From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
To: Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com>
Cc: thumbgps-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net
Subject: Re: [Thumbgps-devel] Build vs. modify vs. what should we be doing anyway?
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:43:41 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120313014341.GC18695@thyrsus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAA93jw5OUNiBx-_w5giZWhCrxuxUGk8uijcohQPDsWZwHKz8vw@mail.gmail.com>
Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com>:
> As noted elsewhere it might be cool to get away from serial
> emulation entirely.
I agree. For years I've thought it was silly that SiRF or somebody
else hasn't designed a direct-to-USB GPS chip. Such an obvious next
step considering how obsolete RS232 is becoming - they could reduce
parts count drastically *and* claim a larger share of end-product BOM
for a double win.
Unfortunately, exactly *because* it's so obvious, the fact that it
hasn't been done sends an unpleasant message about the front-loaded
costs of this plan. They must be pretty high. If SiRF can't hack them,
they're sure as hell out of our reach.
--
<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-13 1:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-10 18:02 Patrick Maupin
2012-03-12 21:03 ` Eric S. Raymond
2012-03-12 21:18 ` tz
2012-03-12 21:26 ` Eric S. Raymond
2012-03-12 21:28 ` Patrick Maupin
2012-03-12 21:39 ` Eric S. Raymond
2012-03-12 22:10 ` Patrick Maupin
2012-03-12 22:23 ` tz
2012-03-12 22:33 ` Patrick Maupin
2012-03-13 2:29 ` Ron Frazier (NTP)
2012-03-13 2:39 ` Chris Kuethe
2012-03-12 22:45 ` Eric S. Raymond
2012-03-12 23:01 ` Dave Taht
2012-03-13 1:43 ` Eric S. Raymond [this message]
2012-03-13 2:04 ` Chris Kuethe
2012-03-13 2:13 ` Eric S. Raymond
2012-03-13 2:40 ` Dave Taht
2012-03-13 2:53 ` Chris Kuethe
2012-03-13 4:54 ` Eric S. Raymond
2012-03-13 13:23 ` Dave Taht
2012-03-13 14:35 ` tz
2012-03-13 16:04 ` Eric S. Raymond
2012-03-13 16:22 ` tz
2012-03-13 2:38 ` Ron Frazier (NTP)
2012-03-13 2:42 ` Chris Kuethe
2012-03-13 3:00 ` Ron Frazier (NTP)
2012-03-13 3:04 ` Dave Taht
2012-03-13 3:06 ` Chris Kuethe
2012-03-13 3:16 ` Dave Taht
2012-03-13 3:31 ` Chris Kuethe
2012-03-13 4:49 ` Dave Taht
2012-03-13 4:55 ` Eric S. Raymond
2012-03-13 4:16 ` Eric S. Raymond
2012-03-12 21:40 ` tz
2012-03-12 21:27 ` Patrick Maupin
2012-03-12 21:22 ` Patrick Maupin
2012-03-12 21:37 ` Eric S. Raymond
2012-03-12 21:45 ` Patrick Maupin
2012-03-12 22:02 ` Eric S. Raymond
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