Guess I'm using the card for some pretty weird stuff. I have Net4801's that I use for some remote telemetry systems and Automatic Vehicle Location and WiFi tracking systems. For the Vehicle tracking systems, each device has a Axiom GPS connected to the internal serial port, as well as Atherons WiFi and a USB Cellular CDMA card. These units track the coverage of our WiFi system, and report to the central server where ever there are failures in coverage.
For the telemetry systems, I use a Measurement Computing 2513 or 2517 card to do Analog and Digital I/O to the card that's connected to sensors to read status indicators, pressures and temperatures. The cards have Atheros WiFi cards installed as well as a USB Cellular CDMA card that allow them to communicate their readings to the central site on a timed basis. Would be nice if I could use the on board GPIO chip for some of the small stuff, but the I/O capabilities that I need from that chip don't come out on the connector, I think. Definitely the most cost effective way to do the control and monitoring I'm doing. WAY less expensive than a PLC and a radio and I/O cards, and WAY more flexible. I run NetBSD on the cards off of a 2Gig CF with no problem for either of these systems. Only wish there was some kind of on-board EEPROM or CMOS storage I could put configuration information into (or a second CF?). The CF has the software on it for either application, but I have to modify the image to select the program based on what the machine is being used for. With some kind of configuration storage, I'd be able to have a 'generic' program that selects what it does based on the board configuration. David Dudley >>> Justin Derrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 5/12/2007 9:41 PM >>> Excellent. Thanks for clearing the bit about the 5v conectivity up. I'm still very curious about the rest of the specs for using PCI cards. I'd be interested in hearing from anyone using a non-network (lan1641, etc.) PCI card with any of the Soekris line to extend its functionality beyond network routing, etc. -JD. At 8:39 AM -0500 5/12/07, Jason Rabel wrote: >It would be for people that want to connect a regulated 5V feed directly to >the board (to power the Soekris). My guess is for particular applications / >appliances where you already have a PSU that is powering other devices in a >small chassis. Make sense? > > > >> Is anyone else using a Soekris board with a SCSI card? >> What sizes of SCSI card will fit into the standard Soekris case? >> Does the keying on the PCI slot of the 4801 and 5501 fit 'Universal' >> PCI cards with 3.3v AND 5.5v keying? >> There's mention on the 4801 page about 'option for 5V supply using >> internal connector'. Is that 5v in order to power the Soekris, or in >> order to support PCI 5v cards? > >_______________________________________________ >Soekris-tech mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
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