
10:04.50ceenewith basically no notice
10:05.07ceenewe were about to start a design when our distributor told that
10:05.09ceene:/
10:05.40DocScrutinizer05been there seen that, yes
10:05.47DocScrutinizer05always nasty
10:06.04DocScrutinizer05they joys of sourcing
10:06.24DocScrutinizer05sourcing isn't "let's go shopping" - it's way more intricate and involved
10:06.49DocScrutinizer05s/they/the/
10:08.08DocScrutinizer05when you're lucky, the chip manuf has a warranty about avalability span of the component
10:08.26DocScrutinizer05usually you're not lucky though
10:08.56DocScrutinizer05such warranties are part of contracts that are only available to customers buying millions of chips
10:09.57DocScrutinizer05for microscopic amounts like one reel of 2500 components you always get aftermarket
10:10.12DocScrutinizer05where you can find stuff even decades after EOL
10:10.30DocScrutinizer05usually, unless you got bad luck
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10:16.48DocScrutinizer05ceene: did you look into the PWM sine wave generator application note for greenpak5? awesome
10:17.06DocScrutinizer05http://www.silego.com/uploads/Products/product_479/details/AN-1111 Sine Wave Generator.gp5
10:17.14DocScrutinizer05heck!!
10:17.26DocScrutinizer05http://www.silego.com/uploads/Products/product_479/details/AN-1111%20Sine%20Wave%20Generator.gp5
10:18.22DocScrutinizer05wants a clear indication of encoding/decoding spaces and other nonprintables in URLs during c%p
10:18.27DocScrutinizer05c&p even
10:19.24DocScrutinizer05it's completely unclear to mee when KDE et all encode and when they decode during c&p
10:19.47DocScrutinizer05typing bounces
10:20.02DocScrutinizer05me* et al*
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10:54.46ceenei haven't had the chance yet
11:05.03DocScrutinizer05they use 2 oscillators (counters) with minimally differing period times to create both a PWM signal and the sine wave modulated onto the PWM same time - extremely nifty
11:07.53DocScrutinizer05also very inspiring (though it's not obvious which chip they actually use [SLG46531V] ): http://www.silego.com/products/446/312/AN-1097.html
11:13.28DocScrutinizer05just browse thorough http://www.silego.com/softdoc/app_notes.html?filterPN=SLG46531V and find stuff interesting for you
11:24.39DocScrutinizer05wpwrak: ceene: (IO-extenders) I'm just pondering the pros&cons of http://www.silego.com/products/419/312/AN-1090.html vs a dedicated IO-extender chip
11:35.29DocScrutinizer05http://www.silego.com/uploads/Products/product_419/details/AN-1090%20Simple%20I2C%20IO%20Controllers%20with%20SLG46531.pdf
11:52.12DocScrutinizer05the extremely great feature of such (mixed signal) CPLD is: you first time actually can "fix bugs" after hw deployment, to a certain degree
11:52.42DocScrutinizer05thanks to the in-circuit programmable feature
12:04.56Arch-TKDocScrutinizer05: they shouldn't urlencode/decode at all
12:05.21DocScrutinizer05hmm, the replacing of spaces by %20 comes in handy
12:05.22Arch-TKmight be your web browser trying to be "smart" but I hope that KDE doesn't do that.. That would be idiotic.
12:05.34Arch-TKIn the browser?
12:05.54DocScrutinizer05well, the browser doesn't do it in the URL field
12:06.02Arch-TKI see
12:07.07DocScrutinizer05but e.g. in (this) Konversation IRC client, simply picking the %20 URL a few line up and drag&drop it into the input field results in  http://www.silego.com/uploads/Products/product_419/details/AN-1090 Simple I2C IO Controllers with SLG46531.pdf
12:07.12Arch-TKmy web browser (qutebrowser) displays the URLs as urldecoded but when I yy the URL (copy it) it fixes it so it's all urlencoded
12:07.38Arch-TKhmm
12:07.40Arch-TKthat's really weird
12:08.35DocScrutinizer05http://www.silego.com/uploads/Products/product_419/details/AN-1090%20Simple%20I2C%20IO%20Controllers%20with%20SLG46531.pdf when I use "copy link address" context meny and then paste with MMB
12:08.55DocScrutinizer05s/meny/menu/
12:09.10Arch-TKhmm
12:09.16Arch-TKmmb pastes from your clipboard with kde?
12:09.31DocScrutinizer05so obviously drag&drop is different from "copy link addr" and paste
12:09.32Arch-TKFor me, mmb has always been the selection buffer.
