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This week's EYE ON NPI is a follow up to one we did a few years ago on the similarly-named BQ25792 (https://blog.adafruit.com/2021/05/06/eye-on-npi-ti-bq25792-i2c-controlled-1-4-cell-5a-buck-boost-battery-charger-eyeonnpi-adafruit-digikey-adafruit-digikey-txinstruments/). The BQ25798 (https://www.digikey.com/short/vnr279pz) builds on the '92 by adding selectable dual inputs and true MPPT solar support. This chip is inexpensive, powerful and can handle almost any battery and power source matching you desire. Let's look at some specifications: High power density, high integration buck-boost charger for 1-4 cell batteries supporting USB PD 3.0 profile – Integrates four switching MOSFETs, BATFET – Integrates input and charging current sensing Highly efficient – 750-kHz or 1.5-MHz switching frequencies – 5-A charging current with 10-mA resolution 96.5% efficient: 16-V battery at 3A from 20V Supports a wide range of input sources Autonomously sampled open circuit voltage (VOC) maximum power point tracking (MPPT) for charging from a photovoltaic panel – 3.6-V to 24-V wide input operating voltage range with 30-V absolute maximum rating – Detects USB BC1.2, HVDCP and non-standard adapters Dual-input power mux controller (optional) Narrow voltage DC (NVDC) power path Backup Mode with Ultra-fast switchover to adjustable voltage Powers USB port from battery (USB OTG) – 2.8-V to 22-V OTG output voltage with 10-mV resolution to support USB-PD PPS – OTG output current regulation up to 3.32 A with 40-mA resolution Flexible autonomous and I2C mode for optimal system performance Integrated 16-bit ADC for voltage, current, and temperature monitoring Like the '92, the BQ25798 (https://www.digikey.com/short/vnr279pz) supports any size battery. We have lots of battery packs in the Adafruit shop, and in particular we use 1S batteries – if there are more batteries, they are wired in series. But there's lot of folks who are building robotics that require higher voltages, so they have 2S, 3S, or 4S batteries. This charger can handle any of 'em, and you can configure the battery pack size using a simple resistor on the PROG port. In this case it also allows the chip to run in 'standalone' mode without the use of I2C to configure. The biggest improvement you get with the BQ25798 (https://www.digikey.com/short/vnr279pz) is true solar MPPT support. The BQ25792 had VINDPM and IINDPM – the ability to track the input voltage to make sure it is not drooping from overdraw. While this lets you get pretty-close-to-MPPT it isn't true power-point-tracking which requires perturbation around the voltage to adjust as light and temperature affect the solar panel's efficiency. The '98 does this 'right' and even has a K Factor adjustment register - you can tweak this to get the best results based on different weather/temperature (https://www.ti.com/video/6287049638001)- or stick to the default value for good results. Another new feature is 'selectable dual-inputs' what this means if you can set up two power inputs - say DC plug and Solar - and then have the chip switch between them. This is particularly useful because you can't just use two OR'ing diodes to select the power source: the solar panel might have a higher initial open-voltage but can't supply as much current as a DC plug. I2C lets you select which one is priority! The BQ25798 (https://www.digikey.com/short/vnr279pz) also has many of the cool features we liked in the BQ25792: On-The-Go mode where you can turn the buck-boost around and have it generate a variable voltage output, say 5V for powering other USB devices. Another thing that works is powering over USB where you can have the BQ negotiate 'high voltage' support from USB 3 ports. Note that this isn't USB Type C power negotiation, for that you'll want to get a separate USB Type C PD negotiation chip like the TPS25750D (https://www.tij.co.jp/jp/lit/ml/slpp103/slpp103.pdf)...we're hoping there's a future version with PD built in! There's also a built in 16-bit ADC that you can use to monitor various voltages and current draw. While you can charge the battery in 'standalone' mode - you really do need I2C to get the best performance and capabilities. Thankfully there's not a huge number of registers, and SDA/SCL can be 3 or 5V logic signals so you should be able to get it working on anything from an ATmega328 to a Raspberry Pi. We like the high integration: you really only need a few passives and an inductor to get a fantastic all-in-one charger for any lithium ion battery pack. If you're intrigued and would like more information, you've come to the right place! DigiKey has the BQ25798 (https://www.digikey.com/short/vnr279pz) in stock right now for immediate shipment. Order today and you can start designing your solar-powered products of the future by tomorrow afternoon.

「DD HiFi、L字型コネクター採用のUSB OTGケーブル「TC09L」。USB-C to 3.5mm変換アダプター「TC35M2」も」　リアルアシスト ミミソラ事業部は、同社取り扱いブランドDD HiFiから、OTGケーブル「TC09L」および変換アダプター「TC35M2」を、9月28日（土）より発売する。

We've got a ton of tech news and tips and tricks in this week's podcast, which looks at USB OTG, debunks the great myths about smartphones, and tells you how to format a write-protected USB flash drive.ShownotesOur stripped-back show this week features the following news: Windows Piracy Spikes in Russia Google Makes It Easier to Switch from iPhone to Android  We also have these explainers, tips, and tricks: What Is USB OTG and Ways to Use It Smartphone Myths That Aren't True How to Format a Write Protected USB Flash Drive This week's show is hosted by Christian Cawley and features Ben Stegner and Gavin Phillips. Follow them on Twitter (@thegadgetmonkey, @stegnersaurus and @gavinspavin) for updates and even make suggestions for future topics.Don't forget to subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts for more tech news and tips for technophobes!

