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Forget About #RaspberryPi - Use Your Old Phone Instead:

#smartphone #hardware #tutorial #program #android #led #tinker #uart #usb #software

#USB #Smartphone #hardware #android #software #raspberrypi #tutorial #LED #program #uart #tinker

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Richard
Richard
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@tomgrzybow AFAICT, depends on whether you can build and boot a working Android distro for the hardware without all the hardware manufacturer and Google surveillance crap.
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linus
linus
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even then you probably have some CPU Hardware Vulnerabilities.
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Richard
Richard
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@linus Eh. That's the case with any commodity hardware. I won't let it stop me from ~~hacking~~, erm, ~~maker-ing~~, whatever the hell kids call being an amateur computer software and hardware enthusiast these days.
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Richard
Richard
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In before the pedants - "any" is an exaggeration. I suppose there are niche markets where the chip is triple independently scrutinized to ensure no fuckery has been added before encapsulation in the package. That's not the world I live in though so, Eh.
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tomgrzybow
tomgrzybow
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It's not the CPU which is the issue, it's the filrmware. One must note that every risc-V on the market is actually a proprietary version of the open spec, and the firmware is also proprietary. Risc-V machines are no more (or less) Free than any other.

The Talos Workstations are probably the most Free (and clean) machines on the market - being completely open, except for the Power8 CPU design.

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LPS
LPS
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That is the first time I'm hearing that, that's super disappointing. I was under the assumption that it worked as other open licences:(
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tomgrzybow
tomgrzybow
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There are open specs for an earlier version of the PowerPC and one for SPARC as well. Maybe MIPs? Anyway, no one is using them, as far as I am aware.
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anonymiss
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It’s all right what you say but I think it’s better for the environmental impact to use old devices. Yes the community could be better in teaching how to use Google-free Android.
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tomgrzybow
tomgrzybow
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Just take a look at any RISC-V device. The device-specific CPU design is nowhere to be found.
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