Who (I'm not asking for names) are your clients. Now that I have some experience (writing a device driver), is it easy to market these skills?
On 9/19/07, Mark Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9/19/07, Robert Lewko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9/15/07, Mark Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Cracking it open, soldering a couple wires, and using those as I/O for > > > some purpose (sense a switch, trigger a relay/LED, etc,) and write the > > > software to use those I/O. > > > > > > Mark. I just got a board that I am going to experiment with. See the > link > > for pricing below. > > > > I didn't spend quite that much 'cause I piggybacked on another order, > so I > > got some volume discount. > > > > Check out these features: > > > > CPU: 200Mhz ARM9 with full MMU > > RAM: 32Mb > > FLASH: 32Mb NAND Flash > > Network: 200BaseT Ethernet > > Serial: 3 RS-232 Ports standard > > Digital IO: 30pins > > Analog: 2 channel 12 bit ADC > > Expansion: PC-104 8 bit connector (16 bit is optional) > > WatchDog Timer > > > > Power: < 1 watt max. 1/4 watt nominal > > > > Out of the box this board runs Debian ARM. You want Perl and its not > on > > your system - 'apt-get install perl'. You can mount its root file > system on > > NFS, giving you room to put compilers and anything else that you could > want. > > I got the optional SD Card giving me the option of booting from the SD > card > > so that I can install the full development kit on the root device. Its > > actually a fast enough processor that you can run gcc and gdb on it > without > > too much problem. > > > > I am very impressed by the manufacturer 'cause they have lots tools > (there > > is a full cross compiler that you can download and run from your PC > linus > > box so that your desktop linux system is your development system) of > > documentation and sample code on their web site. > > > > Plus there are plugin cards (daughter boards) to do everything from add > > another ethernet port, add a 2.5in disk drive, add GSM wireless to > adding > > VGA capability. > > > > I have just started to read about real time linux kernels (again from > their > > web site). So, whatever you want to do this board/software combo is > > capable. > > > > If you have wanted to have a board that will really let you go nuts > with > > low level stuff this one is affordable and has all the tools that you > could > > want. > > > > The link to features and pricing is right here: > > > > http://www.embeddedarm.com/epc/ts7260-spec-p.php > > > > I have some things in mind for this board. > > On the side, I write code for a TS7200, which is quite similar. It's > a nice little board. The only thing I don't like about it is that it > comes from the US, and by the time it gets here, after duty, > brokerage, and taxes, it ends up costing quite a bit more than the > advertised price. It may be less painful now that our dollar is > almost on par though. Good to hear you were able to get in on a > bulk-buy. > > As far as peripherals and programming go, both are really good > situations. As you mentioned, the crosstools are already set up for > you. The Linux crosstools even run on FreeBSD (although I haven't > tested that too much.) There are plenty of I/O on board, and the > PC104 bus has the capability to add many optional features. > > The embeddedarm.com offerings would make for a very good workshop, I'm > just not too sure on the budget. If enough (four or five maybe?) > people are up for it, we can surely do it though. You'd probably be > looking at around $200 per person for something like that unless I'm > way off base... > > -Mark C. > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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