Flameman/proof

= unix =

http://informatica.di.univaq.it/getres.php?resid=575

Hardware hackers in general and robot-makers in particular are pleased by using things in elegant and unusual ways. Hack a day pleases me.

uart
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Serial-Programming-HOWTO.html

http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/programming/c/linux_pgcserial.html

pic
• M. Predko, "Programming and customizing the PIC microcontroller", Tab Books

• Wilmshurts, "Designing Embedded Systems with PIC Microcontrollers", Newnes

• R. Stevens, "Serial Communications", SquareOne books

• Barnett & O'Cull, "Embedded C Programming and the Microchip PIC", Thomson Delmar

• Del Corso & Galizia, "PIC micro. Progettare con i microcontrollori PIC", Inware Edizioni

• G. Galletti, "PIC Book", Sandit

= robot = http://oap.sourceforge.net/download.php

http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/425/pictures

http://www.guiott.com/Rino/index.html

= electronic instruments =

http://www.almasistemi.net/

= GPS =

sw http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/TangoGPS hw http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8936

= chips =

--- GPIO Support                                                                                    x x  x x                              [*]   /sys/class/gpio/... (sysfs interface)                                                         x x  x x                                    *** Memory mapped GPIO expanders: ***                                                          x x  x x                                    *** I2C GPIO expanders: ***                                                                    x x  x x                              <*>   MAX7319, MAX7320-7327 I2C Port Expanders                                                       x x  x x                              < >   PCA953x, PCA955x, TCA64xx, and MAX7310 I/O ports (NEW)                                         x x  x x                              < >   PCF857x, PCA{85,96}7x, and MAX732[89] I2C GPIO expanders (NEW)                                 x x  x x                                    *** PCI GPIO expanders: ***                                                                    x x  x x                                    *** SPI GPIO expanders: ***                                                                    x x  x x                              <*>   Maxim MAX7301 GPIO expander                                                                    x x  x x                              <*>   Microchip MCP23S08 I/O expander

< > Dallas DS1682 Total Elapsed Time Recorder with Alarm (NEW)                                      x x  x x                              < > Philips PCF8574 and PCF8574A (DEPRECATED) (NEW)                                                  x x  x x                              < > Philips PCF8575 (DEPRECATED) (NEW)                                                               x x  x x                              < > Philips PCA9539 16-bit I/O port (DEPRECATED) (NEW)                                               x x  x x                              < > Philips PCF8591 (NEW)                                                                            x x  x x                              < > Maxim MAX6875 Power supply supervisor (NEW)                                                      x x  x x                              < > Taos TSL2550 ambient light sensor (NEW)

= sh3.4.5 =

HP Jornada 690



 * CPU: SH7729@ 133 MHz that is SuperHitachiRish-SH-3
 * RAM': 32MB
 * LCD: 6.5" CSTN passive matrix 16-bit (64K colors), 640 x 240 6.5" CSTN passive matrix
 * SIZE: 18.9 cm x 3.4 cm x 9.5 cm, 510 g
 * BUS:
 * PCMCIA slot
 * CF slot
 * MISC:
 * Built in Modem
 * IrDA
 * BATTERY: the average battery run time is about ~ 8 hours

cat /proc/cpuinfo machine        : HP6xx processor      : 0 cpu family     : sh3 cpu type       : SH7729 cpu flags      : none cache type     : unified cache size     : 16KiB (4-way) bogomips       : 66.15 master_clk     : 22.11MHz module_clk     : 22.11MHz bus_clk        : 132.66MHz cpu_clk        : 132.66MHz tmu0_clk       : 5.52MHz

= arm =

embedded
tiny http://www.friendlyarm.net/products

poky http://free-opensource.qvantel.net/mediawiki//index.php/LN2440_-_Single_Board_Computer

1. http://code.google.com/p/mini2440/wiki/MiniBringup i used this to know how to connect to the serial console with picocom and i used this for various nand manipulations described in there

2. http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Mini2440 this site shows howto build u-boot.bin and how to upload it to the device, later on it shows the same to the kernel

3. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/handbook/index.xml?part=1&chap=1 here i followed the steps to build a toolchain with the "arm-unknown-linux-gnu" as cross compiler

4. http://www.friendlyarm.de/downloads i used the kernel provided on this site

OMAP Processor families
Per the TI website, the OMAP families are broken into "High Performance", "Basic Multimedia", and "Modem and Applications".

