Re: [oc] Re: Need a little direction

["Damjan Lampret" <lampret@opencores.org>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Devesh Kothari" <dkothari@protosys.com>
To: <cores@opencores.org>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [oc] Re: Need a little direction


> > I didn't understand some of your points , When u say the that you want
the
> > openhardware to reach the masses do u mean consumer items ? something
like
> > a MP3 decoder or a high end IP router ?
>
> When i say open hardware to reach the masses, i mean hardware that could
be
> developed very
> cheaply with opencore components to make devices like for example,
> intelligent parking meters,
> lift controllers, door controllers, building automation controllers,
devices
> on bus stops to provide
> useful information like bus schedules, last bus left, navigable map
> providers, information booths etc,
> list probably is as big as the imagination. I am talking of cheap devices
> all around with which the user
> can interact with his hardware, like mobile phones, PDA's etc.
>
> But the important thing is that even with opencores its a far way to
achieve
> workable devices,
> like for each hardware board you need to have linux or something ported,
> what we need is a
> demonstrable platform made from opencore with for example linux working on

Demonstration platform running Linux? I think something interesting will be
available before end of this year.

> it, which could
> serve as starting point for companies or developers who want to make the
> kind of devices
> I mentioned above. Then only IMHO would the benefits reach the end users.
> But then i might be sounding really stupid
>
> With the expertise required for development of hardware board, locks a lot
> of smaller
> development firm in a kind of catch 22 situation. Either you need to have
a
> complete end to end, right
> from board design to application development capability, or you just end
up
> paying so much for design costs, that finally
> when the device is ready and you have your applications ready and running,
> the price of the device
> goes beyond commercial limits. I am of the opinion, that lot of the
> functionality i mentioned (which i call
> device personalities) come from applications running on the device. There
> should be a open platform generic
> enough to help such developer firms to escape the harsh hardware
development
> cost/knowledge.
>
> That is why i am trying to get a generic enough platform , quite simple in
> terms of hardware but could serve
> as a platform which could give these smaller development firms to use and
> write applications.
>
> Ignore all the above, if i stopped making sense.
>
> > Maybe u can start projects which u think must come in YOUR board . and
> > later when needed u just download all the cores in to the fpga .
>
>
>
> >
> >
> >
>
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> > Senior Research Engineer
> > Satellite Communication
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