Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 16:01:59 -0700 From: Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Recommended WiFi / Bluetooth modules for embedded ARM projects? Message-ID: <CAFuo_fyvWStiTKtUY_gMQ%2BA_b%2BDLFWVT=duuqH6HDVvMX%2BNVTQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <55060984.9030301@sentry.org> References: <BAY182-W52197C09C7A61825BECE04A2040@phx.gbl> <1426436462.67325.1.camel@freebsd.org> <55060984.9030301@sentry.org>
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On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Trevor Roydhouse <trev@sentry.org> wrote: > Ian Lepore wrote: >> >> On Sun, 2015-03-15 at 02:22 +0900, Brendan Sechter wrote: >>> >>> I am looking for thoughts, opinions and recommendations regarding WiFi / >>> Bluetooth modules for embedded ARM FreeBSD projects. My requirements are >>> 802.11ac / Bluetooth 4.0. The ideal module is low cost, works with >>> minimal >>> effort and also has a USB dongle approximation for early stage >>> development. >>> -Brendan >> >> >> Right now, USB is pretty much your only option for bluetooth and wifi on >> freebsd-arm. All the other chips I've seen that aren't USB are SDIO, >> and we have no SDIO infrastructure for talking to anything except an >> sdcard. > > > For WiFi, given my issues with a USB WiFi dongle stalling with the RPi B+ > (if_urtwn driver), I used one of those $US 10-12 pocket wireless N routers > (the size of a thumb drive) sourced from eBay which connects to the ethernet > port, is powered from a USB port, and joins the WiFi network as a client. > Works well. > > -- > Trevor Roydhouse > BJuris, LLB, LLM (UNSW) > Systems Developer > Australasian Legal Information Institute Web : www.austlii.edu.au > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" If you are planning on using hostapd, I'm pretty sure the only available option (USB, anyway) is the Ralink RT5390 . -- Waitman Gobble Los Altos California USA 510-830-7975
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