Actually, you have no idea how many individuals were canvassed for that buy, and , as such, no idea that 90% chose not to buy, many of whom were interested and cited potential issues as their reason for not going ahead.MotoFab wrote:Regarding any potential hardware problems, none that I saw suffered the concerns you listed enough to stop them from buying the Puma board.
Source code available is not equal to open source.The source code for that demonstrator board is available from Freescale.
What about the design files from the package used to create it, such that it can be easily tweaked into something else, something better, something different, something custom, etc? An absolute minimum requirement for an open source hardware platform would be schematics + gerbers such that more boards can be printed.MotoFab wrote:Freescale puts gerber images of their development boards into datasheets. The actual gerber files are also available, I've downloaded several over the years. That is an everyday practice for Freescale, nee Motorola semiconductor division.Fred wrote:How about the gerbers? Is it "open source" at all? I don't think so. It's just marketing hype. Freescale and MegaSquirt are in each others back pockets anyway, and always were!Mike Garrard June 20, 2011 wrote:Yes, I will publish schematics
Using the OS term without being compliant with the OSD from the OSI, THE authority on the matter, is misleading and dishonest at best.It is marketing hype, Freescale says that right from the top.
Fred.