Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:56:11 -0400 From: Dmitriy Fitisov <dmitriy@radier.ca> To: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> Cc: freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Looking for hardware advice Message-ID: <CD97DF60-2D68-4995-AE82-250F5A437495@radier.ca> In-Reply-To: <201209271626.q8RGQ6nS011607@grabthar.secnetix.de> References: <201209271626.q8RGQ6nS011607@grabthar.secnetix.de>
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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 <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> = 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"
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