Re: [U-Boot] Seeking ARM development platform suggestions

2012-08-22 Thread Graeme Russ
Hi Stefan, On Aug 22, 2012 5:24 PM, "Stefan Roese" wrote: > > Hi Graeme, > > On 08/21/2012 02:29 PM, Graeme Russ wrote: > >> http://www.j1nx.nl/xbmc-amlogic-8726-m-pivos-xios-an-initial-investigation/ > > > > Thanks for the link. Looks like it uses the same GPU (Mali 400) as the > > AllWinner A10

Re: [U-Boot] Seeking ARM development platform suggestions

2012-08-22 Thread Stefan Roese
Hi Graeme, On 08/21/2012 02:29 PM, Graeme Russ wrote: >> http://www.j1nx.nl/xbmc-amlogic-8726-m-pivos-xios-an-initial-investigation/ > > Thanks for the link. Looks like it uses the same GPU (Mali 400) as the > AllWinner A10 > > The Geniatech Enjoy TV series looks pretty good, particularly the AT

Re: [U-Boot] Seeking ARM development platform suggestions

2012-08-21 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 08/21/2012 01:28:51 AM, Jorgen Lundman wrote: > At the moment though, my Mele is doing nothing (just waiting for wip > to > mature). I believe latest XBMC can play SD content. Current lack of > audio > support is a concern. I'm interested in using some of the Mele boxes instead of video car

Re: [U-Boot] Seeking ARM development platform suggestions

2012-08-21 Thread Graeme Russ
Hi Stefan, On 08/21/2012 05:30 PM, Stefan Roese wrote: [snip] >>> The general "mood" of the embedded dev community seems to be, to me, to move >>> away from these Companies, as the promised source releases has not been >>> sufficient. The current interest seems to be AM.logic's dualcore board. >

Re: [U-Boot] Seeking ARM development platform suggestions

2012-08-21 Thread Stefan Roese
Hi Graeme, On 08/21/2012 05:12 AM, Graeme Russ wrote: >> 2) >> I have a Mele A2000 >> (http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/04/04/mele-a2000-android-2-3-media-player-powered-by-allwinner-a10/) > > This looks promising at ~ AU$100 with USB, SD/MMC, VGA, HDMI, SATA, > Ethernet, WiFi, Sound w/ Optical O

Re: [U-Boot] Seeking ARM development platform suggestions

2012-08-21 Thread Andreas Bießmann
Dear Graeme Russ, On 21.08.12 03:33, Graeme Russ wrote: > Hi Jason, > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Jason Cooper wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:13:05AM +1000, Graeme Russ wrote: >>> Support for a 'cheap' JTAG board would be a big plus (GuruPlug is only >>> US$40, whereas a BDI3000 is

Re: [U-Boot] Seeking ARM development platform suggestions

2012-08-20 Thread Jorgen Lundman
There was promise between XBMC and Allwinner for a bit, which looked good for everyone. Then there was a delay, and when files were delivered they were binary identical to old files, so that looked bad. XBMC got a bit pissy, and decided to stop work on Allwinner. Yesterday, Allwinner expla

Re: [U-Boot] Seeking ARM development platform suggestions

2012-08-20 Thread Graeme Russ
Hi Jorgen, I've had a really good poke around looking into the Mele A2000. This looks to have really impressive specifications and the manufacturer apparently has a strong open source agenda. I'm pretty sure I'll get one of these. There will probably be even more capable ARM based media players i

Re: [U-Boot] Seeking ARM development platform suggestions

2012-08-20 Thread Graeme Russ
Hi Jorgen, On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Jorgen Lundman wrote: > > > 1) > I have a Cubox (http://www.solid-run.com/products/cubox) which is quite Hmmm, too 'self contained' for what I'm after - The Raspberry Pi already fills the spot this would > 2) > I have a Mele A2000 > (http://www.cnx-s

Re: [U-Boot] Seeking ARM development platform suggestions

2012-08-20 Thread Jorgen Lundman
[1] and [2] have a jtag adapter on the side, and the adpater can be bought with the device [4]. [3] just needs a micro-usb cable and is "unbrickable" even when replacing u-boot. I have yet to test this. ;-) I gave that a whirl, by, uh, accident. But I could xmodem send the SPL over again

Re: [U-Boot] Seeking ARM development platform suggestions

2012-08-20 Thread Jason Cooper
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:37:32AM +1000, Graeme Russ wrote: > I'm looking for something: > a) I can purchase locally (Australia) > b) Is reasonably priced > c) Has a mainline port of U-Boot already > d) Is 'useful' (media player, NAS, firewall, machine that goes 'ping') > e) Has lots of 'thin

Re: [U-Boot] Seeking ARM development platform suggestions

2012-08-20 Thread Graeme Russ
Hi Jason, On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Jason Cooper wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:13:05AM +1000, Graeme Russ wrote: >> Support for a 'cheap' JTAG board would be a big plus (GuruPlug is only >> US$40, whereas a BDI3000 is US$2,500 from what I can tell) > > You can also look at the Bus P

Re: [U-Boot] Seeking ARM development platform suggestions

2012-08-20 Thread Jason Cooper
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:13:05AM +1000, Graeme Russ wrote: > Support for a 'cheap' JTAG board would be a big plus (GuruPlug is only > US$40, whereas a BDI3000 is US$2,500 from what I can tell) You can also look at the Bus Pirate (~$35US) [1], the Flyswatter (~$50US) [2], and the Flyswatter 2 (~$

Re: [U-Boot] Seeking ARM development platform suggestions

2012-08-20 Thread Graeme Russ
Back again :) On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Graeme Russ wrote: > I'm looking for something: > a) I can purchase locally (Australia) > b) Is reasonably priced > c) Has a mainline port of U-Boot already > d) Is 'useful' (media player, NAS, firewall, machine that goes 'ping') > e) Has lots

Re: [U-Boot] Seeking ARM development platform suggestions

2012-08-20 Thread Jorgen Lundman
Graeme Russ wrote: Hi Guys, Now that I _finally_ have an ARM toolchain up and running (ELDK 5.2), it's time to play, and for that, I need something to play with :) I have a HP TouchPad which I've been compiling CyangenMod for (it has it's own toolchain) and a Raspberry Pi which I have built U

[U-Boot] Seeking ARM development platform suggestions

2012-08-20 Thread Graeme Russ
Hi Guys, Now that I _finally_ have an ARM toolchain up and running (ELDK 5.2), it's time to play, and for that, I need something to play with :) I have a HP TouchPad which I've been compiling CyangenMod for (it has it's own toolchain) and a Raspberry Pi which I have built U-Boot for (using ELDK),