Join Scott as he answers questions and continues work on the USB Host API. Support Adafruit by purchasing hardware from https://adafruit.com Chat with me and a lot of others on the Adafruit Discord at https://adafru.it/discord. Deep Dive happens every week. Normally Fridays at 2pm Pacific. Typically goes for two hours or more. Questions are welcome. Next week is on Friday and is the second to last deep dive from me for a while. All notes are available on GitHub with links into the videos. Thanks to @askpatrickw and @dcd for making and maintaining the notes. https://github.com/adafruit/deep-dive-notes/ 0:00 Getting started and hellos 1:15 Cats in view (both Vin and Spook ) 3:10 Housekeeping 4:36 Discord adafru.it/discord 5:36 Next week also on Friday, then 2 more before 7:20 Questions 8:30 foamyguy's plans for deep dives 10:37 USB Host / BLE stuff checked in / CP 7.2 release plan 12:00 Desktop / CP issues resolved on github 13:12 Click in ESP speaker 13:31 LED brightness crash issue/pr 6054 15:12 Dan's fix for CP deep sleep / USB enumeration / 5 second delay concern (in 7.2) 18:00 Pressing ‘any' key fixed on espressive 18:25 Is there a way we can hook into that? I have VBUS sense on my S3 boards, so I can bypass that is not VBUS is present. ( see pr 6051) 19:23 What about if I want BLE after sleeping? 20:05 for the nrf52, there is a register you can check to see if VUSB is on… 20:37 improved use of git describe https://git-scm.com/docs/git-describe 21:26 the new performance stuff from micropython (fast path & lookup cache) gives a 19% performance boost in the most contrived example - compared with 7.2.0-alpha.2, a loop that just accesses a member of an object -- more deets in my latest comment on the 1.18 merge PR. 22:20 1.19 will lead to CP 8.0 22:40 6038 merge pr - should be coming shortly 23:25 7.2 will be stable in a week or two 25:15 USB OTG ( on the go ) often available if ‘native usb' 26:25 nRF52840 USB 2.0 / product brief 29:14 pio asm - format from c, converted to 30:57 USB ‘device' explicitly called out in the nrf52840 datasheet - not a host 31:32 checking nrf 5340 32:02 S3 can to OTG 35:55 USB Host 36:50 Tiny USB also supported by Adafruit 37:25 https://github.com/sdima1357/esp32_usb_soft_host 37:40 Helper library support for Dual USB - pico PIO USB Repo https://github.com/sekigon-gonnoc/Pico-PIO-USB/ 38:55 USB stack licensing - triggered switch to Tiny USB ( tightly coupled with CP ok here :-) ) 41:15 Once we have USB host - what does it look like in CP (pyton API side ) 42:10 i.MX RT1060 teensy 4 (evk ) 43:00 wish the dev board had better labels 44:25 https://www.nxp.com/design/development-boards/i-mx-evaluation-and-development-boards/i-mx-rt1060-evaluation-kit:MIMXRT1060-EVK 45:00 2 usb port with embedded physical interface high speed 47:00 FPGA topics - cortex a53 and a72 - what about a9 / next to xilinx 49:00 https://www.xilinx.com/products/silicon-devices/soc/zynq-7000.html 50:53 github SymbiFlow Project X-Ray 52:05 How does the Intel adoption of Risc-V afect the FPGA progression? 53:32 fabless / efabless.com open shuttle program 55:00 Open source fpga with dual core A9 with 2 USB blocks - like imx 57:47 wish pc companies would open up all their older components to allow hardware changes without major hacks and overhauls 58:00 AMD's acquisition of Xilinx may have some effect on FPGAs as well. 59:50 Digikey detour 410-351-10 isb-otg Zybo Z7 Board Reference Manualhttps://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/digilent-inc/410-351-10/7652757 1:03:45 https://gowinsemi.com/en/support/devkits_detail/39 The GOWIN FPGA in the board has a USB PHY. 1:05:25 hoping I can use the ST dualsynopsys-usb-otg with CP host and device 1:05:50 Dialog https://www.dialog-semiconductor.com/products/greenpak/low-power-low-cost-forgefpga 1:06:15 support for hosts in tiny usb - see “only.txt” in tinyusb github 1:15:00 USB protocol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdgULBpRoXk&ab_channel=BenEater 1:16:18 usb32-s3 tech ref manual 1:17:32 Would it be smart to implement Python classes that represent HID devices at the high level? 1:18:12 usb 2.0 bus topology 1:30:51 … gap - usb host continued 1:33:50 USB host for automation of CP testing 1:39:55 usb host endpoint in and out ( and buffers ) and bidirectional control 1:42:15 ellisys and beagle tools mentioned 1:43:15 rp2040 with wifi for $15 - rp2040 for pio - S3 if you don't need PIO 1:45:58 HID Host over BLE? wait - my brain hurts - you mean connecting a BLE keyboard to a circuit python BLE board? 1:55:40 async usb host versions? 1:56:45 examples / useful for testing / import usb_host 2:00:00 https://www.wacom.com/en-us/products/pen-tablets/wacom-intuos 2:00:42 2 weeks left with Scott 2:01:35 CP dev channel on discord 2:02:15 https://github.com/adafruit/deep-dive-notes 2:02:41 pet the cats - have a great weekend 2:03:19 end of stream

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This week's EYE on NPI looks at a new microcontroller series from ST Micro. Yes, last week was also an ST part - but this one popped into my NPI feed and I just thought it was so interesting, ST gets a double-header! The STM32L4P5 series of chips (https://www.digikey.com/products/en?keywords=%20%09STM32L4P5) looks like an excellent competitor to the Microchip ATSAMD51 (https://www.digikey.com/products/en?keywords=atsamd51) we use so often - with matching-or-better specifications. Let's take a closer look! You can get more spec's about this chip over at ST's website (https://www.st.com/content/st_com/en/products/microcontrollers-microprocessors/stm32-32-bit-arm-cortex-mcus/stm32-ultra-low-power-mcus/stm32l4-plus-series/stm32l4p5-q5/stm32l4p5ce.html). Here's the overview: The Cortex-M4 core features a single-precision floating-point unit (FPU), which supports all the Arm® single-precision data-processing instructions and all the data types. The Cortex-M4 core also implements a full set of DSP (digital signal processing) instructions and a memory protection unit (MPU) that enhances the application’s security. These devices offer two fast 12-bit ADCs (5 Msps), two comparators, two operational amplifiers, two DAC channels, an internal voltage reference buffer, a low-power RTC, two general-purpose 32-bit timers, two 16-bit PWM timers dedicated to motor control, seven general-purpose 16-bit timers, and two 16-bit low-power timers. The devices support two digital filters for external sigma delta modulators (DFSDMs). In addition, up to 24 capacitive sensing channels are available. They also feature standard and advanced communication interfaces such as: four I2Cs, three SPIs, three USARTs, two UARTs and one low-power UART, two SAIs, two SDMMCs, one CAN, one USB OTG full-speed, one camera interface and one synchronous parallel data interface (PSSI). In particular, we like some of the 'upgrades' we see compared to other chips - the roomy 320KB RAM, 5 MSPS 12-bit ADCs (that's the same as a basic pocket oscilloscope!), 9 x 16-bit timers, CAN bus (usually you have to upgrade to get CAN support!), built in op-amps, and... most interesting to me is a built in TFT manager! Not just parallel (6800/8080) style but the 'real' 24-bit TFT with HSYNC/VSYNC/CLK signals! Usually you have to go to a Cortex M7 to get something like that included (see the iMX RT or STM32H7 series for example). 