12:09.50DocScrutinizer05yes, kde klipboard
12:10.12DocScrutinizer05clipboard content is escaped
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12:10.29DocScrutinizer05IOW a 100% copy of the URL
12:10.34Arch-TKI don't think I could manage with that :P
12:11.53DocScrutinizer05actually I don't know for sure whether MMB now pastes from clipboard or from X11 buffer, since the "sync clipboard with X11" feature of klipboard is broken
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13:56.38enycDocScrutinizer51, Arch-TK: reading above...   I think useful project progress and completion plan, and so forth to show really can get there,   will help with attracting potential purchasers....   problem being outwardly the project ''looks stale'' ...
13:57.44DocScrutinizer05I'm aware of this problem, alas I'm a terrible website editor and we have nobody willing to pick up on the task
13:58.41DocScrutinizer05initially dos1 did an awesome job on this, but he's obviously busy with other stuff since quite long time already
14:42.54hellekinDocScrutinizer05: well, I'm willing.  I just don't know what to put there, and more importantly how to make something you (and everybody else) can use.  It's easier for me to just go around and talk about the project to people :)
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14:49.02DocScrutinizer05hellekin: simply update the frontpage, ideally summarize what you noticed we do
14:50.39hellekinDocScrutinizer05: "summarize what you noticed we do" is probably the hard part.  I have no clue what you're doing.  It's a bit like asking a falconer to shoot a gun for hunting.
14:51.16DocScrutinizer05if no better sources come to mind, a short summary of what is in chanlog of this very chan would already go a long way
14:51.22hellekinDocScrutinizer05: I'd rather have you update the contents in a way that satisfies your workflow and the web automation
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15:19.06DocScrutinizer05enyc: see?
15:21.40DocScrutinizer05the problem is not about workflow and tools, it's about we're in need of an editor and communications officer
15:23.40DocScrutinizer05my text production is at a rate of ~0.2 words per minute, and even wpwrak who writes excellent texts is not feeling like writing newsletters or doing news updates on the website
15:45.29Kerohellekin: I'm in the same position as you: willing to help, not entirely sure what to put up.
15:46.32Keroit would help me to do such a job together with someone, to leave DocScrutinizer05 and others to do the work where it is much harder for me to help (I'm a SW person)
16:21.20pigeonsAlso let me know and I'll see what i can do too
17:15.18DocScrutinizer05on a tad of update info: since we burned a roughly 6 months already with trying to evaluate and establish alternative procedures to the originally planned layout by Nikolaus/GDC, the announced out time of Nikolaus (6-9 months) already starts to expire, and so a few days ago we sent an inquiry if he's be willing to resume on the established workflow eventually. We're waiting for the response
17:18.09Arch-TKIdeal for things to put on the website:
17:18.17Arch-TK"ISIS Causes Delays"
17:19.31Arch-TK"Heated discussions about possibility of including 6581 SID chip continue"
17:20.49Arch-TK"Unexpected lack of creativity causes major website staleness"
17:20.56DocScrutinizer05look, that's why I feel tired to post anything news
17:21.20DocScrutinizer05cya
17:21.41Arch-TKBye!
17:22.41DocScrutinizer05I'm honestly fed up with nonsense invented and made up from my words
17:23.41Arch-TKI was just joking. But I think trying to do a weekly summary of the channel log can be a good way to introduce noise and busyness to the website.
17:24.05Arch-TKCertainly some things are worth saying.
17:24.35Arch-TKHeck, even that fancy sine wave chip that I have no idea about can be made into some kind of microblog / something entry.
17:24.41Arch-TK"Hey: look at this cool chip"
17:24.55Arch-TKI'm sure the target audience of this project would be interested.
17:26.35Arch-TKMaybe it might be worth actually paying someone to do some promotion. I mean the EFF and FSF and all those places all have people who are employed entirely to bring more people together to look at things that they might have never sought out to look.
17:27.17Arch-TKStuff like all these bills trying to be passed in the USA which would normally be entirely missed by most people.
17:27.49Arch-TKHeck, maybe even people like the EFF and FSF can be asked to help promote the project and make it a reality.
17:30.00DocScrutinizer05go ahead! while the engineers do their engineering business
17:31.23Arch-TKI will send some emails to the FSF and the EFF asking if they would be interested in promoting things. If they want to contact someone directly connected to the project, who's email should I give them?
17:31.45DocScrutinizer05again: the project is in dire need of a communications officer. And I spent more time than I have budget for trying to find one already
17:33.25DocScrutinizer05it's NOT about *me* providing a patch that some web programmer will apply to the website html code. I'm probably even capable to do that myself. We have no such patches, that's the point
17:34.25Arch-TKWhy not put on the website that the project is looking for a communication's officer?