"High performance"

OMAP1

* OMAP1710 - 220 MHz ARM926TEJ + C55x DSP * OMAP1621 - 204 MHz ARM926 + C55x DSP + 2MB Internal SRAM * OMAP1612 - 204 MHz ARM926TEJ + C55x DSP * OMAP1611 - 204 MHz ARM926EJ-S + C55x DSP * OMAP1610 - 204 MHz ARM926EJ-S + C55x DSP * OMAP1510 - 168 MHz ARM925T (TI-enhanced) + C55x DSP * OMAP5910 - ARM9 + C55x DSP * OMAP5912 - ARM9 + C55x DSP

OMAP2

* OMAP2431 - 330 MHz ARM1136 + 220 MHz C55x DSP * OMAP2430 - 330 MHz ARM1136 + 220 MHz C55x DSP + PowerVR MBX lite GPU * OMAP2420 - 330 MHz ARM11 + 220 MHz C55x DSP + PowerVR MBX GPU

OMAP3

The OMAP3 is broken into 3 distinct groups: the OMAP34x, the OMAP35x, and the OMAP36x. OMAP35x is a variant of OMAP34x intended for open source development, and the OMAP36x is a 45nm version of the 65nm OMAP34x with higher clock speed.[1]

* OMAP3640 - 1 GHz ARM Cortex A8 + 430 MHz C64x+ DSP + PowerVR SGX530 GPU + ISP (Image Signal Processor) * OMAP3630 - 720 MHz ARM Cortex A8 + 430 MHz C64x+ DSP + PowerVR SGX530 GPU + ISP (Image Signal Processor) * OMAP3620 - 720 MHz ARM Cortex A8 + 430 MHz C64x+ DSP + PowerVR SGX530 GPU + ISP (Image Signal Processor) * OMAP3610 - 720 MHz ARM Cortex A8 + 430 MHz C64x+ DSP * OMAP3530 - 600 MHz ARM Cortex A8 + 430 MHz C64x+ DSP + PowerVR SGX530 GPU + ISP (Image Signal Processor) * OMAP3525 - 600 MHz ARM Cortex A8 + 430 MHz C64x+ DSP + ISP (Image Signal Processor) * OMAP3515 - 600 MHz ARM Cortex A8 + PowerVR SGX530 GPU + ISP (Image Signal Processor) * OMAP3503 - 600 MHz ARM Cortex A8   * OMAP3440 - 800 MHz ARM Cortex A8 + PowerVR SGX 530 GPU + 430MHz C64x+ DSP + ISP (Image Signal Processor) * OMAP3430 - 600 MHz ARM Cortex A8 + PowerVR SGX 530 GPU + 430MHz C64x+ DSP + ISP (Image Signal Processor) * OMAP3420 - 600 MHz ARM Cortex A8 + PowerVR SGX 530 GPU + 430MHz C64x+ DSP + ISP (Image Signal Processor) * OMAP3410 - 600 MHz ARM Cortex A8 + 430MHz C64x+ DSP + ISP (Image Signal Processor)

OMAP4

* OMAP4440 - 1+ GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore + PowerVR SGX 540 GPU + C64x+ DSP + ISP    * OMAP4430 - 720 MHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore + PowerVR SGX 540 GPU + C64x+ DSP + ISP "Basic multimedia"

