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[00:59:59] <clarity> I believe your variant is called A20-OLinuXino-MICRO-4GB
[01:00:04] <clarity> http://web.archive.org/web/20170301225518/https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A20/A20-OLinuXino-MICRO-4GB/open-source-hardware
[01:00:31] <clarity> .. but I don't know if that naming scheme is consistent
[01:00:51] <clarity> Slightly later, the same name refers to board with eMMC http://web.archive.org/web/20170523134547/https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A20/A20-OLinuXino-MICRO/open-source-hardware
[01:01:03] <clarity> "Note that we upgraded the hardware in revision J of the A20-OLinuXino-MICRO-4GB design and the boards now arrive with eMMC flash (instead of NAND flash)."
[01:01:58] <clarity> I think the current name according to the current user's manual would be A20-OLinuXino-MICRO-n4GB
[01:02:27] <clarity> SPI flash came about later
[01:05:37] <norton> yea
[01:05:38] <norton> sadly
[01:05:49] <clarity> Maybe you can get that nand to boot somehow
[01:05:51] <norton> i'll try armbian tomorrow, apparently they have nand-install scripts
[01:06:10] <norton> olimex says that mainline kernel have poor nand support
[01:06:12] <norton> or something like that
[01:06:16] <norton> or no support at all
[01:06:30] <clarity> I don't much about it but that matches the impression I have
[01:06:33] <norton> so if armbian doesn't work, i'll try older images with linux-sunxi kernels (debian jessie)
[01:07:12] <clarity> The #linux-sunxi probably would know more about nand than I do
[01:12:00] <clarity> https://linux-sunxi.org/MTD_Driver
[01:13:10] <clarity> I wonder how outdated that is, last edits in 2016...
[01:13:59] <clarity> https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/blob/master/board/sunxi/README.nand
[01:14:03] <clarity> Sounds like a pain in the butt :P
[01:15:25] <clarity> But if all you need is bootloader on nand and rest on sata, maybe that is enough
[01:42:11] <norton> yeah
[15:01:36] <hook> Would this also work on the Lime 2?
[15:01:38] <hook> A se komu sanja, al bi tole
[15:01:46] <hook> https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/inky-impression-5-7?variant=32298701324371
[15:02:02] <hook> (ignore the second line, that was a mis-paste)
[15:15:00] <hook> I’m trying to make this, and am wondering if I can use a Lime 2 instead: https://wolfgang-ziegler.com/blog/ink-display?utm_source=pocket_saves
[15:29:43] <clarity> It probably would work, if you find a way to wire it
[15:29:47] <clarity> Looks like it needs i2c and spi
[15:29:51] <clarity> These are standard interfaces
[15:31:11] <clarity> One thing you need to figure out is whether it requires a specific frequency
[15:31:39] <clarity> (It probably doesn't, but you never know for sure)
[16:39:22] <hook> clarity: Got it. Sounds like I’d need to invest a tiny bit into it anyway, so just getting a RPi Zero is probably not much more expensive.
IRC #olimex 2023-12-02
[00:02:13] <norton> yep that's it, thanks[00:59:59] <clarity> I believe your variant is called A20-OLinuXino-MICRO-4GB
[01:00:04] <clarity> http://web.archive.org/web/20170301225518/https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A20/A20-OLinuXino-MICRO-4GB/open-source-hardware
[01:00:31] <clarity> .. but I don't know if that naming scheme is consistent
[01:00:51] <clarity> Slightly later, the same name refers to board with eMMC http://web.archive.org/web/20170523134547/https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A20/A20-OLinuXino-MICRO/open-source-hardware
[01:01:03] <clarity> "Note that we upgraded the hardware in revision J of the A20-OLinuXino-MICRO-4GB design and the boards now arrive with eMMC flash (instead of NAND flash)."
[01:01:58] <clarity> I think the current name according to the current user's manual would be A20-OLinuXino-MICRO-n4GB
[01:02:27] <clarity> SPI flash came about later
[01:05:37] <norton> yea
[01:05:38] <norton> sadly
[01:05:49] <clarity> Maybe you can get that nand to boot somehow
[01:05:51] <norton> i'll try armbian tomorrow, apparently they have nand-install scripts
[01:06:10] <norton> olimex says that mainline kernel have poor nand support
[01:06:12] <norton> or something like that
[01:06:16] <norton> or no support at all
[01:06:30] <clarity> I don't much about it but that matches the impression I have
[01:06:33] <norton> so if armbian doesn't work, i'll try older images with linux-sunxi kernels (debian jessie)
[01:07:12] <clarity> The #linux-sunxi probably would know more about nand than I do
[01:12:00] <clarity> https://linux-sunxi.org/MTD_Driver
[01:13:10] <clarity> I wonder how outdated that is, last edits in 2016...
[01:13:59] <clarity> https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/blob/master/board/sunxi/README.nand
[01:14:03] <clarity> Sounds like a pain in the butt :P
[01:15:25] <clarity> But if all you need is bootloader on nand and rest on sata, maybe that is enough
[01:42:11] <norton> yeah
[15:01:36] <hook> Would this also work on the Lime 2?
[15:01:38] <hook> A se komu sanja, al bi tole
[15:01:46] <hook> https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/inky-impression-5-7?variant=32298701324371
[15:02:02] <hook> (ignore the second line, that was a mis-paste)
[15:15:00] <hook> I’m trying to make this, and am wondering if I can use a Lime 2 instead: https://wolfgang-ziegler.com/blog/ink-display?utm_source=pocket_saves
[15:29:43] <clarity> It probably would work, if you find a way to wire it
[15:29:47] <clarity> Looks like it needs i2c and spi
[15:29:51] <clarity> These are standard interfaces
[15:31:11] <clarity> One thing you need to figure out is whether it requires a specific frequency
[15:31:39] <clarity> (It probably doesn't, but you never know for sure)
[16:39:22] <hook> clarity: Got it. Sounds like I’d need to invest a tiny bit into it anyway, so just getting a RPi Zero is probably not much more expensive.