24-bit TFT can be easily converted to VGA (using some resistors) or even HDMI using off-the shelf adapter chips (https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/adafruit-industries-llc/2219/1528-1452-ND/5761220) so it's really a neat thing to see. True TFT output is a rarity because of the frame buffer you normally need. From what ST says in the datasheet the way this is managed in RAM is to have a 8-bit palette of 24-bit colors. So for a classic 4.3" TFT display (https://www.adafruit.com/product/1591) that is 480x272 pixels, that would mean 128KB of RAM to address all pixels. A 320x240 display would be only 75KB. The LCD-TFT display controller provides a 24-bit parallel digital RGB (red, green, blue) and delivers all signals to interface directly to a broad range of LCD and TFT panels with the following features: • One display layer with dedicated FIFO (64 x 32-bit) • Color look-up table (CLUT) up to 256 colors (256 x 24-bit) per layer • Up to 8 input color formats selectable per layer • Flexible blending between two layers using alpha value (per pixel or constant) • Flexible programmable parameters for each layer • Color keying (transparency color) • Up to four programmable interrupt events Right now there's only two packages available - a 144 LQFP STM32L4P5ZGT6 (https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/stmicroelectronics/STM32L4P5ZGT6/497-STM32L4P5ZGT6-ND/11590990) and a 169-BGA STM32L4P5AGI6P (https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/stmicroelectronics/STM32L4P5AGI6P/497-STM32L4P5AGI6P-ND/11591137) but according to the datasheet there will be 48, 64 and 100 pin variant QFN & QFP's. For now we recommend picking up the STM32L4P5AGI6PU Discovery also known as STM32L4P5G-DK on Digi-Key (https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/stmicroelectronics/STM32L4P5G-DK/497-STM32L4P5G-DK-ND/11613090). Which has a built in debugger/programmer and is directly supported in STM32 Cube IDE. By the way, if you have not yet, subscribe to Digi-Key's new product feed at https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/rss or visit the website (https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/) for a nice interface to search through the latest exciting NPIs from Digi-Key! Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adafruit Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/

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新年胡逼聊下半部分。几位飞行员聊了聊2017年买到与听到的奇怪物件，比如凃总的Victoria Secret（划掉）限量耳机，孟获心水的尼夫Rupert Neve RNHP 耳机放大器，Grado 出一个买一个的v版，深圳四处游走生活臭有的剑总，以及再次化身大喷子的音迷。中途插入了Sony 老CD随身听的一些闲聊（这也是新年我们要填的坑之一），以及一个手机USB OTG 小声卡选择的讨论。关于2018年会怎么样，我们也不太知道。不过既然没有消担参与录音，这次跨年并不算数，春节再说。BGM4: Rialto - Hard CandyBGM5: Pussycat - MississippiBGM6: Dirty Three - DorisED: 顶楼的马戏团 - 我想为你唱一首顶楼马戏团的歌

新年胡逼聊下半部分。几位飞行员聊了聊2017年买到与听到的奇怪物件，比如凃总的Victoria Secret（划掉）限量耳机，孟获心水的尼夫Rupert Neve RNHP 耳机放大器，Grado 出一个买一个的v版，深圳四处游走生活臭有的剑总，以及再次化身大喷子的音迷。中途插入了Sony 老CD随身听的一些闲聊（这也是新年我们要填的坑之一），以及一个手机USB OTG 小声卡选择的讨论。关于2018年会怎么样，我们也不太知道。不过既然没有消担参与录音，这次跨年并不算数，春节再说。BGM4: Rialto - Hard CandyBGM5: Pussycat - MississippiBGM6: Dirty Three - DorisED: 顶楼的马戏团 - 我想为你唱一首顶楼马戏团的歌

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This week we have a FreeBSD Foundation development update, tell you about sprinkling in the TrueOS project, Dynamic WDS & a whole lot more! This episode was brought to you by Headlines OpenSSH Removes SSHv1 Support (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20170501005206) In a series of commits starting here (http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=149359384905651&w=2) and ending with this one (http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=149359530105864&w=2), Damien Miller completed the removal of all support for the now-historic SSHv1 protocol from OpenSSH (https://www.openssh.com/). The final commit message, for the commit that removes the SSHv1 related regression tests, reads: Eliminate explicit specification of protocol in tests and loops over protocol. We only support SSHv2 now. Dropping support for SSHv1 and associated ciphers that were either suspected to or known to be broken has been planned for several releases, and has been eagerly anticipated by many in the OpenBSD camp. In practical terms this means that starting with OpenBSD-current and snapshots as they will be very soon (and further down the road OpenBSD 6.2 with OpenSSH 7.6), the arcane options you used with ssh (http://man.openbsd.org/ssh) to connect to some end-of-life gear in a derelict data centre you don't want to visit anymore will no longer work and you will be forced do the reasonable thing. Upgrade. FreeBSD Foundation April 2017 Development Projects Update (https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/blog/april-2017-development-projects-update/) FreeBSD runs on many embedded boards that provide a USB target or USB On-the-Go (OTG) interface. This allows the embedded target to act as a USB device, and present one or more interfaces (USB device classes) to a USB host. That host could be running FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS, Windows, Android, or another operating system. USB device classes include audio input or output (e.g. headphones), mass storage (USB flash drives), human interface device (keyboards, mice), communications (Ethernet adapters), and many others. The Foundation awarded a project grant to Edward Tomasz Napierała to develop a USB mass storage target driver, using the FreeBSD CAM Target Layer (CTL) as a backend. This project allows FreeBSD running on an embedded platform, such as a BeagleBone Black or Raspberry Pi Zero, to emulate a USB mass storage target, commonly known as a USB flash stick. The backing storage for the emulated mass storage target is on the embedded board's own storage media. It can be configured at runtime using the standard CTL configuration mechanism – the ctladm(8) utility, or the ctl.conf(5) file. The FreeBSD target can now present a mass storage interface, a serial interface (for a console on the embedded system), and an Ethernet interface for network access. A typical usage scenario for the mass storage interface is to provide users with documentation and drivers that can be accessed from their host system. This makes it easier for new users to interact with the embedded FreeBSD board, especially in cases where the host operating system may require drivers to access all of the functionality, as with Windows and OS X. They provide instructions on how to configure a BeagleBone Black to act as a flash memory stick attached to a host computer. +Check out the article, test, and report back your experiences with the new USB OTG interface. *** Spring cleaning: Hardware Update and Preview of upcoming TrueOS changes (https://www.trueos.org/blog/spring-cleaning-hardware-update-preview-upcoming-trueos-changes/) The much-abused TrueOS build server is experiencing some technical difficulties, slowing down building new packages and releasing updates. After some investigation, one problem seemed to be a bug with the Poudriere port building software. After updating builders to the new version, some of the instability is resolved. Thankfully, we won't have to rely on this server so much, because… We're getting new hardware! A TrueOS/Lumina contributor is donating a new(ish) server to the project. Special thanks to TrueOS contributor/developer q5sys for the awesome new hardware! Preview: UNSTABLE and Upcoming TrueOS STABLE update A fresh UNSTABLE release is dropping today, with a few key changes: Nvidia/graphics driver detection fixes. Boot environment listing fix (FreeBSD boot-loader