* OMAP331 - ARM9 * OMAP310 - ARM9 * OMAP-DM270 - ARM7 + C54x DSP

"Modem and applications"

* OMAPV1035 - single-chip EDGE * OMAPV1030 - EDGE digital baseband * OMAP850 - 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S + GSM/GPRS digital baseband + stacked EDGE co-processor * OMAP750 - 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S + GSM/GPRS digital baseband + DDR Memory support * OMAP733 - 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S + GSM/GPRS digital baseband + stacked SDRAM * OMAP730 - 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S + GSM/GPRS digital baseband + SDRAM Memory support * OMAP710 - 133 MHz ARM925 + GSM/GPRS digital baseband

zaurus
Specifications 416MHz PXA-270 XScale processor 64MB RAM 128MB internal flash memory 640x480 16bpp backlit LCD touchscreen display Input methods: keyboard, stylus with handwriting recognition Ports: IrDA, USB (host & slave), headphones & remote, Zaurus connector, SD memory card slot, CF slot

Unlike the C3000 and C3100 units, there is no internal hard drive. A microdrive can be installed in the CF slot. I chose the C1000 specifically because it did not have a hard drive, since I worry that a hard drive subjected to a lot of handheld use would be prone to failure, especially if dropped.

http://images.google.it/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gelhaus.net/zaurus/PC130020.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.gelhaus.net/cgi-bin/showpage.py%3Fzaurus/%2Breview_C1000.html&usg=__ZV9tNgX12Qz30p94Hdf9g-X76bo=&h=300&w=400&sz=87&hl=it&start=9&sig2=lhOnrvLp7sO5iWtrdsG3fQ&um=1&tbnid=tI_-a3eyDKMw9M:&tbnh=93&tbnw=124&ei=Jza1SdjoC4eW_gaYlLG6BA&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dopen%2Bzaurus%2Bc1000%26hl%3Dit%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

touchbook


The specifications
 * SIZE 9.4" x 7" x 1.4" for 2 lbs (with keyboard)
 * ARM Texas Instruments OMAP3 chip
 * 1024x600 8.9'' screen
 * Storage: 8GB micro SD card
 * Wifi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth
 * 3-dimensional accelerometer
 * Speakers, micro and headphone
 * 6 USB 2.0 (3 internal, 2 external, 1 mini)
 * 10h to 15 hours of battery life

https://www.alwaysinnovating.com/touchbook/

sheevaplug


http://www.marvell.com/products/embedded_processors/developer/kirkwood/sheevaplug.jsp

SheevaPlug from Marvell contains MV88F6281 cpu running at 1.2GHz with 512MB of DDR2/800 memory. Other nice things are:


 * CPU: MV88F6281 @ 1.2GHz, Marvell Sheeva ARM, that is armv5te compliant
 * cache: 16+16Kb L1, 256Kb L2
 * endian ness: little endian and big endian both supportd
 * elf format: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARMv1 (SYSV), statically linked, not stripped
 * 1GbE network controller
 * 512MB of NAND for storage
 * USB 2.0 controller (up to 480Mbps speed)
 * RS232 serial port
 * ARM JTAG
 * SDIO slot
 * U-boot as bootloader


 * Sub Total: 	$99.00
 * Shipping: (FedEx International Priority) 	$31.78
 * Tax: 	$0.00
 * Total: 	$130.78

processor features
 * GIGABIT ETHERNET PORTS
 * SATA II PORTS
 * TDM PORTS

Overview
it should be nice:

h2210

 * Model : iPAQ h2210 Pocket PC
 * CPU: Intel XScale PXA255 400 MHz/32-bit
 * RAM: 64 MB
 * FLASH: ??MB
 * Slot: Secure Digital SD/IO (SD-MMC), Compact Flash I e II
 * SIZE: 115,4 x 76,4 x 15,4 mm, 144g
 * BATTERY: Lithium 900 mhA
 * LCD: Display TFT a 65.536, 240x320 pixel
 * DEVS: Bluetooth???, Sleeve???, IrDA, Headers, Mic, Uart

