On 25/07/11 8:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:31:20 +0200 > From: "D.S. Ljungmark" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], OpenWrt User List > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OpenWrt-Users] Small data loggers / print servers > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > On Sun, 2011-07-24 at 12:26 +1000, Brendan Simon (eTRIX) wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I have a data logging application and I need some hardware can support >> > the following requirements. >> > * 1 USB port to collect data from a USB device. >> > * 1 network interface (Ethernet and/or WLAN). >> > * https service to retrieve the data over the Internet, and/or >> > push data to a server on the Internet. >> > * Low Power >> > Ideally the hardware platform would be a commodity item that is >> > readily available and cost under US$100 (under US$50 preferable). >> > >> > I came across OpenWrt and it seems suitable for what I need, but most >> > of the supported hardware are routers with multiple LAN ports, >> > 802.11n, and USB, which is probably overkill for my application. >> > >> > I was wondering if OpenWrt will work on some of the smaller print >> > server type devices, with one USB port, one LAN and/or WAN interface. >> > Here some examples (from an Australian electronics search engine). >> > >> > http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=wireless+print >> > +server&spos=1 >> > >> > 1a) Does anyone know if these devices have the resources to run a >> > Linux OS ?? >> > >> > 1b) Would OpenWrt be a suitable Linux distribution, or would some >> > other distro be more suited for my needs (given I don't actually need >> > routing functionality). >> > >> > 2) If resources are two low, I guess some other non-linux OS such as >> > FreeRTOS or RTEMS might be suitable ?? >> > > We recently built&launched one such thing ( for the Swedish market ) > which does exactly that. At the beginning we were looking at various > Plug computer based things ( wiki.openwrt.org/toh/seagate/dockstar is a > great little device ) pogoplug/sheevaplug and similar all sport just the > things you want. > > Though, getting a case or similar made for a board of this kind turned > out to be prohibitly expensive for a small scale production run, so in > the end we settled with a cheapish x86 based machine that's meant to be > used as a thin terminal ( $60ish in larger quantities ) > > Personally, I found the Dockstar _really_ nice to work with, quiet and > easy and quick, the various plugs are quite similar, and give you a lot > of leeway with memory. > > If you're on the cheap, there's a lot of both VorteX86 and Via cpu based > thin clients around. > > OpenWRT is quite nice to work with for this sort of thing, though if you > want to go into _really_ constrained places ( think 4Meg flash and so > on) you'll end up needing different things. > > And then there is : http://sites.google.com/site/bifferboard/ which is > also an x86-based thing, sweet and tiny, though not always the cheapest > solution.
I was thinking of the Edimax NS-1500n. It has 4MB Flash and 32MB RAM, but I'm struggling to find a place to buy it. http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=348&pl1_id=18&pl2_id=75 The Dockstar looks very good, with 256MB Flash and 128MB RAM, multiple USB ports, Ethernet and wireless :) Looking for somewhere to buy it cheap in Australia. -- Brendan. _______________________________________________ openwrt-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users