only) Virtual box issues fixed on most systems. There appears to be a regression in VirtualBox 5.1 with some hardware. New icon themes for Lumina (Preferences -> Appearance -> Theme). Removal of legacy pc-diskmanager. It was broken and unmaintained, so it is time to remove it. Installer/.iso Changes (Available with new STABLE Update): The text installer has been removed. It was broken and unmaintained, so it is time to remove it. There is now a single TrueOS install image. You can still choose to install as either a server or desktop, but both options live in a single install image now. This image is still available as either an .iso or .img file. The size of the .iso and .img files is reduced about 500 Mb to around 2Gb total. We've removed Firefox and Thunderbird from the default desktop installation. These have been replaced with Qupzilla and Trojita. Note you can replace Qupzilla and Trojita with Firefox and Thunderbird via the SysAdm Appcafe after completing the TrueOS install. Grub is no longer an installation option. Instead, the FreeBSD boot-loader is always used for the TrueOS partition. rEFInd is used as the master boot-loader for multi-booting; EFI partitioning is required. Qpdfview is now preinstalled for pdf viewing. Included a slideshow during the installation with tips and screenshots. Interview - Patrick M. Hausen - hausen@punkt.de (mailto:hausen@punkt.de) Founder of Punkt.de HAST - Highly Available Storage (https://wiki.freebsd.org/HAST) News Roundup (finally) investigating how to get dynamic WDS (DWDS) working in FreeBSD! (http://adrianchadd.blogspot.com/2017/04/finally-investigating-how-to-get.html) Adrian Chadd writes in his blog: I sat down recently to figure out how to get dynamic WDS working on FreeBSD-HEAD. It's been in FreeBSD since forever, and it in theory should actually have just worked, but it's extremely not documented in any useful way. It's basically the same technology in earlier Apple Airports (before it grew into what the wireless tech world calls "Proxy-STA") and is what the "extender" technology on Qualcomm Atheros chipsets implement. A common question I get from people is "why can't I bridge multiple virtual machines on my laptop and have them show up over wifi? It works on ethernet!" And my response is "when I make dynamic WDS work, you can just make this work on FreeBSD devices - but for now, use NAT." That always makes people sad. + Goes on to explain that normal station/access point setups have up to three addresses and depending on the packet type, these can vary. There are a couple of variations in the addresses, which is more than the number of address fields in a normal 802.11 frame. The big note here is that there's not enough MAC addresses to say "please send this frame to a station MAC address, but then have them forward it to another MAC address attached behind it in a bridge." That would require 4 mac addresses in the 802.11 header, which we don't get. .. except we do. There's a separate address format where from-DS and to-DS bits in the header set to 1, which means "this frame is coming from distribution system to a distribution system", and it has four mac addresses. The RA is then the AP you're sending to, and then a fourth field indicates the eventual destination address that may be an ethernet device connected behind said STA. If you don't configure up WDS, then when you send frames from a station from a MAC address that isn't actually your 802.11 interface MAC address, the system would be confused. The STA wouldn't be able to transmit it easily, and the AP wouldn't know how to get back to your bridged ethernet addresses. The original WDS was a statically configured thing. [...] So for static configurations, this works great. You'd associate your extender AP as a station of the central AP, it'd use wpa_supplicant to setup encryption, then anything between that central AP and that extender AP (as a station) would be encrypted as normal station traffic (but, 4-address frame format.) But that's not very convenient. You have to statically configure everything, including telling your central AP about all of your satellite extender APs. If you want to replace your central AP, you have to reprogram all of your extenders to use the new MAC addresses. So, Sam Leffler came up with "dynamic WDS" - where you don't have to explicitly state the list of central/satellite APs. Instead, you configure a central AP as "dynamic WDS", and when a 4-address frame shows up from an associated station, it "promotes" it to a WDS peer for you. On the satellite AP, it will just find an AP to communicate to, and then assume it'll do WDS and start using 4-address frames. It's still a bit clunky (there's no beacon, probe request, etc IEs that say "I do dynamic WDS!" so you'd better make ALL your central APs a different SSID!) but it certainly is better than what we had. Firstly, there are scripts in src/tools/tools/net80211/ - setup.wdsmain and setup.wdsrelay. These scripts are .. well, the almost complete documentation on a dynamic WDS setup. The manpage doesn't go into anywhere near enough information. So I dug into it. It turns out that dynamic WDS uses a helper daemon - 'wlanwds' - which listens for dynamic WDS configuration changes and will do things for you. This is what runs on the central AP side. Then it started making sense! So far, so good. I followed that script, modified it a bit to use encryption, and .. well, it half worked. Association worked fine, but no traffic was passing. A little more digging showed the actual problem - the dynamic WDS example scripts are for an open/unencrypted network. If you are using an encrypted network, the central AP side needs to enable privacy on the virtual interfaces so traffic gets encrypted with the parent interface encryption keys. Now, I've only done enough testing to show that indeed it is working. I haven't done anything like pass lots of traffic via iperf, or have a mix of DWDS and normal STA peers, nor actually run it for longer than 5 minutes. I'm sure there will be issues to fix. However - I do need it at home, as I can't see the home AP from the upstairs room (and now you see why I care about DWDS!) and so when I start using it daily I'll fix whatever hilarity ensues. Why don't schools teach debugging? (https://danluu.com/teach-debugging/) A friend of mine and I couldn't understand why some people were having so much trouble; the material seemed like common sense. The Feynman Method was the only tool we needed. Write down the problem Think real hard Write down the solution The Feynman Method failed us on the last project: the design of a divider, a real-world-scale project an order of magnitude more complex than anything we'd been asked to tackle before. I understand now why half the class struggled with the earlier assignments. Without an explanation of how to systematically approach problems, anyone who didn't intuitively grasp the correct solution was in for a semester of frustration. People who were, like me, above average but not great, skated through most of the class and either got lucky or wasted a huge chunk of time on the final project. I've even seen people talented enough to breeze through the entire degree without ever running into a problem too big to intuitively understand; those people have a very bad time when they run into a 10 million line codebase in the real world. The more talented the engineer, the more likely they are to hit a debugging wall outside of