h5500

 * Model : HP/Compaq iPAQ h5500 Pocket PC
 * CPU: Intel XScale PXA255??? 400 MHz/32-bit
 * FLASH: 48MB
 * RAM: 128 MB
 * Slot: ???Secure Digital SD/IO (SD-MMC), Compact Flash I e II
 * SIZE: 840 x x 138 x 16 mm, 207 g
 * BATTERY: Lithium 1250 mAh
 * LCD: Display TFT 3.8" 65.536colors, 240x320 pixel
 * DEVS: Bluetooth, Sleeve, IrDA, Headers, Mic, Uart

old info @ http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HpIpaqH5000

> i'd like to know if the sleeve 2xpcmcia (dual pcmcia slot) have ever worked > with h5*** > cause i'd like to add a pcmcia-CF2/microdrive into one slot and a 3com net > card into the other slot. I'd like to use kernel 2.6 > > do you confirm it's working with kernel 2.6 ?

Unfortunately, I can't confirm much. In hho CVS there should be sort-of support for sleeves. I tested it with dual PCMCIA sleeve, it worked (tested with orinoco gold wifi card and some pcmcia ethernet adapter).

nokia n810

 * Model name: Nokia N810
 * CPU type: TI Omap 2420 @400 Mhz ---> arch arm-v11, endinaness ???
 * OS: 2.4??? 2.6??? ---> see "Maemo" Internet Tablet 2007 maemo OS2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maemo_(operating_system)
 * Display: 4.1" 800 X 480, LED b/l, Soft (Finger) Touch
 * RAM: 128 MB
 * Flash: 2048 MB
 * Keyboard: qwerty
 * Mouse Pointer: NO
 * Battery capacity: 5.5 (Wh)
 * Size: 128/72/14 mm, 226g
 * Physical Interfaces
 * Mini-SD slot
 * Headset i/f (Mic+Line)
 * Wireless Interfaces
 * 802.11b/g
 * BT2.0
 * No Wireless WAN (e.g. 3G cellular)

SCHEDA ARTICOLO Sistema Operativo 	Internet Tablet 2007 maemo OS2008 basato su Linux Tecnologia 	n.d. Banda 	Non presente. Bluetooth 	Specifica Bluetooth v. 2.0. +EDR o Profili supportati: HID, FTP, DUN, GAP, SPP, HSP, SAP e OPP Wi-Fi 	Wi-Fi standard: IEEE 802.11b/g Antenna GPS 	Ricevitore GPS integrato Tipo Memoria 	DDR RAM 128MB Flash 256MB Fino a 2 GB di memoria interna Supporto per memory card miniSD e microSD compatibili (con adattatore). Supporto per memory card fino a 8GB. (Le memory card SD oltre i 2GB devono essere compatibili con SDHC). Caratteristiche importanti 	Pratica tastiera QWERTY a scorrimento, integrata. Ricevitore GPS integrato Vivavoce stereo e microfono di qualità Ampio display ad alta risoluzione Supporto da tavolo integrato Webcam VGA integrata Tasto hardware per il blocco del touch screen e dei tasti Sensore di illuminazione ambientale Funzioni speciali 	Browser basato sulla tecnologia Mozilla con supporto Web standard di ultima generazione, incluso AJAX Navigazione delle pagine mediante scorrimento, panning o tramite l’uso dei tasti, per l'ingrandimento e la riduzione dei siti Web. Plug-in completo di Adobe® Flash® 9 per desktop, con streaming audio e video Musica 	Lettore multimediale integrato per la visione e l'ascolto di contenuti multimediali scaricati, trasferiti o in streaming, e comoda gestione della libreria multimediale sul telefono cellularey Accesso diretto a media condivisi su Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Formati di file supportati: 3GP, AVI, WMV, MP4, H263, H.264, MPEG-1, MPEG-4, RV (RealVideo) Formati audio supportati: MP3, WMA, AAC, AMR, AWB, M4A, MP2, RA (RealAudio), WAV Formati di playlist supportati: M3U, PLS, ASX, WAX, WVX, WPL Autonomia 	Batteria: Batteria Nokia BP-4L Utilizzo continuo (display acceso, LAN senza fili attiva): fino a 4 ore Riproduzione di musica: fino a 10 ore Autonomia on-line: fino a 5 giorni Autonomia in standby: fino a 14 giorni Display 	Display WVGA da 4,13' ad alta risoluzione (800 x 480 pixel) fino a 65.536 colori Funzioni standard 	Visualizzazione delle immagini a tutto schermo e funzionalità presentazione Formati di immagini supportati: BMP, GIF, ICI, JPE, JPEG, PNG, TIF/TIFF, SVG, Tiny, WBMP Dimensioni 	Lunghezza: 72 mm Larghezza: 128 mm Spessore: 14 mm Contenuto della confezione 	Nokia N800 Internet Tablet RX-44 Batteria Nokia BP-4L Auricolare stereo Nokia HS-48 Caricabatterie da viaggio Nokia AC-4 Supporto veicolare Nokia CR-89 Custodia CP-223 Cavo di connessione Nokia CA-101 Guida di avvio rapido Manuale d’uso con informazioni su sicurezza, garanzia e maggiori dettagli sul prodotto

