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This would rather depend on if eigenlabs was willing to port eigenD to linux,
or if the libpico source will move to open source within the Eigen foundation.

the eigen foundation post said all of the eigend software would be transferred, but it could be the 'drivers' are considerd as containing hardware intellectual property.
perhaps john could comment?

Would the binary driver also work on an arm architecture or just x86 ?

It is not yet certain whether or not the Pico library will be given to the trust as it's got some code in that is subject to the main Eigenharp patent and is therefore both unsuitable for GPLv3 and also key to the functioning of the instruments (in the other instruments that DSP is implemented directly in hardware in FPGA's).

It doesn't actually matter that much as the Pico library is there for Linux anyway in the main github repo, in both binary 32 and 64 bit versions. It's tested and works, so you can just link it into your Linux EigenD with no problems and you will have full Pico support. We provided it that way for this very reason.

The main issue with a Linux port is the USB driver, as all that changed several years ago and we've never had the time to bring EigenD up to date with the USB subsystem changes. EigenD was actually native on Linux for a long time, and it's probably not much work to get it all working again - we're still using an EigenD 1.X version thatruns on Linux when we calibrate instruments after we make them.

I've just had a conversation with Jim and he told me that he's done most of the work to get USB working on Linux already, based on libusbx. He was doing it when playing with his Android port, and he's said he'lltry and merge that work in soon. It needs bulk USB support adding, but he reckons that's quite easy now he's got the ISO pipes working. after that you pretty much should have a Linux EigenD. It'll be missing a few bells and whistles but given that JUCE supports Linux just fine should be close enough to get going. If you want to have a go, please go ahead and we'll try to help where we can - if you want to work with the full EigenD and have signed a contributor agreement that's also cool in advance of the Trust being established, you just need to do an NDA with Eigenlabs not to dislose the full code befpore that happens. Contract me direct if you'd like to do that.

I'd love someone to have a go at this - it's probably not much more than a few days work and would be a very cool addition to our world.

John

At the moment it's x86, but we could probably build one for ARM if there's a genuine need. I don't really want to go to the trouble unless someone is seriously going to do some work on this though. We will support a genuine effort though. If you want us to do that please get in touch directly and we'll take a look at it.

John

Can the pico driver and eigenD be built on iOS, with the pico attached via the CCK? That seems a lot more powerful than a Raspberry Pi. (it might also be a good way for the Foundation to get some renwed visibility...) there are tons of excellent synths on iOS. Together, they'd make a hell of a duo.

You can't plug the pico in an ios device though, you need a computer to make the midi bridge...

EigenD runs on macOS/Windows/Linux only. not iOS.
so you cannot connect your eigenharp directly to an iPad/iPhone.

The reference to the iOS application is for Stage.
Stage allows you to control various parameters of EigenD (running on your computer) from you iPhone/iPad, but you still need EigenD running on your computer to connect your Eigenharp too.

http://www.eigenlabs.com/wiki/2.0/Stage/

I'm not sure if Stage, is currently available on the App Store, I cannot find it either (in Spain).