From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 27 20:23:30 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B572D106564A for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:23:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from mail-oa0-f54.google.com (mail-oa0-f54.google.com [209.85.219.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D9378FC0A for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:23:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by oagn9 with SMTP id n9so1073728oag.13 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:23:29 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=sender:subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer :x-gm-message-state; bh=R36Y1yzwXyL+iVIljTU9uBW8QaaqZtJWGqCGgbdeb/U=; b=APX5fswG+xn0uL1zG57umX/Tmb1obe6HYNC8Ksx+/AJGsdQTkrzX2FtsFsRnzl4ff8 ULOKwJr0egj8zxXcFZ4WlJTjCM57Vlu+T34bHs2EsrCnFEMRx7UlU2Hy2CpVojGsAdZI Smk0dwcfZpucXU/F0hFEKRuWRilnMTu+NIMVTuODvdycAeF9O5AqsUevAuaSzYK8sSLH hcYAT7s/iiDXjwAvs4MIYwz2vmwvzkKbJGw2X0DSRCaihrCrYeIvyHUVgIuN/fkXtAPU WKe74Hztj9CavVCaJqNAsZWoc1AgWFgRYwQ6z6OAlduR7kypyQlEuMb4iu4rsQ9rYKcC 97jg== Received: by 10.60.5.129 with SMTP id s1mr4079763oes.85.1348777409197; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:23:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.30.101.53] ([209.117.142.2]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 9sm6511138obi.22.2012.09.27.13.23.25 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:23:26 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Warner Losh Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 From: Warner Losh In-Reply-To: <201209271626.q8RGQ6nS011607@grabthar.secnetix.de> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:23:23 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <52300353-8F6F-48A7-82AC-D2BC1138E32F@bsdimp.com> References: <201209271626.q8RGQ6nS011607@grabthar.secnetix.de> To: Oliver Fromme X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkg2m6v5nICqkdLACyWz0QuU25/KvWHkg2YACwjKBVPIyxba3spgZi9VTPyBnThaFbtFOS3 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 20:23:30 -0000 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, >=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"