Hi Kevin, "cheap" starter kit is relative, but the MCU sound interesting indeed! Presumably I won't have any time to port, but I'd be happy to help with reviewing ;)
In case anyone is interested in actually porting this and only held back by the investment, I'm confident a sponsored starter kit can be arranged. Jolly seasons greetings everyone! Cheers, Ludwig Am 23. Dezember 2014 14:30:11 MEZ, schrieb "ROUSSEL Kévin" <kevin.rous...@inria.fr>: >Hello everyone, > >Since RIOT has been adapted to the AVR architecture, there is a chip >that--I think--would be a great platform for development and >production: >the ATmega 256RFR2. > >The RFR2 family is presented here: > http://www.atmel.com/devices/ATMEGA256RFR2.aspx >but to sum it up, this MCU has the following advantages: >- the well-known, low-power AVR 8-bit architecture >- an integrated 802.15.4 transceiver, quite similar to the AT86RF231 >- 256 Kb or Flash and, even better, 32 Kb of RAM (a huge amount for an >8-bit MCU!) >- a complete set of integrated peripherals: the usual timers, PWM, >UART, >SPI, I2C, ADC, JTAG... as well as a some less common, very nice >features >like a true random number generator or a 32-bit symbol counter >- it is available in a cheap "starter kit" board that is in itself a >simple but functional mote with MCU, antenna socket, temperature >sensor, >and extension slots (see >http://www.atmel.com/tools/ATMEGA256RFR2-XSTK.aspx) > >As such, it seems to make an ideal platform for future motes, and I >think it is bound to be quite successful in the market. > >That's why I plan to make an extensive use of this device as soon as >possible. > >As usual, I will start the port and try to have it up and running as >fast as I can, but since I am now in the last year of my PhD, my time >schedule is now really tight. >Consequently, it will be extremely hard for me to push the porting >effort further that the bare minimum (CPU and transceiver). It means >that my code probably won't represent a "clean", production-ready port >by itself. > >Since running RIOT on this platform would benefit everyone in the >community, it would be nice if I could receive help in this task; >knowing that I will most likely be the first to use it, and as such >feedback on the port is guaranteed. > >Thanks in advance, and best regards. >-- > > > Kévin Roussel > Doctorant, projet LAR > Équipe MADYNES, INRIA Nancy Grand-Est / LORIA > Tél. : +33 3 54 95 86 27 > kevin.rous...@inria.fr > >_______________________________________________ >devel mailing list >devel@riot-os.org >http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@riot-os.org http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
