[Linux-aus] Create Hardware with FPGAs, Linux and Python Miniconf @ Linux.conf.au 2018 ticket available - limited spots left!

[Kathy Reid]

So how do the Sponsored Kits work - if I buy one of those does it go to
someone who could otherwise not afford it?

(sorry if I've missed an email somewhere, 500 unread)

Best, Kathy


On 18/12/17 10:54, Tim 'mithro' Ansell via linux-aus wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> At Linux.conf.au <http://Linux.conf.au> 2018 (in Sydney, Australia
> between 22->26th Jan) this year myself and a number of other people
> will be running a project style miniconf in which we help you "Create
> Hardware with FPGAs, Linux and Python". 
>
> As this miniconf requires purchase of hardware to participate and
> numbers are strictly limit to attend you will need to purchase an
> additional ticket to your Linux.conf.au <http://Linux.conf.au>
> registration. The ticket gets you an FPGA board, some required
> peripherals and lunch on the Miniconf day. These have now been
> available for over a week but there are still limited spaces left. If
> you wish to attend you should sign up ASAP! 
>
> No knowledge of FPGAs or HDLs are required to attend the tutorial, but
> people should have strong programming experience and be comfortable
> with both Python and C code.
>
> I've included more information about the plans for this Miniconf below;
>
>
>     In 2005 the Love-Rusty 3000 was a state of the art crypto
>     accelerator. Developed by the infamous Robert Love & Rusty
>     Russell, it was the talk of Linux.conf.au <http://Linux.conf.au>
>     2005[1].
>     [Many intrepid kernel hackers spent much of the conference
>     developing a Linux driver]() for the [advanced feature set](). 
>
>      
>
>      [1]: https://lca2005.linux.org.au/
>      [2]: https://linux.org.au/conf/2005/abstractb2b1.html?id=296
>      [3]: https://j.mp/lr3k-datasheet 
>
>      
>
>     Sadly in 2018 the hardware is no longer available, the innovative
>     & advanced feature set can no longer inspire new Engineers. 
>
>      
>
>     This doesn't have to be the end thanks to the development of low
>     cost and accessible FPGA hardware. You **can** help resurrect this
>     jewel of a device to inspire the next generation! What was old is
>     new again! 
>
>      
>
>     The Migen tooling developed by M-Labs[4] when extended by
>     EnjoyDigital's LiteX ecosystem[5] enables creation of "System on
>     Chip" (SoCs) that can run Linux. Using a Python based "Hardware
>     Description Language" (HDL) combined with open CPUs cores[6], the
>     complete source code available under open source licenses. 
>
>      
>
>     [4]: https://m-labs.hk/gateware.html
>     [5]: http://www.enjoy-digital.fr/
>     [6]: Like any of PicoRV32, OpenRISC 1K, LatticeMicro32 or J2 open
>     processor. 
>
>      
>
>     This technology has been used in everything from custom mobile
>     phone base stations, quantum mechanics physics experiments[7] and
>     is even the basis for the TimVideos HDMI2USB project[8] which is
>     currently being used to record Linux.conf.au <http://Linux.conf.au>! 
>
>      
>
>      [7]: https://m-labs.hk/artiq/index.html
>      [8]: https://hdmi2usb.tv 
>
>      
>
>     During the day we will take you through the following;
>      * Creating your own SoC using Python based Migen and LiteX.
>      * Running your SoC on an FPGA and booting into Linux.
>      * Creating a peripheral providing the Love-Rusty 3000 feature set
>     and adding to your SoC.
>      * Controlling your new peripheral from Linux. 
>
>      
>
>     No knowledge of FPGAs or HDLs are required to attend the tutorial,
>     but people should have strong programming experience and be
>     comfortable with both Python and C code.
>
>
> Please share this announcement with anyone you might think would be
> interested!
>
> Tim 'mithro' Ansell
>
>
>
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