MNT Station prelaunch page is finally online at @crowdsupply: https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt-research/mnt-station
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@poleguy @crowdsupply oh neat, happy to hear! one can also make custom top plates with built-in display(s) for example
I see you have two Kintex versions of the processor. That's very interesting to me as an #FPGA dev.
I'm generally a cheap-skate, so I look at the price of those and question the value proposition for an exploratory side project with no real aim, but on the other-hand, it is still cheaper than a lot of the dev boards.
I'm also thinking I would like to build a mash-up with my Alchitry Pt based FPGA design that has a pair of coax run to the transceivers for telemetry.
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I see you have two Kintex versions of the processor. That's very interesting to me as an #FPGA dev.
I'm generally a cheap-skate, so I look at the price of those and question the value proposition for an exploratory side project with no real aim, but on the other-hand, it is still cheaper than a lot of the dev boards.
I'm also thinking I would like to build a mash-up with my Alchitry Pt based FPGA design that has a pair of coax run to the transceivers for telemetry.
@mntmn @crowdsupply Adding a top plate with a screen is an interesting idea.
For pass one, my telemetry recording box will just have a power, switch, a toggle switch and some LED's: toggle it on to start recording and watch the LED's to be sure it is happily recording. Toggle it off to stop the recording.
No display, because we don't want the complexity and we would have to deal with emissions off the screen, which risk disrupting the RF signals we are looking at.
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@mntmn @crowdsupply Adding a top plate with a screen is an interesting idea.
For pass one, my telemetry recording box will just have a power, switch, a toggle switch and some LED's: toggle it on to start recording and watch the LED's to be sure it is happily recording. Toggle it off to stop the recording.
No display, because we don't want the complexity and we would have to deal with emissions off the screen, which risk disrupting the RF signals we are looking at.
@mntmn @crowdsupply I do have longer-term thoughts of having some remote status monitoring as a second phase, and the idea of streaming some summary-status data over wifi/udp and having a MNT-reform-type device receive the multiple streams, build them into a dashboard and display them and/or stream them via websockets to a website/phone based browser so multiple people could monitor the system in real time.
That's a stretch goal.
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@mntmn @crowdsupply I do have longer-term thoughts of having some remote status monitoring as a second phase, and the idea of streaming some summary-status data over wifi/udp and having a MNT-reform-type device receive the multiple streams, build them into a dashboard and display them and/or stream them via websockets to a website/phone based browser so multiple people could monitor the system in real time.
That's a stretch goal.
@mntmn @crowdsupply Currently I'm using an FTDI FT600 based USB FIFO to get data into a CM5 to SSD.
I'm wondering if I could have a more direct FPGA to MCU to SSD flow if I built an adapter to plug a small FPGA (Artix 7 100?) with transceivers feeding directly in to the MNT-reform MCU. Maybe I could avoid FTDI and USB entirely.
Hmm... I'll have to read up on the architecture. Having open schematics opens up so many options. I love your work here. I hope corporate isn't a wet blanket.
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@mntmn @stsp @chfkch @crowdsupply it may eliminate the need for an extra switch for small setups or enable physically isolated networking with multiple switches.
@fellmoon @mntmn @chfkch @crowdsupply And a third port can be used for a direct cross-link between two systems, e.g. for syncing state between redundant firewalls running pf and carp/vrrp. The ability to keep sync traffic physically separated from uplink and downlink traffic is nice for security and simplicity.
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many thanks @holo_memory and @bnys for getting the page up! the industrial design is done by Ana Dantas once again.
It's so beautiful! 🥺
Love the LEDs, they are such a pretty finish. :3
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MNT Station prelaunch page is finally online at @crowdsupply: https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt-research/mnt-station
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@mntmn Those cases just look absolutely gorgeous
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@mntmn @crowdsupply nice news
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@mntmn is this the NEXT mainboard without the rest of the laptop? Or a completely new design?
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@mntmn @crowdsupply Looking great, those will definitely find use in many homelabs and will allow 'recycling' hardware.
I am personally awaiting MNT Rack: 1U / 2U / 4U cases: place one or multiple MNT Stations in there, along with options for modular nvme/U.2/SSD/HDD blocks, PCI bus block for eg GPU or network cards.... but then MNT has to expand production rapidly as with a decent price lots of people will want those
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@fellmoon @mntmn @chfkch @crowdsupply And a third port can be used for a direct cross-link between two systems, e.g. for syncing state between redundant firewalls running pf and carp/vrrp. The ability to keep sync traffic physically separated from uplink and downlink traffic is nice for security and simplicity.
@stsp @fellmoon @mntmn @chfkch @crowdsupply Physical DMZ and multi-WAN are why I like my router/firewall to have at least 4 ports. I’ve been looking at the Rock 5 ITX+ plus an ethernet card plugged into M.2 for this but availability has been terrible.
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I am an ECC junkie for server use. LS1028A has ECC support but not the module you sell?
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@mntmn @crowdsupply wish I had the need for a new pc or the money for one, but if both those conditions line up, I'd love to buy what yall are doing
these look great!!
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@mntmn @crowdsupply its MNT, of course I have already registered my interest, I value my right to computation and the devices are just so much fun!
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@mntmn @crowdsupply This looks really cool. I am a bit surprised about the distribution of USB-A and USB-C ports though. Neither USB type is going away any time soon, but having only one USB-C port available seems to be rather limiting. And if that USB-C port is already occupied by the power cable, you can't use it for something else.
This is just my 2c. Different people want to do different things with this device and many people might not need more than one USB-C port.
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