OpenWrt One - celebrating 20 years of OpenWrt

Bas Mevissen abuse at basmevissen.nl
Tue Feb 27 01:16:28 PST 2024


On 2024-02-26 22:38, Paul D wrote:
> On 2024-02-26 19:39, John Crispin wrote:
>> Hi Rafał,
>> 
>>> Is there any update / schedule you could share?
>> I have been meaning to send an update for a few days. Thanks for 
>> reminding me.
>>> 
>>> I'm really looking forward to this device.
>> yeah, me too ;)
>> 
>> 
>> Lots of stuff has been happening. There was a short break due to the 
>> lunar new year but we are picking up pace again.
>> 
>> *) schematics are done

Can it be shared already? I'm wondering whether some peripheral port can 
easily be used to configure an external switch chip. I w

>> *) PCB is mostly routed (https://nbd.name/one-top.jpg 
>> https://nbd.name/one-bottom.png)
> 
> If there is no price difference, can we have 90 degree angled pins for 
> GND+TX+RX serial header, so the pins face away from the board as USB 
> sockets do, and not stand up perpendicularly.
> 
> This way serial consoles are workable even when device is in a case.
> 
> 
> Does anyone else have opinions on this?
> 

I think the console USB connector is intended for that.

>> 
>> *) there was a small hiccup in registering the OUI block that we are 
>> currently resolving
>> *) the trademark agreement is being worked on - I have a call with SFC 
>> tomorrow to discuss this
>> 
>> I am expecting that the first 15 PCBA samples will be produced shortly 
>> and be shipped by end of march.
>> 
>> as for the software side, I modified a mt7981 RFB to have  dual flash, 
>> mikrobus, .... s.T. I could build and test dts files. I ordered the 
>> RTC used on a carrier board and was able to test it.
>> 
>> all the u-boot patches are pretty much done. there is a pretty 
>> elaborate uboot-env with lots of commands to provide easy 
>> un-brickability.
>> 
>> I have a local OpenWrt tree with ~10 patches that I hope to send as a 
>> RFC later this week.
>> 
>> the PCB will probably be light blue (PANTONE 306 C) which is the light 
>> blue used inside the OpenWrt logo. we are still figuring this out with 
>> the supplier.
> 
> 
> In 20 years when these devices are old and need recycling, how 
> recyclable are the PCBs? What substances go into it? Toxic ones?
> 
> 
>> 
>> I should probably start building a page inside the wiki to provide 
>> better visibility into what is happening.
>> 
>> shout out to pepe2k, SFC and MTK for the never ending support that 
>> they provide on this journey.
>> 
>> And an extra big thank you to Simon, the designer/engineer from BPi 
>> that has been ultra cool in making this become a reality
>> 
>>      John
>> 
>> 
> 
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