Copyleft Hardware News 2011-08-08

Milkymist

• presentation http://lekernel.net/presentations/Milkymist_THSF2011/mm_thsf.pdf
• File:Fisl12_rejon_milkymist_20110702.ogv
• Switch from National LM4550B to Wolfson WM9707 audio codec reduced audio noise by 90% in RC3.
• Christopher Adam made a new Milkymist logo.

svg pdf

• Lattice Semiconductor released version 3.8 of the Mico32 core, with a few minor new features and bug fixes. Most importantly for us, they clarified the license header at the top of every source file, from one that could be misunderstood by the casual reader, to one that is now fully and 100% clear to be open source. [1] [2]
• David's link to Openlase [3]

NanoNote

• Werner's CAD tool comparison [4], [5], [6], [7]
• http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/werner/fisl12.pdf
• ben-wpan testing and production process http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/pipermail/discussion/2011-May/008076.html
• sujan and zedstar took x NanoNotes to Nepal, where they...

Ben NanoNote in Nepal

• tutorial video File:Jadon_NanoNote_Hello_world_tutorial.ogv File:Jadon_NanoNote_USB_booting.ogv

Homebrew CMOS and MEMS foundry design

• Andrew from homecmos project had improved a lot the process for making home-brew MEMS from a lithographic projection, by irc channel shared last results from his lab progress, as he quoted; "World's smallest nyan cat", checkout some pics:

Nyan Cat head, zoom 400x

Pixels are 20um square.

File:Cat in glade.png

Nyan Cat design in Glade

Dimensions are in microns.

cat overal body zoomed 100x

Cat is around 600 microns long and 200 high.