school. It's one of the most fundamental skills in engineering: start at the symptom of a problem and trace backwards to find the source. It takes, at most, half an hour to teach the absolute basics – and even that little bit would be enough to save a significant fraction of those who wash out and switch to non-STEM majors. Why do we leave material out of classes and then fail students who can't figure out that material for themselves? Why do we make the first couple years of an engineering major some kind of hazing ritual, instead of simply teaching people what they need to know to be good engineers? For all the high-level talk about how we need to plug the leaks in our STEM education pipeline, not only are we not plugging the holes, we're proud of how fast the pipeline is leaking. FreeBSD: pNFS server for testing (https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-fs/2017-April/024702.html) Rick Macklem has issued a call for testing his new pNFS server: I now have a pNFS server that I think is ready for testing/evaluation. It is basically a patched FreeBSD-current kernel plus nfsd daemon. If you are interested, some very basic notes on how it works and how to set it up are at: http://people.freebsd.org/~rmacklem/pnfs-planb-setup.txt (http://people.freebsd.org/~rmacklem/pnfs-planb-setup.txt) A Plan B pNFS service consists of a single MetaData Server (MDS) and K Data Servers (DS), all of which would be recent FreeBSD systems. Clients will mount the MDS as they would a single NFS server. When files are created, the MDS creates a file tree identical to what a single NFS server creates, except that all the regular (VREG) files will be empty. As such, if you look at the exported tree on the MDS directly on the MDS server (not via an NFS mount), the files will all be of size == 0. Each of these files will also have two extended attributes in the system attribute name space: pnfsd.dsfile - This extended attrbute stores the information that the MDS needs to find the data storage file on a DS for this file. pnfsd.dsattr - This extended attribute stores the Size, ModifyTime and Change attributes for the file. For each regular (VREG) file, the MDS creates a data storage file on one of the K DSs, in one of the dsNN directories. The name of this file is the file handle of the file on the MDS in hexadecimal. The DSs use 20 subdirectories named "ds0" to "ds19" so that no one directory gets too large. At this time, the MDS generates File Layout layouts to NFSv4.1 clients that know how to do pNFS. For NFS clients that do not support NFSv4.1 pNFS, there will be a performance hit, since the IO RPCs will be proxied by the MDS for the DS server the data storage file resides on. The current setup does not allow for redundant servers. If the MDS or any of the K DS servers fail, the entire pNFS service will be non-functional. Looking at creating mirrored DS servers is planned, but it may be a year or more before that is implemented. I am planning on using the Flex File Layout for this, since it supports client side mirroring, where the client will write to all mirrors concurrently. Beastie Bits Openbsd changes of note 620 (http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/openbsd-changes-of-note-620) Why Unix commands are short (http://www.catonmat.net/blog/why-unix-commands-are-short/) OPNsense 17.1.5 released (https://opnsense.org/opnsense-17-1-5-released/) Something for Apple dual-GPU users (http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/commits/2017-April/625847.html) pkgsrcCon 2017 CFT (https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2017/05/01/msg000735.html) TrueOS/Lumina Dev Q&A: May 5th 2017 (https://discourse.trueos.org/t/trueos-lumina-dev-q-a-5-4-17/1347) Feedback/Questions Peter - Jails (http://dpaste.com/0J14HGJ#wrap) Andrew - Languages and University Courses (http://dpaste.com/31AVFSF#wrap) JuniorJobs (https://wiki.freebsd.org/JuniorJobs) Steve - TrueOS and Bootloader (http://dpaste.com/1BXVZSY#wrap) Ben - ZFS questions (http://dpaste.com/0R7AW2T#wrap) Steve - Linux Emulation (http://dpaste.com/3ZR7NCC#wrap)

This week on BSDNow, we're going to be hearing about Allan's trip to EuroBSDCon, plus an Interview about “Bro on BSD”! Stay tuned, for your place to This episode was brought to you by Headlines EuroBSDCon 2016 Wrapup Ollivier Robert's Photos from EuroBSDCon (https://assets.keltia.net/photos/EuroBSDCon-2016/) Get your BSDNow die-cut stickers (http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/stickers/) NetBSD for newbies - Develop your own Power PC (http://discusscomputerx.blogspot.com/2016/09/netbsd-for-noobies-your-power-laptop.html) We don't get to feature too many stories on NetBSD being deployed as a Power PC (Not PowerPC, you know, a Powerful “PC”), so we jumped at this one. Specifically it starts off with some of the pre-req's that you'll need to get started, such as NetBSD 7.0.1 / amd64, along with some information about which wireless nics you may be using. (NetBSD like other BSD's will give a driver based device name for network interfaces) From there, instructions on how to write your WPA_supplicant config are provided, in order for us to fetch the NetBSD sources and convert to their -STABLE branch. After doing a CVS checkout of the sources, he then provides a walkthrough of doing a kernel compile / install, however it mentions changing the config, but doesn't provide an example of what options were changed. Perhaps to remove drivers we don't need? At this point the rest of the “desktop” setup is pretty straight forward. Some packages are added such as openbox, lxappearance, firefox, etc. To get working sound, firefox requires pulseaudio, which in turn needs dbus, so instructions on getting that service up and running are provided as well. When it's all said and done, you'll end up with your shiny new NetBSD -STABLE desktop (or laptop), bragging rights achieved! *** More about OpenSMTPD 6.0.0 (https://www.poolp.org/tech/posts/2016/09/12/opensmtpd-6-0-0-released/) OpenSMTPd 6.0.0 has just been released “and it's quite different from former releases.” “Unlike most of our releases, it comes out with almost no new feature.”, “Turns out most of the changes are not visible.” Changelog: new fork+reexec model so each process has its own randomized memory space logging format has been reworked a "multi-line response" bug in the LMTP delivery backend has been fixed connections concurrency limits have been bumped artificial delaying in remote sessions have been reduced dhparams option has been removed dhe option has been added, supporting auto and legacy modes smtp engine has been simplified various cosmetic changes, code cleanup and documentation improvement “The OpenSMTPD bootstrap process was quite simple: Upon executation, the parent process would read configuration, build a memory representation of it and would then create a bunch of socketpair() before fork()-ing all of its child processes.” The problem is that this does not take advantage of the new address randomization feature. Each child will have the same memory layout, copied from the parent process “So deraadt@ suggested that if OpenSMTPD would not just fork() children but instead fork() them and reexecute the smtpd binary, then each of the children would have its own randomized memory space.” “The idea itself is neat, however not so trivial to implement because when we reexec the whole "inherit configuration and descriptors" part goes away. It's not just