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Neuros Technology Open Consumer Electronics

Neuros Technology Open Consumer Electronics. OSCON 2008. Extraordinary Times Ahead. “Open Source Hardware” a hot topic, but... “Open” Electronics are the real story. Look Back 25+ years to the Computer. Early 80's computers went from servers and dedicated closed devices to an “open” PC

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Neuros Technology Open Consumer Electronics

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  1. Neuros Technology Open Consumer Electronics OSCON 2008

  2. Extraordinary Times Ahead • “Open Source Hardware” a hot topic, but... • “Open” Electronics are the real story

  3. Look Back 25+ years to the Computer • Early 80's computers went from servers and dedicated closed devices to an “open” PC • IBM PC/DOS • An explosion of applications and peripherals occurred • Attention from millions of developers and entrepreneurs • Drove enormous innovation • Drove enormous cost reductions • An entire industry grew out of nothing • The value of the PC exploded

  4. What Did Open Mean to the PC? • The development of software and hardware separated • “Hardware only” companies could emerge- Compaq, etc • “Software only” companies could emerge- MS, etc • 3rd Party Applications could be installed • Emergence of application companies- Lotus, Wordperfect, etc • Open Standards were used • Peripherals could be created • PCs could be networked • PCs could communicate with one another using modems, etc.

  5. What's Happening Now in Electronics? • Google Android • iPhone SDK • Smartphones accepting 3rd Party Apps • Google Apps+ • Texas Instruments' Beagleboard • Nokia Maemo • APIs for Logitech products, others • And of course... some new open source electronics companies • Neuros, OpenMoko, Chumby, Buglabs, etc.

  6. What Does This Mean for the Future? Electronics Revolution Dedicated closed devices become ??? An explosion of applications and peripherals Attention from millions of developers and entrepreneurs Enormous innovation & cost reductions Disruptions will occur throughout the entire supply chain The Value of the devices will explode The global reach and magnitude dwarfs PCs FOSS will be dominant • PC Revolution • Dedicated closed devices became an “open” PC • An explosion of applications and peripherals • Attention from millions of developers and entrepreneurs • enormous innovation & cost reductions • An entire industry grew out of nothing • The value of the PC exploded

  7. Who Will Drive this New Revolution? • If history is any guide.... it's you! • So many of the Barriers to entry will be removed • No major entrenched interest from one revolution has ever lead the next- that's why it's a revolution

  8. Want to be the Next Revolutionary? • Imagine billions of cheap, ubiquitous, powerful connected devices powering phones, televisions • What are the new ways humans will communicate and meet? • How will groups and individuals share information and experiences? • How will it all get sorted? By Geographies? By communities? By Subject? With Peer Review? • Think of the services and applications the above dictate • Think of the missing supply chain peices

  9. The Neuros OSD Series An Open Set-Top Box & The Future of Television

  10. Convergence: Conventional View

  11. Convergence: Take a Step Back Open General Purpose Expandable Connected • Cheap • Quiet/Silent • Strong Multimedia • Correct I/O

  12. Convergence: Open the CE Device

  13. Opening the Set-Top • Recently, there is some movement towards convergence on embedded devices • But until open, the pace will continue to be slow and driven only by the manufacturer • Set-Top Manufacturers are beholden to cable and satellite operators in US • Rules behind cable card and proprietary systems have curtailed openness to date • InternetTV, Over the Air TV and analog outputs provide alternative compelling content for an Open Set-Top box

  14. Neuros has created an Open Set-Top Box • Increasing Open on virtually every level • OSD2 • Available as a bare module for industrial applications • Schematics available for low level hacking • 2.6.26 kernel with patches submitted upstream • VLC multimedia framework • Trolltech Qt application toolkit • GPL applications written by Neuros and community • Neuros.tv- an open service for connecting devices to each other

  15. Where are we headed? PRELIMINARY Phase: Product details: • TI DaVinci SoC with evaluation applications, codecs, and BSP • Open set-top box to allow easy integration with 3rd party Internet video content providers • “Neuros Archiver” set-top box solution to archive video & enable Net Video streaming Typical customer/ partner: • Academic researchers • Industrial/ Commercial Applications • Content distributors • Internet video applications/ communities • Consumers • Retailers/E-tailers/Distributors Hardware module Set-Top Platform Retail product Timeline: OSD 2.0* 2Q08 3Q08 4Q08 1Q09 1Q09

  16. The Neuros “platform” will integrate 3rd-party services and websites i i x x 3rd party service 3rd party service Website Website Neuros.tv -aggregator - Name verification - Bookmark service 3rd party application 3rd party application Web browser Qt Toolkit Legend Neuros/ TICommunity FOSS3rd party apps/services3rd party websites Neuros Multimedia Framework Codec engine / Visa API Linux + Drivers Hardware Neuros/OEM platform

  17. What are the specifications of the upcoming platforms? PRELIMINARY Release date Sep 2006 Est. 4Q08 to retail Decoding D1 MPEG4 (720x480)‏ QVGA H.264 (320x240)‏ 720p MPEG4 D1 H.264* Upsampling support Encoding D1 MPEG4 (640x480)‏ 720p MPEG4 D1 H.264 Codec support Broad availability of additional codecs WiFi 3rd party bridge supported 802.11g/n via USB Internal storage None 3.5” internal hard drive optional USB USB 1.1 host USB 2.0 host Outputs Composite HDMI, component, composite Inputs Composite, S-Video Component, composite, S-Video Chipset TI DM320 TI DaVinci 6446 Current platform Future platform Neuros OSD Neuros Platform v2.0 *Actual may be better than listed, hardware capable of 1080 resolution, actual depends on software optimization

  18. Examples of Hacks • Linux+ Schematics • Underground pipe inspection, windsurfing recorder, medical • VLC • Transcoding videos, industrial IPTV systems, niche internetTV, streaming video from TV to PC, etc • Qt • YouTube+ Browser, Audio Player, Music Video “Fetcher”, Web Interface for remote control, Crowd Narration, last.fm player • Web • Wiki type artist/media pages, gadget type information, ecommerce interaction • Neuros.tv • List, link and media sharing, group ratings, chat, messaging

  19. How to Participate • developer.neurostechnology.com • open.neurostechnology.com • bugzilla.neurostechnology.com • wiki.neurostechnology.com • bounties.neurostechnology.com • Joint Participation with TI and Neuros • #neuros on irc.freenode.net

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