Pandora Stalker

May 28 16:08:16: hns: https://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-kernel/issues/label/1799/open/
May 28 15:01:45: EvilDragon: Yes, I did. Funny thing: Without taxes, I'm now cheaper than IndieGogo :O
May 28 14:43:17: EvilDragon: All flex cables eventually break. But yeah, the Win 2 seems to have issues here as well, as I'm selling quite a few of them.
May 28 10:07:13: EvilDragon: Ah, well, yes, but that's not really built-into U-Boot. We have a simple config line for that, I'll check that. You can always PM aTc directly or even better: Come to #dragonbox-dev on freenode, as that's where aTc usually resides. And he builds our images, so he knows what sources he uses :)...
May 28 09:53:58: EvilDragon: Aaaaand Taxes can make a difference! Checked back with GPD and their price does allow including the sales tax. So I updated my price, it's now 820 EUR (incl. tax) - or 689 EUR without tax.
May 28 09:51:46: EvilDragon: I've got two left, but yeah, they're different to the Win 2. https://www.dragonbox.de/en/spare-parts-tools/gpd-win-1-lcd-cable
May 27 23:13:36: EvilDragon: I don´t think it makes sense producing another 3000 Pandora batteries :/
May 27 23:12:28: EvilDragon: 4.19 is the most recent kernel where TILER currently works. The later kernels have changed some stuff (probably DRM) and TILER rotation stopped working then. U-Boot has nothing to do with it AFAIK. It doesn´t even initialize our MIPI display.
May 27 15:58:53: EvilDragon: That one is Toastbuckets work kernel. It's not exactly the one we're currently using but an older clone with some fixes from Toastbucket, but any fixes for TILER there can be applied to any other 4.19 kernel as well. So for working and testing, this one would be okay. The end goal is to use the...
May 27 15:50:07: EvilDragon: I'm not sure though if TILER is even enabled on HDMI... according to zmatt it shouldn't, but we still have a weirdly rotated screen on HDMI out, so I'm not sure. Do you know where to find the patches, etc. to look at?
May 27 14:49:33: EvilDragon: True, but every new release kernel adds more and more stuff on top the previous one. So updating the TILER stuff from 4.14 to 5.5 is probably a lot more work than from 5.4 to 5.5, as more stuff has changed. The best way would be to get most things (also the TILER code) upstream.
May 27 11:35:37: EvilDragon: I have the new aluminium version at home. Pretty nice and a lot better than the first revision. I'll probably offer it in my shop as well. 1590579365 1GHz Pandora offers a better performance.
May 27 11:34:22: EvilDragon: Sound always worked, but the driver currently has the bug that it crashes when you set the volume too high. A quick fix would be to limit the volume. However, the driver we're using is a mix between the normal driver and AESS inclusion, so I have the feeling that issue might be resolved if we...
May 27 11:26:12: EvilDragon: Biggest issues at the moment: * Our TILER patches only work up until kernel 4.19. It doesn't work anymore on higher kernels, so rotation is missing there. * TILER Rotation doesn't work together with 3D. If I understand correctly what @zmatt said, TILER doesn't free / allow access to the memory...
May 27 11:20:52: EvilDragon: Thanks, explanation added. In case someone here is also interested, here is my reply: I've just been informed about the huge price difference and am currently looking into it. The issue is definitely related to taxes. GPD gives distributors a price range they should use - but they don't tell...
May 27 10:44:09: EvilDragon: Can you let me know where that was posted? As I'd like to reply to that. In fact, I'm having the cheapest price GPD has set as distributors price, and the Belchine price is actually 987.70 EUR incl. tax (my price is 773 EUR excluding tax)
May 27 02:34:21: EvilDragon: Neat :D I like that :D
May 27 02:28:05: EvilDragon: It is, but the problem is that I can't design electronics, plastic cases or even code software. So I need others to handle that. And sadly, especially when it comes to the software area, there aren't really a lot of people helping here getting stuff to work. And that's the problem: How can I...
May 24 09:24:30: EvilDragon: Well, I've seen the normal i.MX8 on the Embedded World exhibition in Nuremburg. It had a huge fan on top (PC fan size)... but yeah, that was to be expected, as it has more power than the OMAP5... but yeah, with 28nm, it will NEED that fan if you want to use the horsepower. So only the smaller...
May 23 12:17:13: EvilDragon: We´ll see. The only official information and images / videos I´ve received from OneNetbook doesn´t really reveal anything (except for an RGB keyboard illumination ;))
May 23 12:15:37: EvilDragon: The problem with the Rockchips isn´t only software. There is only a chinese hardware documentation available (if at all) which makes designing the CPU board nigh impossible.
May 23 01:03:47: EvilDragon: Yes. Official preorder for distributors starts middle of June. Delivery is end of August / early September. Same for the OneGX - which will be revealed to the public May 30th. That will be a very interesting competition. For, I think the OneGX would be better suited as it has detachable...
May 23 00:55:16: EvilDragon: The i.MX8 Mobile is actually the one we´re looking at. It´s not much faster than the OMAP5 - but needs less power and produces less heat.
May 21 17:49:42: EvilDragon: That doesn´t make any sense as the logo plate is a printed design below a trasparent roughened plastic surface. If we wanted to have it black, we could´ve simply produced it like that.
May 21 15:34:35: EvilDragon: I´ve got standard heatsinks which are available from stock and which can be delivered within a week. I´m trying to get a custom size which would be a bit bigger, but that´s optional :) The shields are here and I need to test them (production time 1 week as well) and the sample cases are coated...
May 21 12:20:02: EvilDragon: @iKharg Yes, we´ll have a preordering for this and as well the OneGX soon.
May 21 10:40:36: hns: RT @icann_president: My dear friend Tarek Kamel, #ICANN Senior VP, has passed away. My heartfelt condolences go out to his family and frie…