From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 27 17:06:18 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31576106564A for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:06:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dmitriy@radier.ca) Received: from server.radier.ca (old.radier.ca [76.10.149.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE9378FC16 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:06:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by server.radier.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id D835D15BE2C2; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:56:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from server.radier.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (server.radier.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id b2h4et6xPt7N; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:56:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.22.176] (unknown [206.47.153.50]) by server.radier.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B538715BE2A2; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:56:04 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.1 \(1498\)) From: Dmitriy Fitisov In-Reply-To: <201209271626.q8RGQ6nS011607@grabthar.secnetix.de> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:56:11 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <201209271626.q8RGQ6nS011607@grabthar.secnetix.de> To: Oliver Fromme X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1498) Cc: freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Looking for hardware advice X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:06:18 -0000 Hello Oliver, may I ask why FreeBSD? You may take a look at Soekris website. They used to support FreeBSD very well, AFAIK. But if you want GPIO, would not it better to go lower level something = like ARM boards from Olimex or similar? Thank you. Dmitriy On 2012-09-27, at 12:26 PM, Oliver Fromme = wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I'm sorry, this is probably off-topic, but I couldn't find > much useful information on the web. >=20 > I'm looking for a small board that's well supported by > FreeBSD (head or stable/9). >=20 > It should ... >=20 > - ... be as small as possible (physical size). > - ... be available to the public without having to order > a crate of 1000. I need only one, maybe two. > - ... work out of the box with head or stable/9, without > requiring a soldering iron, without having to patch > firmware with a hex editor and similar adventures. :-) > - ... run from a single power line, preferably 12V DC or > something like that, with as low power consumption as > possible. I wouldn't mind if it could run from a bunch > of batteries either. > - ... Support USB and some kind of wireless communication, > preferably Bluetooth (either built-in or via a USB-to- > Bluetooth adapter). > - ... boot from flash (SD card, CF card or USB stick). > - ... have a bunch of GPIO pins to play with. Actually I > would like to port an old piece of software that used > the good old parallel port (in bit-bang mode), so I need > at least 12 or 13 I/O pins. Alternatively I could use a > USB parallel port adapter, but I'm not sure if those > support bit-bang mode. (And such an adapter would add > to the overall size, so I'd like to avoid that.) >=20 > I do NOT need ethernet, VGA, audio, and so on. In fact > I'll probably compile a kernel without networking support. > Performance is not an issue, I don't intend to run number > crunching stuff or folding@home. ;-) RAM should be > sufficient to boot a stripped-down kernel with the modules > and software that I need (Bluetooth stuff, a shell, some > small programs). >=20 > Something like the Raspberry Pi would be cool (except that > the Pi has many features that I don't need, and it's not > supported by FreeBSD as of today). >=20 > Any advice will be appreciated! >=20 > Best regards > Oliver >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. = M. > Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, = Gesch=E4ftsfuehrung: > secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht = M=FCn- > chen, HRB 125758, Gesch=E4ftsf=FChrer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf = Gebhart >=20 > FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: = http://www.secnetix.de/bsd >=20 > With Perl you can manipulate text, interact with programs, talk over > networks, drive Web pages, perform arbitrary precision arithmetic, > and write programs that look like Snoopy swearing. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-embedded > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-embedded-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"