As requested by Robert
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Subject: Re: [Surrey] Linux & hardware development was: What do YOU want Surrey LUG to be?
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:22:29 +0200
From: <robert.beattie@???>
Reply-To: General Linux/Unix community List <surrey@???>
To: <surrey@???>
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<open big mouth>
My interest is hardware and interfacing. If there are those of you wishing to do research into this area then I can make some Nokia facilities available to the group. (I'm sure my managers would be
keen to see the use of Linux and homebrew hardware since we do like innovation here, especially if released into the public domain, though I will require there OK to do this so the idea is provisional
for now.....)
We have on-site :
Static mats and straps so that work surfaces are free of those nasty ESD zaps which kill electronics.
Soldering irons and fume filters. (For the real hardcore HW people)
Electronic CAD. (Schematic entry on Mentor and PCB layout on Zuken CR5000 which I can drive for you.)
...and during office hours only :
Prototyping hardware. (Basically a milling machine. Can do double sided designs and create fine circuits tracks)
Assembly for those hard to mount devices, but device complexity is limited by the milling machine process.
...we cannot do :
Tin plating of circuit boards because people moaned about 'dangerous' chemicals.
Gold plating because someone stole the Gold bars !! Only joking !! Same reason as Tin plating.
I'll speak to one of our PCB suppliers to see what the cost is for Gold immersion plating. Should be cheap.
(Edge connectors for boards; ISA & PCI etc)
<humour>
For my first design I'm going to do a 16 LED indicator for my Amiga500 using AutoConfig.
Steve D, I might need your help for this one mate.
</humour>
</open big mouth>
I don't see why this cannot be combined with BaB days in the first instance. Comments ???????
Can someone also post this to the Hants group.
Bob.
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Bob Beattie
Senior Technical Support Engineer
Camera Development Systems, Series40,
Nokia Southwood, UK
+44 (0)1252 866452
Internal : 845 6452
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