fork and exec, it's fork and exec and figure a way for the parent to pass back all the information and descriptors back to the new post-fork instance so it is the new instance that allocates memory and decides where the information goes.” *** Upgrade a FreeBSD 10.3 Installation with ZFS on Root and Full Disk Encryption to 11.0 (http://ftfl.ca/blog/2016-09-17-zfs-fde-one-pool-conversion.html) While FreeBSD 11.0 is not out yet, Joseph Mingrone has helped me work out and test the instructions for upgrading a FreeBSD 10.3 ZFS on full disk encryption setup (bootpool + zpool) to the new GELIBoot feature, which does not require any unencrypted partitions, just the 128kb bootcode Note: Do not upgrade to FreeBSD 11.0 yet. While some images have landed on the FTP server, they do not contain the final openssl fix and are going to be recreated. Currently, GELIBoot does not support key files, so the first step is to reencrypt the master key with only a passphrase. Next, to avoid GELIBoot picking up encrypted partitions that it does not support, or partitions you do not want decrypted at boot, only partitions with the GELIBoot flag are decrypted, so set the flag on your root partition Then, move the loader, kernel, and other files into /boot on the root filesystem, instead of them living on the bootpool. This allows the kernel to be versioned with boot environments, and is the main purpose of this work Then, install the newer gptzfsboot, as this is required to support GELIBoot The old 2gb bootpool partition is then purposely mislabeled as freebsd-vinum, so it is not picked up by the boot blocks. Later, if the upgrade is successful, this partition can be deleted, and used as addition swap or something In order to boot correctly, you want all boot environments to have the ‘canmount' ZFS property set to ‘noauto' Thank you to Joseph for taking the time to prod me for the information required to write this up, and for testing it and finding all of the issues *** Interview - Michael Shirk - mshirk@daemon-security.com (mailto:mshirk@daemon-security.com) / @shirkdog (https://twitter.com/shirkdog) Running Bro on BSD *** News Roundup FreeBSD based distro for virtual hosting platform and appliance (https://clonos.tekroutine.com/) An interesting new FreeBSD-based project as shown up online, called “ClonOS”, which bills itself as a “free open-source FreeBSD-based platform for virtual environments creation and management” It looks to be leveraging an impressive list of technologies, including Bhyve, Xen, Jails and CBSD / Puppet for management tasks. Among its list of features: ZFS features support; VM cloning, export, import Ethernet SoftSwitch for separated networking jails for lightweight container VNC terminal for VM/containers Templates for VM/containers Configuration management/helpers Multi-node operation Multi-Node? Color me intrigued! Right now it appears to be under heavy development, but we'll reach out to the developer to see if we can get an interview lined up at some point! The Raspberry PI Platform and The Challenges of Developing FreeBSD (https://bsdmag.org/oleksandr_rybalko/) BSDMag recently did an interview with FreeBSD developer Olesandr Rybalko! Oleksandr lives in the Ukraine, and while you may not have heard of him, he has worked on some cool projects for FreeBSD including the new “vt” console driver (Which a lot of people are using now), and ARM/MIPS support. The interview covers some of the work he's done to get the PI support working with FreeBSD: I think, my main help here was a USB OTG driver, which I wrote before for another device (Ralink RT3052), then port it to R-Pi. But it was rewritten by Hans Peter Selasky. I do not know so much about USB as Hans knows. Another useful part of my help is Xorg support. I did a simple Xorg video driver which uses framebuffer exported by virtual terminal subsystem. That is help to many guys to start use RPi as a simple desktop system. He was also asked the question “Why would FreeBSD be good fit for ARM?” FreeBSD is very powerful as a network server. All modern network features in one box, with very fast processing. Another good side of FreeBSD is modularity. It is not required to write code to use some driver that was already written for another system, you can just define it in configuration files (kernel config, kernel hints, FDT). So if you want build a nice, R-Pi based, home server – use FreeBSD. If you want to play with devices attached to R-Pi's GPIO – use FreeBSD. He also discusses his work on the ZRouter project, which is a very light-weight platform for tiny routers / embedded devices. But lastly the RPI comes up again, specifically asking him how interested individuals can get involved. Specifically the wiki.freebsd.org is a great reference point for those intested in getting started with FreeBSD on embedded. The warm community is also a plus! Trying out the FreeBSD powered TrueOS (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=TrueOS-First-Spin) The folks over at Phoronix have done an early look at the new TrueOS desktop images and given some of their thoughts. First up he gives props to the installer, noting that: The TrueOS desktop installer is basically the same as from the PC-BSD days, just re-branded. Still one of the easiest BSD graphical installers I've dealt with and makes it a breeze for setting up a FreeBSD-on-ZFS system by default. After that they took it for a minimal spin, and thing mostly seem to be working. He mentions some of the default apps (Such as qupzilla and trojita) aren't their favorite, but Lumina has come quite a ways for 1.0, despite a few rough edges still. (We are in the process of changing those default e-mail / browser apps) Lastly the article mentions that it's time to do a more full BSD round-up to see the state of installation of them, which we happen to have next! Trying out 8 BSDs on a modern PC (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=trying-8-bsds&num=1) First up was TrueOS again, which no major changes there, easy install and done. From there he tries out DragonFlyBSD, which he mentions that while the installer isn't as easy, it is still one of his favorite BSD's, working with all the hardware they've thrown at it. Next up was GhostBSD, which also has an Easy-To-Use graphical installer similar to TrueOS that made it quick to get loaded and up to the Mate desktop. Also tested was FreeBSD 11.0-RC2, which he mentions was easy to installed, and once done then ‘pkg' could be used to easily get the setup he wanted setup. Turning over to page two we get to the naughty list of BSD's he had troubles with. First up was OpenBSD which he tried 6.0. After installation and first boot, the display kept ‘disappearing' which meant he couldn't get IP information to try SSH'ing into the box. Perhaps a display driver error? NetBSD 7 was up next, where the installer couldn't get past a root device prompt. Most likely trouble finding the install media, which was the same story with MightnightBSD as well. Also tested was “PacBSD” (Formerly ArchBSD) which he did manage to get installed, but not after major fighting with the process. After the process he ran into some issues getting packages up and running, but mentions it may have been bad timing due to them moving to a new server at the time. *** IllumOS imports a modified FreeBSD boot loader to replace grub 0.97 (https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182181/2016/09/sort/time_rev/page/1/entry/0:1/20160923124232:B7978ED4-81AC-11E6-A6DA-02E3F010038B/) Toomas