With that said, GHI would also like to sponsor those wanting to dig into the NETMF source codes. We started with FEZopen firmware and JTAG on FEZ Panda and now adding a complete DIY (do it yourself) FEZ, we call it FEZ Hacker. See image below.
We look forward to see the first FEZ Hacker made by the community. 2000 experience points will be added for the first member who makes one.
You also get GHI’s full support if you are interested in manufacturing this FEZ board commercially
Not sure what you exactly expect; so i give you an example and you can tell of i’m right or not
When I go to extend the FEZ mini with the option to have battery chargers than then that will become a FEZ hacker?
To most users, existing FEZ boards are ideal but there are others who want to dig deep into the porting kit, they are porters of NETMF not users. This board with JTAG and plenty of IOs is a good starting point for them.
The board is made purely for the NETMF benefit, yes when you make the board GHI doesn’t get anything directly but the NETMF growth is important to everyone in this community including GHI. Plus you should keep using the FEZ name and keep a mention of GHI who made the board
You want to use FEZ the freakin’ easy way? We have FEZ Cobra, FEZ Rhino, FEZ Domino and FEZ Panda.
You want to port FEZ the freakin’ easy way? We have FEZ Hacker and FEZ Panda.
It is about giving you more options…hope you like the new design and use it.
It is not necessary made for those who do not have the skills, we have plenty of FEZes that require zero skills. This one is made for those who are experienced in command line compilation, experienced in low level embedded programming (assembly/c++), experienced in SMT soldering and embedded systems in general… or for tinkerers who may not have all the experience but they like the challenge.
If you ask me, I think it is pretty easy since you are given everything. The only experience needed is SMT soldering but even that can be done by someone else or some company.
We could manufacture this board with enough requests but don’t you think GHI offers plenty of FEZes
Someone could make few hundreds of these and sell on ebay pretty cheap. If you do not have a “company” expenses and overhead then you can make all kind of money selling these board
I am actually really looking forward to the completion of the porting e-book. I have an Olimex board with a Cirrus Logic EP9302 chip, ethernet, usb host, 16Mb Flash and 32Mb ram that has been pretty much useless since I bought it. I am now planning on porting .netmf to it myself then opening the port to the community for free. I know of one existing port but it’s not free.
I have been away from all the FEZ fun for some time, owing to work schedule. I am just getting back.
I am amazed at the stuff that is going on
Quick question, I looked at the PCB for the Hacker with and without the W5100. The JTAG seems to have fewer pins on the second one. Does this take a standard JTAG or an adapter board/cable is required ?
