@Blort @PINE64 Yep it's really early stage... That's why Pine64 is getting the community to contribute code and docs. My worry: If we don't get enough devs onboard, it may slowly disappear like GD32 VF103

@lupyuen @PINE64

Hmmm... I wonder where one would find firmware devs to interest? It seems like a rather niche and specific skillset, even if the possible use for the devices is widespread.

@Blort @PINE64 We could start by learning it... Using it like a typical Arm microcontroller. Once we have enough people coding on it, the ecosystem should improve. Lack of interest and mindshare is probably the biggest problem... Arm is just way too well marketed

@lupyuen @PINE64

Well, as someone who's background is marketing rather than code, the first steps to effective marketing are generally figuring out who your audience is, what they're looking for and where already they are currently placing their attention.

I'm not a firmware coder, or even a coder at all, so these are not easy things for me to answer. (Compsci students? Interesting challenges? Hacker news?) Usually I'd start by asking someone who matches what I'm looking for though.

@Blort @PINE64 Yep I'm hoping my articles will reach out to the Education folks. The official docs are just too dense

@lupyuen @PINE64

Yeah, I must admit I took a brief look... and cried a little.

@lupyuen @PINE64

That said, I'm about as far away from target market as possible, while still being a #FOSS loving nerd on Mastodon. lol.

@Blort @PINE64 Please help spread the word on RISC-V... It's like FOSS, but for Hardware 🙂