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<p>So how do the Sponsored Kits work - if I buy one of those does it
go to someone who could otherwise not afford it? <br>
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<p>(sorry if I've missed an email somewhere, 500 unread)</p>
<p>Best, Kathy<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18/12/17 10:54, Tim 'mithro' Ansell
via linux-aus wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAHLUNMx-HdWygg8uWfvjEnEpsRTEAMStm0iQ5xxqMAU6ryDmSg@mail.gmail.com">
<div dir="ltr">Hello everyone,
<div><br>
</div>
<div>At <a href="http://Linux.conf.au" moz-do-not-send="true">Linux.conf.au</a>
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". </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>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 <a
href="http://Linux.conf.au" moz-do-not-send="true">Linux.conf.au</a>
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! </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I've included more information about the plans for this
Miniconf below;<br>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
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 <a href="http://Linux.conf.au"
moz-do-not-send="true">Linux.conf.au</a> 2005[1].<br>
[Many intrepid kernel hackers spent much of the conference
developing a Linux driver]() for the [advanced feature
set](). </blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> [1]:
<a href="https://lca2005.linux.org.au/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://lca2005.linux.org.au/</a><br>
[2]: <a
href="https://linux.org.au/conf/2005/abstractb2b1.html?id=296"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://linux.org.au/conf/2005/abstractb2b1.html?id=296</a><br>
[3]: <a href="https://j.mp/lr3k-datasheet"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://j.mp/lr3k-datasheet</a> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Sadly
in 2018 the hardware is no longer available, the innovative
& advanced feature set can no longer inspire new
Engineers. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">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! </blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">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. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">[4]:
<a href="https://m-labs.hk/gateware.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://m-labs.hk/gateware.html</a><br>
[5]: <a href="http://www.enjoy-digital.fr/"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.enjoy-digital.fr/</a><br>
[6]: Like any of PicoRV32, OpenRISC 1K, LatticeMicro32 or J2
open processor. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">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 <a
href="http://Linux.conf.au" moz-do-not-send="true">Linux.conf.au</a>! </blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> [7]:
<a href="https://m-labs.hk/artiq/index.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://m-labs.hk/artiq/index.html</a><br>
[8]: <a href="https://hdmi2usb.tv" moz-do-not-send="true">https://hdmi2usb.tv</a> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">During
the day we will take you through the following;<br>
* Creating your own SoC using Python based Migen and LiteX.<br>
* Running your SoC on an FPGA and booting into Linux.<br>
* Creating a peripheral providing the Love-Rusty 3000 feature
set and adding to your SoC.<br>
* Controlling your new peripheral from Linux. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">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.</blockquote>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Please share this announcement with anyone you might think
would be interested!</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Tim 'mithro' Ansell</div>
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