The Butteryfly Effect of an Open Hardware Notebook Motherboard
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The document discusses the Butterfly Effect of an open hardware notebook initiative led by the Power Progress Community, a non-profit organization promoting free software and hardware. It emphasizes collaboration among members and aims to produce open hardware solutions, particularly by repurposing old notebooks for educational use, while maintaining a focus on innovation and reducing monopolistic risks. Additionally, it highlights the technical specifications and collaborative efforts involved in creating a new PowerPC-based laptop chassis and the ongoing fundraising campaigns to support these initiatives.
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Donation CampaignDonation Campaign
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We start from 11% of what is required thanks to recurring
donations.
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We will verify the ritm of donations and the volume of recurring
donors before sign the Contract with Acube System to design
the PCB ( Printed Circuit Board)
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Total for the campaign 24.000 €. Divided into two parts:
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PCB Project [19.000 euro]
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Fast SI bus simulations [5.000 euro]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/sfscon2019engbutteflyeffectppcmotherboad-191121010659/85/The-Butteryfly-Effect-of-an-Open-Hardware-Notebook-Motherboard-36-320.jpg)
The Butteryfly Effect of an Open Hardware Notebook Motherboard
- 1. The Butteryfly Effect of an OpenThe Butteryfly Effect of an Open Hardware Notebook MotherboardHardware Notebook Motherboard
- 2. Power Progress Community. Is a non profit association, registered in Italy, with members and collaborators all volunteer and over the world ● We push forward Free Software and Hardware. ● We like diversity and indie-pendent architectures aiming freedom of choice ● Group purchase of technology Who we areWho we are Members of a project focused on Collaboration; Positive and Human relations between members. Code of ConductCode of Conduct
- 3. Our goalsOur goals Designing open hardware, with prototypes, accessible to the widest range of people Allow the use of disused or available low-cost hardware solutions also through the use of free software Making people use free software Help and promote innovation and scientific progress in view of the variety of the offer, reducing the risks of monopoly situations
- 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect The butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state Butterfly EffectButterfly Effect
- 5. Which way of the Hydraulic Wheel is it going to turn? Chaos theory
- 6. You are the Drop that change the directionYou are the Drop that change the direction of the processof the process
- 7. Dissipative structureDissipative structure ● A dissipative structure is characterized by the spontaneous appearance of symmetry breaking (anisotropy) and the formation of complex, sometimes chaotic, structures where interacting particles exhibit long range correlations. ● Examples in everyday life include convection, turbulent flow, cyclones, hurricanes and living organisms. LifeLife https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissipative_system
- 8. The personal experience of theThe personal experience of the Butterfly EffectButterfly Effect ● light thoughts that we have taken by a breath of indecision have made us discover a new life ● Sometimes unforeseen events have brought us together people who are important to our lives or have given us access to new experiences.
- 9. ““Fractal” forksFractal” forks manipulation power control sharing collaboration help
- 10. ● Sharing ● Collaboration ● Help and assistance ● Free Software ● Open Source Hardware ● Transparent mission and operation ● The Control ● The power ● Handling ● Proprietary Software and Hardware ● Hidden mission and operation ● Knowledge and Production strategical in the hands of a few power groups ● Knowledge and Production ● Distributed strategy ● Balancing of powers Hardware and SoftwareHardware and Software for a better life?for a better life?
- 11. Picture of InspiredImages from Pixabay
- 12. Free Software Knowledge and Production Distributed strategy, Balancing of powers GNU/Linux distro Debian PPC64 Repo Powerprogress.org PowerPC Notebook Open Source Hardware Rivivo with Scratch Acube Slimbook Open Notebook Chassis FreeCad co-operation Chain ofChain of practices andpractices and visions ofvisions of sharing insharing in softwaresoftware andand hardwarehardware
- 14. Rivivo with ScratchRivivo with Scratch New life for school notebooks We regenerate through a network of volunteers old notebooks (otherwise destined to become R.A.E.E.) to be provided to schools and used in education.
- 15. Open Source Laptop Chassis Designs 3D mechanical chassis design with FreeCad Blender Design
- 16. Support to Debian PPC64Support to Debian PPC64 Debian Repository available Goal: Porting software to PPC64 The catalogue continues to grow: ● Firefox, mplayer, Linux Kernel, table... ● 11 groups, 546 packages, total repository size 1943.37MB (1.9GB) ● Built using a Power8 instance in OpenStack hosted thanks to Oregon State University Open Source Lab and OpenPower Foundation http://repo.powerprogress.org/
- 17. The GNU/Linux PowerPCThe GNU/Linux PowerPC Notebook ProjectNotebook Project
- 18. Technical specificationsTechnical specifications CPU: NXP T208x, e6500 64-bit Power Architecture with Altivec technology 4 x e6500 dual-threaded cores, low-latency backside 2MB L2 cache, 16GFLOPS x core RAM: 2 x RAM slots for DDR3L SO-DIMM VIDEO: MXM 3 mobile video card interface AUDIO: cmedia sound chip, audio in and audio out jacks USB: 3.0 and 2.0 ports STORAGE: NVM Express (NVMe), M.2 2280 connector 2 x SATA 1 x SDHC card reader NETWORK: 1 x ethernet RJ-45 connector WiFi connectivity Bluetooth connectivity POWER: on-board battery charger and power-management CHASSIS: Slimbook Eclipse notebook case 15,6”
- 19. The question some will be askingThe question some will be asking
- 20. Why not ARM?Why not ARM? There are many projects using this architecture already We think it is established and mainstream. We like diversity It is closed and requires a license https://twitter.com/mntmn/
- 21. And why not RISC-V?And why not RISC-V? There are many FPGA cores SoCs are currently arriving ● MCU such as Kendryte k210 ● SiFive FU540 – 4 x 64 bit u54 cores – FPU, MMU... https://www.crowdsupply.com/ sifive/hifive-unleashed
- 22. It is a modern, up to date and innovative architecture. Interesting power efficiency for laptops Is used in every sector. OpenPOWER → Open architecture → Opem ISA – no royalty Why PowerPC?Why PowerPC?
