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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>
    </p>
    <br>
    <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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