Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:23:23 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> Cc: "freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org" <freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Looking for hardware advice Message-ID: <52300353-8F6F-48A7-82AC-D2BC1138E32F@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <201209271626.q8RGQ6nS011607@grabthar.secnetix.de> References: <201209271626.q8RGQ6nS011607@grabthar.secnetix.de>
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The Atmel processors look good for this sort of thing. I've recently found either the Glomation SBC-9G20u or the Pico SAM9g45 to be good and not too expensive (the former is $55 and the latter is $70, at least shipping to the US). Although come to think of it the former runs on 5V. Warner On Sep 27, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Hi, > > I'm sorry, this is probably off-topic, but I couldn't find > much useful information on the web. > > I'm looking for a small board that's well supported by > FreeBSD (head or stable/9). > > It should ... > > - ... 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.) > > 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). > > 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). > > Any advice will be appreciated! > > Best regards > Oliver > > > -- > Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. > Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: > secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- > chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart > > FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd > > 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"help
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