On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Drew Van Zandt <drew.vanza...@gmail.com>wrote:
> So, I've convinced my company to at least entertain the idea of using > embedded Linux on one of our upcoming projects, but I'm in need of some > research. I'm doing my own, of course, but I thought some of you might have > suggestions. > > We would spin our own PCB with CPU etc., and I'm trying to figure out what > platform would be most economical - our needs are not great, embedded Linux > is overkill, but it has many good features. So far I'm considering these > options to present: > > HARDWARE: > * Marvell SheevaPlug schematic with some tweaks. 1.2 GHz, 512MB flash, 512 > MB RAM, gig Ethernet, USB. Less RAM/Flash if I think it will suffice. > * ColdFire v2, v3, v4. 128MB flash, 128MB RAM (less if I can be convinced > it will suffice.) > * NET+ARM based, 128MB flash, 128MB RAM (less if I can be convinced it will > suffice.) > > Any comments on a good hardware basis that I'm missing? > > O'Reilly has a number of books on embedded linux. Isn't the SheevaPlug prepackaged? Though Seagate recently came out with a version designed as a hard drive cradle that looks like many iPod cradles.
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