Comments on: The SL1 is out the door http://pingswept.org/2008/01/24/the-sl1-is-out-the-door/ Taking the zen out of citizen journalism since the 1900's Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:37:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: brandon.stafford http://pingswept.org/2008/01/24/the-sl1-is-out-the-door/#comment-35380 brandon.stafford Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:32:30 +0000 http://pingswept.org/2008/01/24/the-sl1-is-out-the-door/#comment-35380 "Oh, is that the GPS?" <points at jpeg of GPS interface> “Oh, is that the GPS?” ]]> By: Jerry http://pingswept.org/2008/01/24/the-sl1-is-out-the-door/#comment-35379 Jerry Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:26:40 +0000 http://pingswept.org/2008/01/24/the-sl1-is-out-the-door/#comment-35379 Congrats on getting your product out. I'm "compiling", so I thought I'd surf teh interwebs & found yer blog. In the words of a previous client after seeing a PIC microcontroller display a command line interface, "Oh, did you put Linux on there?" Congrats on getting your product out. I’m “compiling”, so I thought I’d surf teh interwebs & found yer blog.

In the words of a previous client after seeing a PIC microcontroller display a command line interface, “Oh, did you put Linux on there?”

]]> By: finn http://pingswept.org/2008/01/24/the-sl1-is-out-the-door/#comment-35377 finn Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:22:07 +0000 http://pingswept.org/2008/01/24/the-sl1-is-out-the-door/#comment-35377 I have no idea where that "R" came from. I have no idea where that “R” came from.

]]> By: brandon.stafford http://pingswept.org/2008/01/24/the-sl1-is-out-the-door/#comment-35376 brandon.stafford Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:36:08 +0000 http://pingswept.org/2008/01/24/the-sl1-is-out-the-door/#comment-35376 Hi Finn, The SL1 uses an 8-bit microcontroller with a little bit of onchip Flash memory, plus an additional memory chip for storing data. It has no operating system, just firmware written in C. To make debugging a little easier we prototyped all of the image processing algorithms in C on a Windows machine and then ported them to the micro. Are you getting into this stuff? And what does the R in FROSS stand for? "R as in 'Where is the L key?'" Hi Finn,

The SL1 uses an 8-bit microcontroller with a little bit of onchip Flash memory, plus an additional memory chip for storing data.

It has no operating system, just firmware written in C. To make debugging a little easier we prototyped all of the image processing algorithms in C on a Windows machine and then ported them to the micro.

Are you getting into this stuff? And what does the R in FROSS stand for? “R as in ‘Where is the L key?’”

]]> By: finn http://pingswept.org/2008/01/24/the-sl1-is-out-the-door/#comment-35374 finn Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:21:37 +0000 http://pingswept.org/2008/01/24/the-sl1-is-out-the-door/#comment-35374 > And finally, did I mention that it also has a sweet command line interface? Do tell. What software does it run? Some sort of custom embedded something or other? Or did you guys use a stripped down a FROSS operating system of some kind? I'd actually be curious about the hardware it's running on (specifically kind of cpu and memory it uses) as well. > And finally, did I mention that it also has a sweet command line interface?

Do tell. What software does it run? Some sort of custom embedded something or other? Or did you guys use a stripped down a FROSS operating system of some kind? I’d actually be curious about the hardware it’s running on (specifically kind of cpu and memory it uses) as well.

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