- 23. Open Source ISAOpen Source ISA RISC-V model is being followed: FPGA core https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_instruction_set_architectures#Instruction_sets Open Source ISA delivered to the Linux Foundation
- 24. Open POWER ISA soft core FPGA https://github.com/antonblanchard/microwatt The Power ISA instruction set is royalty-free. There is an Open POWER ISA softcore written in VHDL 2008 that also runs on very cheap FPGAs such as Cmod A7-35T
- 25. Everyone can study, modify, build, distribute or even sell either the project or hardware based on it. ● Some parts could be non Open Source Hardware like some components under NDA, in case vendors force us. ● Open Source Hardware Certification https://certification.oshwa.org/ – TAPR Open Hardware License vs CERN Hardware License What is Open Source Hardware ?What is Open Source Hardware ? Under Under study study Under Under study study
- 26. Our Open Source Hardware Path Objective: Certification of Oshwa https://certification.oshwa.org/ Steps taken: ● Advice from the NYU Technology Law and Policy Clinic to make the project as open hardware as possible. ● Contact with Chip manufacturers for authorization to distribute the project as Open Hardware ● Publication of the electrical schematic ( Orcad source) with Cern 1.2 License
- 27. Manufacturer AuthorizationsManufacturer Authorizations C-Media ● CM8828 HD-Audio controllers and CM9882A codec family ● They sent an evaluation badge to Acube. ● They assure the availability of the chips for the project. NXP ● Have authorized the publication of information in Open Source documents
- 28. Notebook Chassis
- 29. Collaboration with SlimbookCollaboration with Slimbook It all started here :) ● Collaboration Slimbook ↔ Acube ● Slimbook has sent information about parts of the laptop ● The schematics have been adapted for this chassis
- 30. Chassis Slimbook EclipseChassis Slimbook Eclipse Gaming Oriented Allows us to use MXM graphics
- 31. PowerPC Open Source Chassis Open Hardware PCB Design Mother board production Acube Systems Power Progress Community Slimbook chassis Power Progress Community from PCB to Notebookfrom PCB to Notebook
- 32. Create the Butterfly EffectCreate the Butterfly Effect
- 33. ● Optimize AMD graphic cards detectionOptimize AMD graphic cards detection ● Optimize Compilation for Debian SidOptimize Compilation for Debian Sid ● Compile, configure and test Latest Linux KernelsCompile, configure and test Latest Linux Kernels ● Organize and publish our patchesOrganize and publish our patches ● Collaborate with Debian PPC64 maintainersCollaborate with Debian PPC64 maintainers Improve our Debian PPC64 RepoImprove our Debian PPC64 Repo
- 34. Your Creativity onYour Creativity on ● Creation : multimedia designer to advertise (video, animations, images, articles, etc…). ● Hardware R&D Design and review ● 3D Mechanical Designs - Open Source Laptop Chassis ● Translations : websites, social networks and software ● Spreading the project : publish information on blogs, forums, socials, handle users, organise advertising campaigns. ● Law Assistance: to preserve Open Source Hardware license ● Maintain, update, manage our software tools and services
- 36. 22ndnd Donation CampaignDonation Campaign ● We start from 11% of what is required thanks to recurring donations. ● We will verify the ritm of donations and the volume of recurring donors before sign the Contract with Acube System to design the PCB ( Printed Circuit Board) ● Total for the campaign 24.000 €. Divided into two parts: ● PCB Project [19.000 euro] ● Fast SI bus simulations [5.000 euro]
- 37. What if it goes wrong?What if it goes wrong? There will be a survey between all donators to decide to which others association project use the funds. Donations are free and non refundable (Italian law)
- 38. Donation campaign PhasesDonation campaign Phases 11 electrical schematicselectrical schematics €€ 12.60012.600 22 PCB Printed Circuit BoardPCB Printed Circuit Board Started on 12 October 2019 €€ 24.00024.000 33 5 prototypes5 prototypes €€ 10.50010.500 44 Hardware TestsHardware Tests €€14.00014.000 55 CE CertificationCE Certification €€ 12.50012.500 Started on 2 July 2017, completed on 7 June 2018, Results in publication
- 39. Donate for the design ● With the donations collected from the first campaign, the components were financed and selected and the electrical diagrams made. ● For PCB Design we need to collect 24,000 euros; we are at 4,067 euros, at 17% of the target. 17% 83% PCB Donations Received To collect Next will make other campaigns donations for prototypes, testing and necessary certifications.
- 40. NXP T2080 rdb Development kitNXP T2080 rdb Development kit At our exhibition tableAt our exhibition table
- 41. Decentralize and Democratize Electronic Industry ● All this process with Acube Systems that will produce in small quantities our design could be demonstration effect for many others little organization and company. ● We hope that the Open Hardware Chassis Design will be a starting point for others notebook project that need a chassis to print and produce.