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Re:The Framework Laptop by Tijdreiziger on Thursday February 25, 2021 @06:51PM (#26269896)
> Our Embedded Controller firmware is based on chromium ec

Sorry, I'm having trouble parsing this statement. Your 'embedded controller' (whatever that may be) firmware is based on a web browser?

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Re:The Framework Laptop by eightails on Thursday February 25, 2021 @07:03PM (#26270005)
I think they are referring to part of the Chromium OS project, which seems to be open source firmware for basic device functions including "power sequencing, keyboard control, thermal control, battery charging, and verified boot" [0]

[0] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform/ec/+/m...

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Re:The Framework Laptop by Tijdreiziger on Thursday February 25, 2021 @07:13PM (#26270071)
Ah, I didn't know Chrome OS had an OSS counterpart. Thanks!
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Re:The Framework Laptop by QuinnWilton on Thursday February 25, 2021 @07:03PM (#26270003)
Chromium EC. It's the part of Chromebooks that handles things like keypresses: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform/ec/+/m...
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