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UDS from an embedded hacker's perspectiveUDS from an embedded hacker's perspectivePosted Dec 3, 2009 2:03 UTC (Thu) by fagan (subscriber, #60302)Parent article: UDS from an embedded hacker's perspective
The UDS was awesome even though I couldnt get to any of the mobile sessions
I made sure to grab the head of the mobile team for a chat because I was interested in ARM. Its very interesting though but the main problem people (and me) are having is getting a working ARM device to test/develop on. Its the main Achilles heal of new technologies. I think the manufacturers need to give out more samples. On the UDS in general terms its such a great experience.
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UDS from an embedded hacker's perspective Posted Dec 3, 2009 9:37 UTC (Thu) by tbm (subscriber, #7049) [Link]
Take a look at the SheevaPlug - 1.2 GHz ARM CPU at 99 USD. If you want
something with VGA, look for the OpenRD-Client.
UDS from an embedded hacker's perspective Posted Dec 3, 2009 9:42 UTC (Thu) by tbm (subscriber, #7049) [Link]
Ah sorry, forgot to say that the SheevaPlug won't run the current version of
Ubuntu because it uses an ARMv5 CPU whereas Ubuntu requires ARMv6/v7. Most other major distros are supported though (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Slackware).
And there's plenty of other affordable ARM hardware.
UDS from an embedded hacker's perspective Posted Dec 3, 2009 14:28 UTC (Thu) by glikely (subscriber, #39601) [Link] Probably the easiest to get your hands on is the BeagleBoard. I got mine from Mouser for about $150.
UDS from an embedded hacker's perspective Posted Dec 3, 2009 14:38 UTC (Thu) by glikely (subscriber, #39601) [Link] Gumstix Overo also is easy to order.
UDS from an embedded hacker's perspective Posted Dec 3, 2009 18:58 UTC (Thu) by nlucas (subscriber, #33793) [Link]
And the Smart Q5/7, which already comes pre-installed with Ubuntu MID, from $150 (I bought one Q5 online for 117, including transport).
I'm just starting playing with it. One thing is certain: the OS that comes with it (Ubuntu MID, based on a development branch of Karmik/9.10) sucks, but I heard there is a Mer version that works reasonably well (meaning not slow as hell), although the wlan card needs some non-distributable firmware.
UDS from an embedded hacker's perspective Posted Dec 6, 2009 4:23 UTC (Sun) by laf0rge (subscriber, #6469) [Link]
AFAIR the SmartQ5/SmartQ7 use a Marvell 8686 chip which should very well work with the mainline libertas driver (GSPI variant). http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/libertas
The firmware has been made available under a redistributable license, it _used_ to be non-redistributable. Though currently I cannot find the exact pointer to that newly-licensed firmware right now.
UDS from an embedded hacker's perspective Posted Dec 6, 2009 4:24 UTC (Sun) by laf0rge (subscriber, #6469) [Link]
it's in the linux-firmware.git tree by now.
UDS from an embedded hacker's perspective Posted Dec 3, 2009 14:36 UTC (Thu) by glikely (subscriber, #39601) [Link] Indeed, getting hardware is a problem. Of the two officially supported ARM boards, only the Freescale i.MX51 evaluation kit is available to the public, and that was only announced on Nov 4, 2009. I can find no way to purchase a Marvell Dove board. However, the BeagleBoard (OMAP3) works and there are instructions for installing Ubuntu on it. Also, the Netwalker (i.MX51) is available in Japan.
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