-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dave McGuire wrote: > On Nov 25, 2009, at 5:49 PM, Christoph Lechner wrote: >>> Digikey has the new KSZ8851 series... multiple bus options >>> (spi/8/16/32), built-in PHY, only 85 milliamps, under $10: >>> >>> http://www.micrel.com/page.do?page=product-info/embedded_control.jsp >>> >>> Anyone know anything about these chips? They look like I should be >>> switching to them :-) >>> >> Although it's OT: When I want something with network connection, I >> don't >> build a circuit on my own. Instead I use hacked up WLAN routers, >> upgraded using OpenWRT. That's an open source firmware replacement >> that >> you can run on many EUR 30 WLAN routers. >> Given the amount of time you need for the from-scratch stuff, it's >> really cheaper. And it's Linux, so code development is no problem >> at all. > > Eh. One can't easily start selling a bunch of them, or releasing > the design as open hardware, if they're made from hacked-up consumer > gear. And purpose-built hardware certainly doesn't preclude the use > of Linux. true, but I'm a hobbyist. So I dislike the bare-metal approach. Instead I want it simple, no multi-layer PCBs etc.
I'm not going to sell these, so maybe a series of 5+ for personal use but not more. - - cl -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFLDbhMWo2QgtqY4K8RAj4TAJ9PlXNLJRJEc8zVQPNDU9PFRmB3qgCghbeJ O4mDKJlzk+HZk/ULYzJ4xlk= =L2dP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