Soome's work to port the FreeBSD boot loader to IllumOS has been merged into illumos-gate, the upstream repository for all IllumOS distributions Toomas' work has also resulted in a number of commits to FreeBSD, and code sharing in both directions Toomas helped me a lot with the building of the ZFS boot environment listing menu, even though on IllumOS they use a configuration file to list the BEs, rather than interrogating the live zpool like we do in FreeBSD Toomas' work to improve msdosfs and the block cache to speed up booting IllumOS also greatly helped FreeBSD This work means IllumOS can now boot from a RAID-Z (the old grub they used could not), and if the work Toomas has done on FreeBSD is any indication, support for almost all other zpool features is also on the way This work also sets IllumOS on a path to eventually having UEFI boot as well It is good to see this work happening, FreeBSD technology being reused elsewhere, but also the improvements being made for IllumOS are coming back to FreeBSD, often landing upstream first, to make merging them into IllumOS easier. The mailing list post describes how to convert existing systems away from grub, as well as how to opt to remain on grub for a while longer. Grub 0.97 is expected to be removed from IllumOS within a year. *** Beastie Bits A demo of booting CentOS and Windows 10 in FreeBSD Bhyve through VNC headless (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YQQfXqtyaA) This year's anemic output (http://blather.michaelwlucas.com/archives/2762) “PAM Mastery” ebook now out (http://blather.michaelwlucas.com/archives/2771) How-to Install OpenBSD 6.0 plus XFCE desktop and basic applications (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC5D9fenQBs) *** Feedback/Questions Piotr - LibreBoot (http://pastebin.com/yniniNpV) Alan - FreeBSD and PC-BSD (http://pastebin.com/dCNX0yF7) Eduardo - Newcomers (http://pastebin.com/LndNeAYb) Greg - ZFS ACL's (http://pastebin.com/F0y6L6NK) Brian - Laptop Recs (http://pastebin.com/sqMPJGMM) ***

Spreaker Live Show #56 for April 27th, 2016Our Topics This Week: How To: Spreaker Play and Download Metrics with Rob GreenleeShow Duration: 22 minutesHost: Rob Greenlee, Head of Content, Spreaker @robgreenlee - rob(at)spreaker(dotcom)Spreaker Blog Posts at http://Blog.Spreaker.com:- How To: Auto-Ducking on Spreaker Studio - plays audio from episode SLS51- 3 Green Podcasts for Earth Day - April 22nd, Last Friday - The Green Divas Radio Show, - Clean Green Talk Show, - Green is Good- Spreaker is sponsoring New Media Europe! London June 18-19th T-Shirt Winning Comments from: Allan Tépper, Director, TecnoTur LLC and CapicúaFM, Contrib, ProVideo Coalition magWe got some feedback from a More follow up on the launch of the Google Play Music Podcast area.. more follow up on the mobile recording on Android Hi Rob, Like many, I submitted my active show CapicúaFM to Google many months ago and was happy to see it go live. I want to clarify about the download capabilities of the app as it stands now, because even Google Play Music’s own product managers have undersold this feature.The Google Play Music app for Android has always had a feature in the settings that restricts it to getting content when on WiFi to save on bandwidth, and I have always had it set that way. As soon as our shows became searchable in the Play Music Android app. I searched for a show and as soon as I clicked to subscribe each show, it immediately asked me if I wanted to download the three latest episodes. In both cases, I said yes. I don’t know whether that pop-up question comes to all, or perhaps only to those who had previously set the app only to get content when on WiFi. What I can definitely affirm is that for me, it gave me the option to download the most recent three episodes, and did so, since at the end I got a notification saying that those three episodes were downloaded. So no, we can’t yet specifically download specific episodes older than the most recent three. However, by setting the preferences only to get content when on WiFi, and then subscribing to a show, it will then automatically download new episodes when on WiFi. That’s not perfect, but it’s not terrible either.-------------------------------------------From Last week’s mobile recording episode about android-- here is Allen’s feedbackYes, the iRig Pre offers phantom power. I am extremely familiar with this and several other preamp/A-to-D converters from IK Multimedia (and other manufacturers) after reviewing them for ProVideo Coalition magazine. However, the two microphones mentioned by your guest from Single Gender (if I recall the them correctly) are both dynamic microphones and don't need phantom, and I wouldn't recommend using a Y-XLR cable in a situation where you needed phantom power. The two dynamic mics she are RE-20,RE-27 using are very good, and don't require phantom. If someone really wanted to connect two XLR mics which require phantom power to an Android, the simplest solution would be the iRig Pro DUO (also from IK Multimedia), which I have for review, but haven't yet published the review. It accepts up to two XLR mics, and can output phantom to each. It also works with iOS, Mac or Windows. To use it with Android, it includes the special USB OTG cable, which ends in micro USB. However, one must verify that the Android phone or tablet supports OTG. Mine fortunately does, but not all do. If you need it, I can send you a link to Android devices that support OTG.--------------------------------------------I thought you’d like to know that I featured your Spreaker Studio for desktop in my recent live webinar The new radio, and in the Castilian (aka "Spanish") version of the same webinar (done a different day), La nueva radio.I made a point-by-point comparison between the free Spreaker Studio for desktop and the US$395 Hindenburg Journalist Pro, which I use to produce most of my shows (and audio for other projects). There are many more things in common than you might think between these two apps:- Both are available for both Mac and Windows.- Both can accept multiple USB mics simultaneously. (Spreaker Studio combines them, live style, while HJP records them on independent tracks.)- Both can integrate with Skype for interviews or co-hosts.- Both can play effects live, although only HJP allows caller/co-host allows to hear the effects as they are played live.- Both can record, although HJP offers the choice of sampling rate, including 48 kHz if desired (something I covered in detail in the open letter I sent to you), while currently, Spreaker Studio for desktop will only record 44.1 kHz.- Only Spreaker Studio App is designed for live broadcast too, in addition to recording.- HJP is also a complete multitrack editor, while Spreaker Studio is not designed to be an editor.- Both are localized in multiple languages, including Castilian (aka “Spanish”), and I included screenshots of each program in Castilian. I didn’t do that in the English version of the webinar.Detailed Show Notes:Let’s Dive into “Spreaker Play and Download Metrics” - What is rather unique in the podcasting space is a very open and transparent view on total show/episode Plays & Downloads - What is a Play? Download? On Spreaker?- TTSL (Time Spent Listening is also counted (Divided into total Play count) usually for SLS is average of 15 minutes per play. Downloads is not counted in TTSL yet.- Most shows on Spreaker get more plays than Downloads- "Play Details" are Daily Episode Bar Graph that shows distribution by “On-Demand”, “Live” and “Download”. On-Demand are streamed per request via Spreaker website/apps and includes plays from iHeartRadioLikes - episodes, Sources = all the 40-50 play sources- Top Countries - Mostly USA, UK and Canada, Top Cities: Listeners locations- Breakdown by episode: Plays, Downloads, Likes - Sort order by: Most Popular, Most Recent- Demographics - Male / Females - 13-17, 18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55+ Spreaker Links:http://Adore.fmhttp://blog.spreaker.comhttp://SpreakerLiveShow.comhttps://Spreaker.comSend Questions and Comments to:Twitter: http://twitter.com/spreaker using #SpreakerLiveTwitter: http://twitter.com/robgreenleeTwitter: http://twitter.com/alexeum Tech Support: support at spreaker.com

