03-15-2021, 04:31 PM
(03-15-2021, 04:00 PM)dsimic Wrote: It would be awesome to have open-hardware flash-based storage devices. The first device wouldn't need to be the fastest and greatest.
Right, and I think adding the security element that @Julius_GU suggested with the fingerprint reader would make this a killer device with no real competition out there, even at lower speeds. The open source community are often quite privacy focused and at the right price point, I'm sure tonnes of people would love such a product.
(03-15-2021, 04:00 PM)dsimic Wrote: I would be willing to take part in this project, but the biggest thing, IMHO, would be to get Pine64 on board. However, Pine64 seems to be ignoring questions and suggestions lately? I've reached out to them more than a few times, but I got no response at all.
Perhaps it is worth pinging somebody like @Luke ?
Yeah, I would be happy to build out a prototype - but there is absolutely no way I am in a position to take something into production. This would for sure need support from somebody like Pine64. I think I have laid out a relatively viable path in the above to at least start exploring such a device.
In terms of part availability - they are talking about 60 weeks until things start to calm down a bit, which we would likely need to get this project into a usable state anyway.
