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Comment Re:Dual-PCB = someone else's design (Score 1) 71

I buy evaluation boards - eg LPC845BRK; nearest one at hand - just so I can swipe the various circuits I might need. They give you a nice PDF with the circuits laid out - often in logical blocks, like power, USB, SD card, etc - so you can just cut-and-paste their design.

Comment How is RISC-V better than ARM? (Score 3, Insightful) 17

I like you guys; you're almost like family. Ya know, your "weird cousing" types, but hey. I highly value your insight. So while I could probably look the answer up elsewhere, I'm looking to "family" to tell me truly, what does RISC-V have that would lead me away from ARM? I've been in a long, stable relationship with ARM; she's a charming gal. She's got all that uncle John needs. Why would I consider trashing all that for RISC-V hotness?

Are we talking speed? Speed per watt? Cost? It's kinda hard to beat Pico at ~$5. Development tools? Industry support? More cores per chip? What?

Comment Re:Perpetuating piracy, then (Score 1) 127

Hope springs eternal that "the next big thing" will keep people from recording stuff, and provide a one-way direct link to customers' wallets. Meanwhile, I just posted here, https://linux.slashdot.org/com..., and until Sony makes a camera that won't record a video on a TV screen, anyone can make a bootleg at any time, if they try hard enough.

Comment Re:HDMI is anti-consumer (Score 1) 127

On "IP rights": what's to stop me from renting a video, and then just pointing my 4K camera at it to record while playing? Assuming I have a tripod, and can get the ratio close enough, can't I make bootleg videos that way? Sure, it's more work, but it's probably less hassle than futzing with HDMI adapters, and such.

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