Spreaker Live Show #56 for April 27th, 2016Our Topics This Week: How To: Spreaker Play and Download Metrics with Rob GreenleeShow Duration: 22 minutesHost: Rob Greenlee, Head of Content, Spreaker @robgreenlee - rob(at)spreaker(dotcom)Spreaker Blog Posts at http://Blog.Spreaker.com:- How To: Auto-Ducking on Spreaker Studio - plays audio from episode SLS51- 3 Green Podcasts for Earth Day - April 22nd, Last Friday - The Green Divas Radio Show, - Clean Green Talk Show, - Green is Good- Spreaker is sponsoring New Media Europe! London June 18-19th T-Shirt Winning Comments from: Allan Tépper, Director, TecnoTur LLC and CapicúaFM, Contrib, ProVideo Coalition magWe got some feedback from a More follow up on the launch of the Google Play Music Podcast area.. more follow up on the mobile recording on Android Hi Rob, Like many, I submitted my active show CapicúaFM to Google many months ago and was happy to see it go live. I want to clarify about the download capabilities of the app as it stands now, because even Google Play Music’s own product managers have undersold this feature.The Google Play Music app for Android has always had a feature in the settings that restricts it to getting content when on WiFi to save on bandwidth, and I have always had it set that way. As soon as our shows became searchable in the Play Music Android app. I searched for a show and as soon as I clicked to subscribe each show, it immediately asked me if I wanted to download the three latest episodes. In both cases, I said yes. I don’t know whether that pop-up question comes to all, or perhaps only to those who had previously set the app only to get content when on WiFi. What I can definitely affirm is that for me, it gave me the option to download the most recent three episodes, and did so, since at the end I got a notification saying that those three episodes were downloaded. So no, we can’t yet specifically download specific episodes older than the most recent three. However, by setting the preferences only to get content when on WiFi, and then subscribing to a show, it will then automatically download new episodes when on WiFi. That’s not perfect, but it’s not terrible either.-------------------------------------------From Last week’s mobile recording episode about android-- here is Allen’s feedbackYes, the iRig Pre offers phantom power. I am extremely familiar with this and several other preamp/A-to-D converters from IK Multimedia (and other manufacturers) after reviewing them for ProVideo Coalition magazine. However, the two microphones mentioned by your guest from Single Gender (if I recall the them correctly) are both dynamic microphones and don't need phantom, and I wouldn't recommend using a Y-XLR cable in a situation where you needed phantom power. The two dynamic mics she are RE-20,RE-27 using are very good, and don't require phantom. If someone really wanted to connect two XLR mics which require phantom power to an Android, the simplest solution would be the iRig Pro DUO (also from IK Multimedia), which I have for review, but haven't yet published the review. It accepts up to two XLR mics, and can output phantom to each. It also works with iOS, Mac or Windows. To use it with Android, it includes the special USB OTG cable, which ends in micro USB. However, one must verify that the Android phone or tablet supports OTG. Mine fortunately does, but not all do. If you need it, I can send you a link to Android devices that support OTG.--------------------------------------------I thought you’d like to know that I featured your Spreaker Studio for desktop in my recent live webinar The new radio, and in the Castilian (aka "Spanish") version of the same webinar (done a different day), La nueva radio.I made a point-by-point comparison between the free Spreaker Studio for desktop and the US$395 Hindenburg Journalist Pro, which I use to produce most of my shows (and audio for other projects). There are many more things in common than you might think between these two apps:- Both are available for both Mac and Windows.- Both can accept multiple USB mics simultaneously. (Spreaker Studio combines them, live style, while HJP records them on independent tracks.)- Both can integrate with Skype for interviews or co-hosts.- Both can play effects live, although only HJP allows caller/co-host allows to hear the effects as they are played live.- Both can record, although HJP offers the choice of sampling rate, including 48 kHz if desired (something I covered in detail in the open letter I sent to you), while currently, Spreaker Studio for desktop will only record 44.1 kHz.- Only Spreaker Studio App is designed for live broadcast too, in addition to recording.- HJP is also a complete multitrack editor, while Spreaker Studio is not designed to be an editor.- Both are localized in multiple languages, including Castilian (aka “Spanish”), and I included screenshots of each program in Castilian. I didn’t do that in the English version of the webinar.Detailed Show Notes:Let’s Dive into “Spreaker Play and Download Metrics” - What is rather unique in the podcasting space is a very open and transparent view on total show/episode Plays & Downloads - What is a Play? Download? On Spreaker?- TTSL (Time Spent Listening is also counted (Divided into total Play count) usually for SLS is average of 15 minutes per play. Downloads is not counted in TTSL yet.- Most shows on Spreaker get more plays than Downloads- "Play Details" are Daily Episode Bar Graph that shows distribution by “On-Demand”, “Live” and “Download”. On-Demand are streamed per request via Spreaker website/apps and includes plays from iHeartRadioLikes - episodes, Sources = all the 40-50 play sources- Top Countries - Mostly USA, UK and Canada, Top Cities: Listeners locations- Breakdown by episode: Plays, Downloads, Likes - Sort order by: Most Popular, Most Recent- Demographics - Male / Females - 13-17, 18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55+ Spreaker Links:http://Adore.fmhttp://blog.spreaker.comhttp://SpreakerLiveShow.comhttps://Spreaker.comSend Questions and Comments to:Twitter: http://twitter.com/spreaker using #SpreakerLiveTwitter: http://twitter.com/robgreenleeTwitter: http://twitter.com/alexeum Tech Support: support at spreaker.com

ASUS VivoTab Note 8 ASUS website As an alternative to the Surface Pro 3 more for drawing stuff due to stylus 8″ screen (1280×800) iPad mini sized but full Windows 8.1 US$250 (32GB) Charges via micro USB No full USB port: only has 1 micro USB port requires USB OTG cable (similar to phones) to provide full USB port … Continue reading Corner Geeks 34: Asus Vivo Tab 8 & Nokia XL