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Squonk42on The Vale Programming Language

Why are semicolons mandatory? Wouldn't be cleaner without this restriction, like in Kotlin?

Squonk42on The Vale Programming Language

Given the possible confusion with Vale[1] and Vala[2], I suggest to rename the language to some new unambiguous name asap in order get more visibility.

Otherwise, it looks very promising!

[1] https://github.com/project-everest/vale [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vala_(programming_language)

Squonk42on Arduino Pro hardware is not open-source hardware

This is not the first Arduino board that is not OH, I first complained about the Arduino Yùn 6 years ago: https://squonk42.wordpress.com/2015/02/22/arduino-yun-what-i...

Squonk42on ZeroPi – $9.99 SBC with 512MB and Gigabit Ethernet

And LicheePi Zero, LicheePi Nano...

Squonk42on MyNOR: Single board computer that uses a single NOR gate as its ALU

No, look at the conclusion, there is no more gate for the ALU.

Squonk42on MyNOR: Single board computer that uses a single NOR gate as its ALU

It is possible to build a CPU without a single gate: http://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/inst/ag-ki/rojas_home/documents/...

Squonk42on Pinecil: Portable USB-C RISC-V soldering iron

"Device Warranty: 30 Days" => Totally illegal in my country

Squonk42on So you want to build an embedded Linux system?

Same here! I am forwarding this article to all my coworkers!

I am currently using the Allwinner V3s, and the review is covering this part accurately.

Squonk42on FreeCAD: A free and open source multiplatform 3D parametric modeler

And you are right to not trust Autodesk: https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/blog/changes-to...

Squonk42on Bare Metal Rust Generics

It looks like you can even run Rust on a small BluePill board featuring an STM32F103C8T6 ARM Cortex M3 with a modest 64 Kbytes of Flash memory and only 20 Kbytes of SRAM: https://github.com/TeXitoi/blue-pill-quickstart

Squonk42on ProtoThreads: Lightweight, Stackless Threads in C

Yes, and here is an implementation: https://github.com/naasking/async.h

Duff’s device along with the __LINE__ trick enables the creation of automatic DFAs useful to generate coroutines, protothreads and async/await alike.

Squonk42on Downloadable Free Printable Papers

ISO paper size?

Squonk42on How to use LEDs to detect light

You can communicate using bidirectional LEDs: http://www.merl.com/publications/TR2003-35

Squonk42on The Manchester Baby was the first stored-program computer

It is not a "trick", it is one of the only possible ways to achieve Turing-completeness: code self-modification, conditional branches or extensive (exponential) computation (Zuse Z3).

Squonk42on The Manchester Baby was the first stored-program computer

Extract from http://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/inst/ag-ki/rojas_home/documents/...

"We can therefore say that, from an abstract theoretical perspective, the computing model of the Z3 is equivalent to the computing model of today's computers. From a practical perspective, and in the way the Z3 was really programmed, it was not equivalent to modern computers."

Squonk42on Is Arduino no longer open-source?

The answer to the question if these products are open source, the answer is: no.

Here is my blog post from more than 2 years ago regarding the status of the Arduino Yùn:

http://www.wifi4things.com/arduino-yun-what-is-under-the-hoo...

And here is my clarification request on the Arduino forum, which is still unanswered:

http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=187766.0

Squonk42on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and WiFi

There is a big Diode D5 near the micro-USB power connector.

Squonk42on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and WiFi

You are right, but today it is very difficult to get an extension to the 45 days period, unless you can provide a release date, as it has been abused so much in the past.

Squonk42on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and WiFi

That is it, and the connector beneath the HDMI port is the same (but mounted) JTAG connector as the RPi2.

I don't know what is the chip, though.

Also noticed a 2-pin header between the 40-pin one and the upper USB ones: it looks like the "RUN" from the Rpi Zero.

EDIT: The 2-pin "RUN" header already existed on the RPi2, where the ceramic antenna is now located on the RPi3.

Squonk42on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and WiFi

ESP32 is coming with both Wi-Fi and BLE: http://espressif.com/products/hardware/esp32/overview

Squonk42on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and WiFi

It looks like the ceramic antenna is the light brown SMT between the DSi connector and the upper left hole in the top view pictures.

Squonk42on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and WiFi

I don't think they did: the confidentiality period is now 45 days only by default, see http://acbcert.com/documents/misc-docs/Memo-Short-Term-Vs-St...

Certification took place at Track (now Element UK) on 2015-11-23, given the external picture dates, or 95 days ago, so it looks like it has been extended once.

Squonk42on MicroView: Chip-sized Arduino with built-in OLED Display

Given that: - ATmega328P AVR CPU is ~$2 / 5k units - a 64 x 48 monochrome OLED display is ~$2 (<http://www.aliexpress.com/item/0-66-inch-oled-64-x-48-Amoled...) - Given its small size and simple shape, I estimate the mold for the enclosure to be ~$2000, so < $0.50 per unit

We are speaking of a $5 cost. Ok, let's get a margin and double this figure.

Even counting for Premium Worldwide shipping, I can't reach the listed price.

Squonk42on The hardest computer game of all time

There is also a clone written in Java, Droidquest, which contains all of the original levels and an additional secret level: http://www.droidquest.com/

Squonk42on Create diagrams in the browser

Very nice for electric/electronic/logic diagrams!

Is there a way to connect elements (logic gates, transistors, etc.) inputs to outputs with auto-routing wires?

Squonk42on Create diagrams in the browser

You can export to SVG and "post-process" into Inkscape, don't you?

Squonk42on Microduino: Arduino in your pocket, small, stackable, smart

Thank you for your statement!

Without proof, it is very difficult to find out who is telling the truth, and I sincerely hope that this situation will be solved asap for the product's sake.

From a more technical point of view, the Microduino board looks like an interesting idea, but as Open Hardware, you won't be able to prevent people rolling their own board, although you can block them from using a registered name (is "Microduino" registered like "Arduino" is?).