libera/#neo900/ Monday, 2019-04-15

threebarwhat happened to this project?02:49
threebarany plans to create a custom chassis and upgrade the chip to something more modern and breathe some life into this idea? i liked it from day one, but by the time the project asked for money for devices, i thought the spec was already out of date, and like many others, I thought that the project would produce the first run and then upgrade to a new chip and maybe a new chassis for the sequel. i'm disappointed that it hasn't even hit the first02:51
threebarbatch, and now we're in 2019. I've been following since 201302:51
Joerg-Neo900threebar: that been the plan. All plans however are subject to feasibility, which is closely related to available funds aka paying customers04:09
threebarCustomers may pay if they have an idea of what's happening.04:10
Joerg-Neo900going right to STEP2 (new case, new SoC, plans had i.MX8M) been the path we tried to follow with a VC partner a year ago, but that got hybernated due to HR issues on partner's side04:11
Joerg-Neo900hibernated even04:12
threebargotcha04:12
Joerg-Neo900so with no more funds, no prototype to show off and no VC, and with a design you correctly classified as somewhat obsolete meanwhile, the complete project is in hibernation04:14
Joerg-Neo900a pity04:15
threebarindeed a pity. i think sticking a prototype board in a semi-decent case and using that to shop for VCs will make them roll in by the dozen. are any prototype boards around? does anyone have anything like a WIP that can be shopped?04:16
Joerg-Neo900no, absolutely nothing worthwhile04:17
threebarDamn. That's the big problem then. If something existed, it'd be a cinch to shop it, even in pieces. Investors are used to seeing things that are works in progress, but they won't throw money at hopes and dreams04:18
Joerg-Neo900xmas one year ago I hoped for metacolin doing the final proto_v2 layout and assembly, so we could start a kickstarter with that. Then his father in law died and he vanished04:19
Joerg-Neo900this basically been the last breath of Neo90004:19
threebarWhat do we have to work with? I wonder if anything can be salvaged.05:19
threebarnevemrind05:50
xmnonly finding another person to finish the board design in specifically http://kicad-pcb.org, if I remember correctly would be a start.06:51

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