On 2007-02-26 16:21 +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Hello, > > since I do not know any Mailinglists to this subject, I hope I find some > colegous (Electronic Engineers) here.
There are no doubt better lists for hardware engineers, but we probably have a few here. > Now time flies and I have the need to build some ultra smal but hyper > performant Systems. Since you are all involved with embedded Systems, > can you provide me with Infos Where to get ARM, MIPS and other CPU's > and ITS SPEZIFICATIONS to build my own Computers. > > Now I have bought over 40 different ARM and MIPS based SBC's and not a > singel one fit my needs in Speed and functionalities. I think you would need to say what it was about these 40 boards that did not meet your requirements before I could say anything useful about what might satisfy you. > My goal is, to create some customizable SBC's running Embedian and > certainly full blown (but striped) Debian Installations. Emdebian welcomes help to make it to being an actual distribution you can use - we're not quite there yet. Note that Embedian is a(n unhelpfully-named) company in Taiwan (nothing to do with emdebian). You are in the right place for any such activity. > For some time I have bought a MAN-2088 Supertruck (2000HP, 88 tons) to > transport two Mobilhomes of 7.15x3x2.6 meters and it is FULL Debian > powered from the Motor-Control over the Water-Epuration to the Clima > System, Photopholtaik-System, Chargers and what else. Using over 80 > CPU's (in general Am486 and SC520 but Athlon and Opteron too) Wow - do you have web-pages on this project? It sounds quite something. I don't think we've had any debian self-build motorhomes on this list before. > Another Question: > > Do you know Mailinglists in german or english for Electronic Engineers/ > Developers ? Maybe with relation to OpenSource and Linux. All the ones I know have a subject focus: bikecurrent (bicycle eletronics), speleonics (caving electronics/low-frequency radio), lart, balloonboard (specific SBCs), TAPR (radio ham stuff), candlepower forums (lighting), SBMCC, Eastern MHC (self-build motorhomes), and so on. I do not know any for general EE's, although there no doubt are some. > What I like to see is an equivalent to the Open Source Software. > I mean, something like "Open Hardware" or such. I just gave a talk on this at FOSDEM. There are at least 5 things people mean by 'Open hardware': Documented interfaces, free firmware, VHDL designs, freely-manufacturable PCBs/devices, and (I discovered at FOSDEM) a power management software infrastructure. The best collection of this sort of info I know of is the OpenTech CD: http://www.opencores.org/projects.cgi/web/opentech/about > Hobby Electronic Journals like "Elector" or "ELO" are going already > in this direction but I want to change the "Hobby" to "Professionel". I am also interested in this area, having been making Open Hardware SBCs since 2002 (lart). I now do it full-time (see balloonboard.org). Wookey -- Principle Hats: Balloonz - Toby Churchill - Aleph One - Debian work: http://www.aleph1.co.uk/ play: http://wookware.org/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
