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<ol class="chapter"><li class="chapter-item expanded affix "><li class="part-title">Getting Started</li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="index.html"><strong aria-hidden="true">1.</strong> What is Neotron?</a></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="licence.html" class="active"><strong aria-hidden="true">2.</strong> Licence</a></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="credits.html"><strong aria-hidden="true">3.</strong> Credits</a></li><li class="chapter-item expanded affix "><li class="part-title">The Software</li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="software.html"><strong aria-hidden="true">4.</strong> Introduction</a></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="software_bios.html"><strong aria-hidden="true">5.</strong> The Neotron BIOS</a></li><li><ol class="section"><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="software_bios_apicalls.html"><strong aria-hidden="true">5.1.</strong> API Calls</a></li></ol></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="software_os.html"><strong aria-hidden="true">6.</strong> The Neotron OS</a></li><li><ol class="section"><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="software_os_apicalls.html"><strong aria-hidden="true">6.1.</strong> API Calls</a></li></ol></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="software_command_shell.html"><strong aria-hidden="true">7.</strong> The Neotron Command Shell</a></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="software_menu_shell.html"><strong aria-hidden="true">8.</strong> The Neotron Command Menu</a></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="software_applications.html"><strong aria-hidden="true">9.</strong> Neotron Applications</a></li><li class="chapter-item expanded affix "><li class="part-title">The Hardware</li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="hardware.html"><strong aria-hidden="true">10.</strong> Introduction</a></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="hardware_soc.html"><strong aria-hidden="true">11.</strong> The System On Chip</a></li><li><ol class="section"><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="hardware_soc_video.html"><strong aria-hidden="true">11.1.</strong> Video</a></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><div><strong aria-hidden="true">11.2.</strong> Audio</div></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><div><strong aria-hidden="true">11.3.</strong> GPIO</div></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><div><strong aria-hidden="true">11.4.</strong> SPI Bus</div></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><div><strong aria-hidden="true">11.5.</strong> I²C Bus</div></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><div><strong aria-hidden="true">11.6.</strong> UART/MIDI</div></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><div><strong aria-hidden="true">11.7.</strong> RTC</div></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><div><strong aria-hidden="true">11.8.</strong> SD Card</div></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><div><strong aria-hidden="true">11.9.</strong> USB</div></li></ol></li><li class="chapter-item expanded 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<p>Neotron is designed to be open - the user must have free rein to inspect the source code and the schematics, and change them to suit their needs. To this end, the main BIOS and OS implementations are licensed under the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html">GNU Public Licence v3</a> or any later version. To encourage the adoption of Rust for embedded development, most of the library crates developed for this project are licensed under both the <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT">MIT</a> and <a href="https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache 2.0</a> licences, just like the Rust compiler itself. We do intend to sell a range of kits and pre-built PCBs, but you can (and should!) take our designs as inspiration and put your own spin on them.</p>
<p>This book is licensed under Creative Commons <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode">CC-BY-SA 4.0</a>. Any source examples in this book may also be used under the <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT">MIT</a> or <a href="https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache 2.0</a> licences.</p>
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