Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:36:52 +1100 From: Trevor Roydhouse <trev@sentry.org> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended WiFi / Bluetooth modules for embedded ARM projects? Message-ID: <55060984.9030301@sentry.org> In-Reply-To: <1426436462.67325.1.camel@freebsd.org> References: <BAY182-W52197C09C7A61825BECE04A2040@phx.gbl> <1426436462.67325.1.camel@freebsd.org>
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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
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