I've posted some info to the site, but I'm trying to keep some of it out of the public eye for now so that the Zipit folks don't go changing things before we...
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Darren Madams
dspyder
Dec 23, 2004 5:00 pm
I've posted all of the useful FCC filings in the Files section of this group. Enjoy. I would love to get ahold of the "demo firmware" they reference in the...
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Darren Madams
dspyder
Dec 23, 2004 7:36 pm
For info on the cirrus chip see http://www.gweep.net/~prefect/eng/audiotron/ the audiotron also uses the 7312. In addition, see ...
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Darren Madams
dspyder
Dec 24, 2004 7:59 am
Sorry if I accidentally denied peoples messages. I set it to require approval for first post to help reduce spam but I think I hit the wrong button. If the...
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Scott Newell
newell_at_ce...
Dec 24, 2004 9:31 am
I didn't see anything that looked like a JTAG port in the FCC filings. I did see two serial ports. Someone with production hardware might be able to look...
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icybiepet
Dec 25, 2004 12:42 am
... Could also be used for interfacing the external port (there is no digitizer in the device) ... Or some other hash / checksum. Don't see anything that says...
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coderxtreme
Dec 27, 2004 4:38 pm
Hello Everyone, Zipit updated to version 3.1.08. I added ROM files to my http server: http://coderx.cjb.net/~zippy/ . You can download the files from...
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Scott D. Davilla
bigdog4pi
Dec 27, 2004 4:38 pm
... If you can get to com1, then you can boot using Shoehorn and use that to grab the ROM. Scott...
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zipitpet
Dec 27, 2004 7:53 pm
... that ... Exactly (or something like Shoehorn). Any approach that gets the ROM image will do. It only needs to be done once (ie. no need to write a ...
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Scott Newell
newell_at_ce...
Dec 27, 2004 9:27 pm
... If you replace all the code, you'll either need to include a bootloader or use the serial port to do any future updates. Am I missing something here? ... ...
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coderxtreme
Dec 28, 2004 3:50 am
I'm one step closer to adding a backlight. I posted some Photos, take a look....
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zipitpet
Dec 28, 2004 7:02 pm
... bootloader or ... something here? My assumption is there is no separate 'bootloader', but instead bootloader-like features built into each and every new...
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Darren Madams
dspyder
Dec 28, 2004 7:40 pm
Am I the only one that hasn't gotten the 1.08 upgrade yet? Also, I've heard from two different people that have had problems with their buddy list disappearing...
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trb
Dec 28, 2004 10:03 pm
ZipItPet, Thx for the info. Have you by chance soldered the level-shifters for the serial onto the COM1 traces ? I'm wondering if there's any output during...
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zipitpet
Dec 29, 2004 6:20 pm
... output during boot or the application. Nothing seen during normal running. ... With the magical boot sequence enabled there is a lonely '<' sent to the...
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zipitpet
Jan 7, 2005 5:13 pm
Anybody home ?-> ... Has anyone touched their ZipIt since XMas ? Does this device have a future? What kind of things could it be hacked to do ? Is hacking this...
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hadtojoin
Jan 10, 2005 4:53 pm
... Yes I took it on a tour of Downtown today hooking every network I ran across. Works great. Love it. ... Dunno. Statistically speaking there were only about...
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Dan M.
estefan2020
Jan 10, 2005 8:53 pm
don't sell this little item short tiger direct is now selling these puppies. I just snaged one up today. As mentioned Target does not have a clue locally. Feb...
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zipitpet
Jan 11, 2005 12:36 am
Cool, they tricked me into buying a Linux PDA !-> Embedded Linux of course More technical info to come... ... Someone needs to ask them for a source release of...
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Darren Madams
dspyder
Jan 11, 2005 4:04 pm
This is a good thing... what makes you sure it's Linux? And which version? GPL violations are tricky, but as soon as you confirm what it's running (especially...
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Darren Madams
dspyder
Jan 11, 2005 4:25 pm
Replying to myself.... I meant to include this gem from Slashdot too: http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl? ...
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zipitpet
Jan 11, 2005 5:10 pm
... Because it says so in the kernel ;-> "Linux version 2.4.21-rmk1 (root@sambaman) (gcc version 3.2) #15 Wed Apr 21 16:01:33 UTC 2004" Gziped kernel and...
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Scott Newell
newell_at_ce...
Jan 11, 2005 5:23 pm
... Great! So, did the serial bootloader work, or did you have to unsolder the flash and read it out with another piece of hardware? -- newell...
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trb
Jan 11, 2005 6:47 pm
Congrats! I've probably already have the kernel and rootfs source. I've got a few Cirrus Development boards (EP93xx based), the follow-on to the chip series...
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zipitpet
Jan 11, 2005 7:33 pm
... the flash ... The FCC photos lead me to using the wrong pins. I was getting ready to yank the chip....but I don't have proper BGA hardware ... However, I...
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zipitpet
Jan 11, 2005 7:42 pm
Uploaded to the files section: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zipitwireless/files/Linux%20Raw%20data NOTE: contains both GPL Linux software, as well as Zipit...
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zipitpet
Jan 11, 2005 7:59 pm
What's in ROM? After a few false starts, I finally grabbed the ROM contents. Here's my prelim analysis. Embedded Linux / ARM Linux experts, please see "General...
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Dan M.
estefan2020
Jan 13, 2005 9:01 pm
Have a few questions? 1) Could the 2 ports on the back, by the headphone jack be capable of connecting to a dongle for wired access ? 2) someone mentioned a...
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Darren Madams
dspyder
Jan 13, 2005 9:06 pm
Answers within... ... of ... Doubtful since there's no NIC on the board. But I can't offer any other suggestion what it might be, other than controls for...
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coderxtreme
Jan 13, 2005 11:29 pm
I'm working on it. The design is relatively simple. What i've done so far. Pull off the back of the Zipit, then peel off film from the back of the Zipit...
