From owner-freebsd-small Mon Oct 9 15:57:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from server.soekris.com (dnai-216-15-61-44.cust.dnai.com [216.15.61.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC0E937B502 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 15:57:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from soekris.com ([192.168.1.4]) by server.soekris.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id PAA07691; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 15:57:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from soren@soekris.com) Message-ID: <39E24D5C.145E9887@soekris.com> Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 15:57:32 -0700 From: Soren Kristensen Organization: Soekris Engineering X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gunther Schadow Cc: Pico BSD Subject: Re: MachZ PC on chip and small Embedded PC... References: <39DC8E91.B1CFCA7C@aurora.rg.iupui.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Gunther, I posted on the freebsd-small list a couple of months ago about doing a small x86 embedded communication engine for running FreeBSd (or OpenBSD or Linux....) I have looked at the MachZ too, but has decided against using it, and I will instead use two alternative chips. The first board I'm doing use the the AMD SC520, that cost about half as much, and are only missing the IDE and USB controller and some of the multi I/O functions. But you don't need any of that in a small communication engine.... The next board I will do will probably use the new National Semiconductor SC3200, which has everything the MachZ has PLUS more, runs at up to 266 Mhz AND still cost less.... And btw, the first board is getting VERY close to being ready, I'm finishing up the PCB layout right now, and expect to have working prototype in about two weeks. The final specs are: 100/133 Mhz AMD SC520. 16-64 Mbyte SDRAM, soldered on board. 1 Mbit BIOS/BOOT Flash. CompactFLASH socket, 8 Mbyte to ??. 2-3 10/100 mbit Ethernet ports, RJ-45. 1 Serial port, DB9. (Optional 3 serial ports) Power LED, Activity LED. MiniPCI type III socket. (For optional hardware encryption.) PCI Slot, right angle 3.3V only. (For optional WAN board.) 8 bit general purpurse I/O, 14 pins header. Size 4.8" x 5.5". Power either 5V DC fixed or 7-20V DC, max 8W. I plan to make two versions avaliable as standard products, a minimal version with a small box and using a wall transformer, and a full version using a box with internal power supply that can be rack mounted. I don't have any pricing yet, but do have a target of below $200 for the small version in single units. Regards, Soren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message