Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:00:03 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> To: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org" <freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: looking for suggestions for a small router/appliance board/SoC Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmok4jbffVu-dc9anucTOYRcqR=M_%2BmNKNvqPG0uA%2B=pq%2BA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2EB47812-4744-48B5-BEBF-B2074D9EEA8F@jnielsen.net> References: <2EB47812-4744-48B5-BEBF-B2074D9EEA8F@jnielsen.net>
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hi! The PC engines boards are your best bet to begin with. There's updated ARM hardware from Gateworks but I don't recall if we ever got a port fully working on it. -a On 22 October 2015 at 10:57, John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> wrote: > Hi- > > I=E2=80=99m working on a proof-of-concept for a kind of networking swiss = army knife. Can anyone suggest a board that meets the following requirement= s? CPU arch doesn=E2=80=99t matter as long as it will run FreeBSD (Atom, AR= M, MIPS, etc). > > - Small form factor (SoC, probably) > - Can support at least 2 802.11a/b/g/n adapters, prefer 3 (any combinat= ion of chip-integrated and mini PCI-e slots. Prefer to avoid USB if possibl= e) > - Has or supports at least 2 1GbE ports. Prefer 3-5 ports with switchin= g functionality > - Storage not super constrained. Built-in storage (if any) can be small= (which I=E2=80=99m arbitrarily defining as less than 128MB) if there is al= so an SD card slot or similar. USB storage will do in a pinch. > - Has at least 2 free USB ports after meeting previous requirements > - Serial port or header (or GPIO pins that can be used as one? Not too = familiar with that) > - Low power consumption (within reason taking the above into account) > - Low cost (again, within reason) > > I may just start with a PC Engines apu1d, but if there are boards that ar= e smaller, cheaper, have lower power requirements and/or have integrated wi= fi or switch capabilities I=E2=80=99d like to look in to them as well. > > I know that might be asking a lot, so I=E2=80=99m also open to any sugges= tions that are most of the way there. Thanks! > > JN > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-embedded > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-embedded-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g"
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