[ESHOP launched] Trezor: Bitcoin hardware wallet

[hazek]

Trezor : It's alive !!!

Yeah baby!

[Mike Hearn]

That's really great! A couple of questions -

do you have the actual user interaction flow working yet? if so, why not show that?

the screen in the video is flickering quite badly. Is that an artifact of the video or is there some issue with the screen?

[lebing]

sweet!

[slush]

the screen in the video is flickering quite badly. Is that an artifact of the video or is there some issue with the screen?

There's some refresh rate on the display, but the flickering is in fact interference between the camera CCD and the display. It doesn't flicker in real usage.

[stick]

do you have the actual user interaction flow working yet? if so, why not show that?

Actual user interaction works as well, of course, but we thought it would be more interesting to show that Unit Testing can also be used for hardware.

We will show user interacting with the device in the upcoming videos, but I think we'll wait until the final boards arrive, so we don't show our prototype with cables on top. :-)

[ripper234]

I haven't followed this thread for some time now.
Can anyone point me towards the most updated information? I saw the "It's alive" post ... what does it mean?

[jim618]

Slush and Stick posted a youtube clip where they were running unit tests against their Raspberry Pi shield. It is back one page in the thread.

[ripper234]

Thanks, this.

Guys - are you doing this in the context of a business/company?
How much time are you investing in this?
What kind of funding do you have / need?

Trezor / Hardware wallets are a key missing piece to the Bitcoin ecosystem. Whoever makes it to the finish line will make big bucks.
I hope you guys are well positioned to be The Bitcoin Hardware Wallet.

[slush]

Guys - are you doing this in the context of a business/company?

Yes.

How much time are you investing in this?

Quite a lot, like many days a week. There're lot of work which is still invisible to people, but the time will come soon. For example we're preparing partnership with some companies which will likely integrate Trezor into their existing platforms.

What kind of funding do you have / need?

We don't have any external capital, except your donations to 1Bitkey address :-).

Trezor / Hardware wallets are a key missing piece to the Bitcoin ecosystem.

We think so as well. And so far we also have an excellent feedback from all people who understood the concept or who saw prototypes in our lab. Btw people are surprised that the device is actually much smaller than it looks from photos.

[ripper234]

Great, I'm happy to follow this project and can't wait to see the "final" outcome.
Will you have something to present at the May convention?

[stick]

Will you have something to present at the May convention?

The plan is to present something, yes. We have made an arrangements with one of our friends who'll be there representing Trezor. Unfortunately slush and I are unable to attend in person. :-(

[ripper234]

Will you have something to present at the May convention?

The plan is to present something, yes. We have made an arrangements with one of our friends who'll be there representing Trezor. Unfortunately slush and I are unable to attend in person. :-(

Good luck, I hope you manage to build it by that time. I sort of think that with all the stuff that's going to come out at this convention, when the public finally understands when Bitcoin is going, the price will reach $300+ by June...

I can't attend as well, I live in Israel and have three weddings to attend in May ... but I'm attending the next one for sure.

[Mike Hearn]

That's too bad, would have loved to meet you stick. I already bumped into slush at the London conference. Maybe we can have a Europe-wide meetup/hackfest at some point.

[slush]

That's too bad, would have loved to meet you stick. I already bumped into slush at the London conference. Maybe we can have a Europe-wide meetup/hackfest at some point.

Maybe Stick is like Satoshi - he releases an ingenious product and then silently disappears :-).

We're going to Unsystem conference to Vienna, but I believe there'll be some smaller meeting somewhere in Europe during the summer, where we'll attend.

[infested999]

This is a bit off-topic but looking at the display you used for this device, I found this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-White-0-96-128x64-12864-OLED-LCD-Display-Module-/251242406194?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a7f36e132

I like the idea of a 128x64 display and want to play around with it (eg. show the time on the display, show a list of connected Teamspeak users on the screen). Can anyone link me to a website or software to control these?

[stick]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-White-0-96-128x64-12864-OLED-LCD-Display-Module-/251242406194?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a7f36e132

I like the idea of a 128x64 display and want to play around with it (eg. show the time on the display, show a list of connected Teamspeak users on the screen). Can anyone link me to a website or software to control these?

Yep, the same display. There are lots of vendors (primarily from China/Hong Kong) that are selling these via eBay.

If you want to just play with it you might want to get not just the plain display, but also a breakout board.

For example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/0-96-128x64-OLED-Display-Module-SSD1306-Arudino-AVR-/130536921656

or http://www.adafruit.com/products/326 (0.96") or http://www.adafruit.com/products/938 (1.3")

Adafruit website also has a link to Arduino example (https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_SSD1306) but if you search for "SSD1306 driver" you can find drivers for lots of other primary platforms.

[infested999]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-White-0-96-128x64-12864-OLED-LCD-Display-Module-/251242406194?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a7f36e132

I like the idea of a 128x64 display and want to play around with it (eg. show the time on the display, show a list of connected Teamspeak users on the screen). Can anyone link me to a website or software to control these?

Yep, the same display. There are lots of vendors (primarily from China/Hong Kong) that are selling these via eBay.

If you want to just play with it you might want to get not just the plain display, but also a breakout board.

For example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/0-96-128x64-OLED-Display-Module-SSD1306-Arudino-AVR-/130536921656

or http://www.adafruit.com/products/326 (0.96") or http://www.adafruit.com/products/938 (1.3")

Adafruit website also has a link to Arduino example (https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_SSD1306) but if you search for "SSD1306 driver" you can find drivers for lots of other primary platforms.

It says SPI or I2C interface, but is there a converter to connect this to a computer using USB or similar port?

[slush]

It says SPI or I2C interface, but is there a converter to connect this to a computer using USB or similar port?

Yes! Trezor ;-).

You can connect it to Arduino or Raspberry or Beagleboard directly, then use FTDI USB-232 cable or whatever similar to connect it to computer via USB.

[infested999]

It says SPI or I2C interface, but is there a converter to connect this to a computer using USB or similar port?

Yes! Trezor ;-).

You can connect it to Arduino or Raspberry or Beagleboard directly, then use FTDI USB-232 cable or whatever similar to connect it to computer via USB.

So I need the display + breakout board + Arduino to have the display show my text.

I expected there to be some product already out there that I can just lay on my desk and connect directly with USB to show date/time, notifications and list Skype contacts for about $10.

I'm actually surprised this hasn't been done, it's basically just the 160x43 display on the Logitech G15 standalone for much cheaper:

[slush]

So I need the display + breakout board + Arduino to have the display show my text.

That's DYI solution. I wouldn't be surprised that there's some "profi" solution already, I'm just not aware of any.