On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 03:54:48PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote: > > > I'd definitely recommend to buy WiFi modules (e.g. pci-e) or > > > off-the-shelf > > > boards with WiFi SoCs on it. If you don't have experience in building > > > WiFi > > > routers, you might have a lot of fun otherwise. :) > > > > The issue is that the stations need to be very low power, so I'd like to > > leave everything out which draws power but isn't absolutely needed. The > > HF part should be solvable, that's something the hardware developers > > have experience with. I'm aiming for a low power ARM cpu, which > > basically rules out anything that needs PCIe and leaves us with SDIO or > > USB for the connection of the transmitters. > > I'm hoping i can get my hands on one of these soon: > > http://www.logicpd.com/products/system-on-modules/dm3730-torpedo-wireless-som/ > > There is a kernel patch around for one of the Yocto kernels, which i > expect you guys would have no trouble cleaning up.
Nice little system. I already have the TI WiLink chips on my list of possible devices (we have an older one on an SDIO card for testing). Thanks for the pointer! rsc -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |
