In case we succeded in the product idea and we want to go for mass production .
What options do we have ?
A lot of people doesnt use b/g protocol and use only n
For a product that can be bad for the end user and give hell of support from our part .
To solve that either we will pospone the final release for spark 2 (is there any release date) or can we embed the new CC chip and who can help with that ? (last resort) .
Can you HQ update us on this matter . what are you doing for this little issue ?
If you follow up on the “will there be a Spark Core 2?” topic, you’ll notice that there are a couple of people already looking into the possibilities of the new CC chips. There have been some discussions about the future of the Spark, and I’m sure it’s a continuous discussion behind the scenes at Spark HQ. Having said that, I believe the guys are currently working on perfecting the current cores, instead of dumping those for new ones. If they were to do that, a product would never be finished due to continuous upgrades of components.
Considering the above, there’s no official plan (yet), let alone a release date for a new Core.
Hacking your current Core to accommodate the new chip isn’t a possibility either, for a multitude of reasons. Having a different package is just the least of the problems. Firmware and hardware are both based on the fact that there are two chips (ARM / WiFi), and thus would give problems if you were to simply replace one.
So in order to utilize the new chips, I believe, requires a (completely) new iteration of the Core. To say it would be a “little issue” would be an understatement I believe
Concerning the b/g/n issue, I thought most moderns routers had backward compatibility with b/g profiles, but I could be completely wrong, so don’t take my word for it.
I hope some of this was useful.
Let’s ping @kennethlimcp for some verification. (You’re kind of up-to-date on everything, which is why I ping you for everything )
It’s in the plan but how much progress we are not clear
Also, when’s the release date we cannot tell either. As in, I have no idea.
Anyways…it’s like no other platform has done Wifi on this scale. Core V1 is awesome but a cool learning experience for better future products.
You can do a small market roll-out for customers who understands the risk and willing to buy still.
Also, although the core only supports b/g, most routers are on b/g/n mode and not simply n mode. At least for me, my understand living in a 1st world country where Internet is advance here, majority is still not on n-type router.
So I don’t see an issue selling a product with the core V1. It still works for majority of the routers here.
I never had to mess with router settings so far and the upcoming deep release will help improve stability etc
guys are currently working on perfecting the current cores, instead of dumping those for new ones. If they were to do that, a product would never be finished due to continuous upgrades of components.
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