openpandora


http://www.elinux.org/Image:openpandora-mobo.jpg


 * ARM® Cortex™-A8 CPU running Linux
 * 800×480 4.3″ 16.7 million color touchscreen LCD
 * OpenGL 2.0 ES compliant 3D hardware
 * Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
 * Dual SDHC card slots
 * Dual analog and digital gaming controls
 * 43 button QWERTY and numeric keypad
 * TV output
 * High Speed USB Host

Specifications * Texas Instruments OMAP3530 System-on-Chip with Cortex-A8 600MHz * 256MB DDR-333 SDRAM[15] * 512MB NAND FLASH memory[15] * IVA2+ audio and video processor (based on the TMS320C64x+ DSP Core at 430MHz) using Texas Instruments's DaVinci technology[15] * ARM Cortex-A8 superscalar microprocessor core[15] * PowerVR SGX 530 (110 MHz) OpenGL ES 2.0 compliant 3D hardware[15] * Integrated Wi-Fi 802.11b/g[15] * Integrated Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (3Mbit/s) (Class 2, +4dBm)[15] * 800x480 resolution touchscreen LCD, 4.3" widescreen, 16.7 million colors (300 cd/m2 brightness, 450:1 contrast ratio)[15]   * Dual analog nubs; 15mm diameter, concave, 2.5mm travel from center[15][19]    * Full gamepad controls plus shoulder buttons[15]    * Dual SDHC card slots (currently supporting up to 32GB of storage each, supports SDIO)[15]    * Headphone output up to 150mW/channel into 16 ohms, 99dB SNR[15]    * TV output (composite and S-Video)[15]    * Internal microphone plus ability to connect external microphone through headset[15]    * 43 button QWERTY and numeric keypad[15]    * USB 2.0 OTG port (480Mb/s) with capability to charge the Pandora[15]    * USB 2.0 HOST port (480Mb/s) capable of providing standard 500mA current to attached devices[15]    * Externally accessible UART for hardware hacking and debugging[15]    * Brick prevention with integrated bootloader for safe code experimentation[15] * Runs the Linux kernel (2.6.x)[15] * 4000mAH rechargeable lithium polymer battery[20][21] * Estimated 5-10+ hour battery life for games, 10+ hour battery life for video and general applications, and theoretically 100+ hours for music playback (with backlight off and maximum power management)[22][23] * Dimensions: 140x83x27mm (5.51x3.27x1.06 in)[15] * Weight: ~300 g[24]