IRC #olimex 2019-09-19

[03:46:07] <srl295> Hi… question on the ESP32-POE … what pins should I use for SPI while ethernet is being used?
[03:46:31] <srl295> it looks like "HSPI" should be usable… right?
[04:06:35] <srl295> Trying to use a wave share ePaper module to make a little status panel
[10:41:29] <leon-anavi> morning
[14:38:03] <plaes> whoa.. the stm32p1 looks impressive
[15:10:21] <braunr> plaes: which one ?
[16:18:58] <plaes> braunr: see olimex blog
[16:23:33] <leon-anavi> yes, it looks very impressive
[16:24:06] <leon-anavi> STM32 doesn't get me excited in general but after reading Olimex blog post I am excited :) :) :)
[16:25:49] <plaes> well, it has actually second stm32-cortex-m4 core
[16:26:14] <plaes> so you have linux running on the main dual-A7 core and some rtos on the cortex-m4
[16:31:06] <braunr> that's the mp1 right ?
[16:31:37] <braunr> i attended the st webinar for it but couldn't get a single question answered :(
[16:34:46] <leon-anavi> what are the major differences between STM32MP151AAC and STM32MP157AAA3?
[16:36:17] <braunr> there's a version with a single cortex-a7 instead of a dual-core
[16:37:13] <leon-anavi> Package/Case: TFBGA-361 LFBGA-448
[16:37:21] <braunr> which would be the mp151
[16:37:34] <leon-anavi> I am looking at them in mouser
[16:37:53] <leon-anavi> the blog says "they are pin to pin compatible so one board will be used for both"
[16:37:54] <braunr> the mp153 is the dual core version, and the mp157 also has a 3d gpu
[16:38:21] <leon-anavi> aha, I am looking at: Mfr.'s Part No: STM32MP151AAC3 STM32MP157AAA3
[16:38:49] <leon-anavi> well, 3D GPU is a good feature if there are working drivers
[16:39:11] <braunr> i expect there will be
[16:40:13] <leon-anavi> 5.3 Linux kernel is brand new so it seems to be mainline compatible which is great
[17:02:10] <plaes> gpu is vivante
[17:02:24] <plaes> but I didn't find any information regarding media decoding
[17:02:37] <plaes> (didn't look hard enough) :)
[17:17:17] <leon-anavi> so ... should we look at entaviv ?
[18:13:15] <Tsvetan> video is not FHD (1366×768) @60 fps
[18:14:30] <Tsvetan> and when video is playing on the demo board it's not smooth, but I don't know if this is SOC issue or drivers
[18:15:45] <Tsvetan> where STM32MP1 shines is industrial grade, real time co-processor and plenty of nice peripherials for industiral apps, here you can drive directly machines / motors no need for second processor for the real time tasks
[18:18:24] <Tsvetan> three watchdogs, RTC with sub second accuracy, 3D vivante is in mainline, hardware implemented AES, SHA, 2 true random generators
[18:20:46] <Tsvetan> most of our industrial customers do not play video on their machines, but run some fancy UI to their machines and add connectivity. and ST will produce this SOC till 2029
[18:33:25] <braunr> the bus topology and inter-processor communication also looks nice
[19:00:55] <srl295> Hi Tsvetan can you tell me if an external SPI bus (maybe HSPI) should be usable on the ESP32-POE at the same time as using ethernet ?
[19:37:56] <Tsvetan> srl295 send your request to support@olimex.com
[19:38:45] <Tsvetan> we have 600 products I really do not know by heart the GPIOs of all boards we have
[19:39:12] <Tsvetan> but as far I remember you can define any GPIO to be SPI
[19:39:34] <Tsvetan> the only hardware SPI is used for the SPI Flash and PSRAM, all other SPIs are software
[22:31:00] <srl295> Tsvetan thanks will do