Baochip is proud to be an inaugural member of the Pavona consortium. It's a strong step towards making secure, open source silicon broadly available. We look forward to vigorously advocating for the interests of small, independent contributors like ourselves.
Source code at github.com/pavona/pavona
Note that this initial campaign is limited to 3,500 boards total. I don't think we're at risk of hitting that limit, but it's probably worth a mention just in case!
Production tester for the dabao is ready! 100% of boards run through a test where every I/O is toggled, both buttons are pressed, serial ports tickled, and an initial OS image is loaded. Voltages and currents are also checked. The test checks for errors in soldering, and/or faulty components.