17:35.51pigeonsvetting and babysitting and correcting and dealing with falloout from the mistakes of the communications officer takes away from building neo900 too
17:36.32pigeonsI'll volunteer though. I've never been an officer before
17:37.45DocScrutinizer05it's pretty simple: you want something get done (except engineering which is my job)? go and simply do it
17:38.32pigeons:)
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18:34.18wpwrakmmh, i'm afraid i won't be of much use for helping with the PR discussion at the moment, at least unless you see me drifting in and out of feverish dreams as an asset. down with seasonal entertainment (flu) :-(
18:37.27Arch-TKflu in the middle of summer?
18:39.29DocScrutinizer05Arch-TK: think!
18:39.44wpwrakArch-TK: happens. e.g., i had a particularly nasty one in december january. but i'm in the southern hemisphere anyway, so it's at least seasonally correct
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18:39.45DocScrutinizer05wpwrak: get well soon!
18:39.59Arch-TKah
18:40.15Arch-TKI was considering you might be on the southern hemisphere.
18:40.28DocScrutinizer05~wpwrak
18:40.33DocScrutinizer05ugh
18:41.03wpwrakDocScrutinizer05: thanks !
18:41.36DocScrutinizer05~wpwrak is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Almesberger
18:41.36infobotokay, DocScrutinizer05
18:43.20DocScrutinizer05wpwrak: sory for defining _your_ factoid, you actaully literally own it (you can define it to your liking and even lock it so it won't get tampered by others)
18:44.19Arch-TKdidn't know.
18:44.39Arch-TKwpwrak: your birthday is 13 days after mine (not the year, but the day and the month)
18:49.01Arch-TKand you're the guy who is in charge of the wonderful anelok
18:51.09wpwrakwhee, the word spread ! :)
18:51.31Arch-TKYes, I've still not worked out where on that website I can send you all my money.
18:53.41Arch-TKcan I blame you for FAT-12?
18:53.58wpwrakif you want to donate to development, you can do that any time :) but if you're looking to buy / pre-order / crowrdfund a unit, then i'm not quite ready yet. still got a bunch of loose ends to address.
18:54.28wpwrakfat-12 and fat-16 support in the linux kernel, yes. didn't invent the evil FAT, though.
18:54.45Arch-TKah, the wiki made it sound like you invented FAT
18:55.14wpwrakwhat is interesting is that the code nowadays still looks pretty much is it did back when i wrote it.
18:56.37Arch-TKProbably everyone was scared of touching it because it deals with FAT.
18:56.51freemangordonwpwrak: you wrote linux kernel FAT driver?
18:57.15DocScrutinizer05wonders if FAT even been invented by Billyboy Gates or if he "stole" it from that unknown hacker where he got that initial DOS code from
18:57.24DocScrutinizer05freemangordon: yes
18:57.30freemangordonwow
18:57.38wpwraksins of the youth :)
18:57.45DocScrutinizer05hehehe
18:57.49freemangordonnaah, why is that?
18:58.08DocScrutinizer05mumbles loadlin
18:58.37DocScrutinizer05lilo
18:59.11freemangordonis that even still exists?
18:59.27Arch-TKapparently
18:59.47Arch-TKdevelopment was discontinued last year
19:02.13DocScrutinizer05https://botbot.me/freenode/devuan/2016-06-16/?msg=68021948&page=1
19:02.29Arch-TKwpwrak: regarding donations, yes I would be happy to donate
19:02.55Arch-TKI would be really happy if anelok became something that works because it sounds like something that could serve me for years (unless I lost it)
19:04.55bencohhm it does ring a bell
19:09.43wpwrak(lost) you can also make backups :) in fact, these days i'm working on finally implementing that distributed editing of the account database now
19:17.17DocScrutinizer05[2016-07-06 Wed 21:14:09] <wpwrak> all this is in here: https://neo900.org/git/?p=misc;a=blob;f=pinmux/neo900.assign
19:25.10DocScrutinizer05https://neo900.org/git/?p=misc;a=log;pg=1
19:30.56DocScrutinizer05(FAT) thought as much: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standalone_Disk_BASIC-80
19:32.21DocScrutinizer05>>The Altair BASIC interpreter was developed by Microsoft founders Paul Allen and Bill Gates with help from Monte Davidoff<<
19:32.59DocScrutinizer05not "unknown hacker" but Monte Davidoff, it seems
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21:14.48edwinhmm OpenCellular is only about the operator side, not the mobile device side?
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22:18.06DocScrutinizer05hey ceene, don't you ever have holiday, so I could visit you in Spain and sit whole day at Ahyka's side to answer questions during layout?
22:20.07DocScrutinizer05adyes, and it looks like a lame knockoff of openbts
22:20.18DocScrutinizer05see sysmocom
22:20.34DocScrutinizer05and yes*
22:20.51DocScrutinizer05nah, edwin: yes, ...*
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