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Platforms
ARM
Compaq iPAQ Series (SA-1110)
My iPAQ (a 3835 bought refurbished from uBid) is currently running version 0.6.1 of the Familiar distribution of Linux from the Handhelds project, but with some custom built additions, including most recently a new kernel to work on a fix for the problems with the MMC card support. I am using the Opie user interface, and run with a CF sleeve in which I have a LinkSys WCF-12 802.11b card. Read the full Linux on iPAQ page for more information about this platform.Newcom Webpal (ARM 7500 FE)
I have two of these boxes, acquired from Surplus Computers in Santa Clara, CA for just $12.95 each. They have just 4MB of RAM (upgradeable to 32MB if necessary), and are based on the ARM7500FE processor (the only ARM chip I know of to have a hardware floating point unit included in the processor). There is plenty of information about this platform on the web, and a Linux port available. Read the full Linux on Webpal page for more information about this platform.
IBM Network Station 1000
The IBM Network Station 1000 box (IBM part number 8362-A53) was purchased on eBay for $20 including shipping. It is fitted with 64MB of RAM, but has no other storage devices. The CPU in this one is a 200MHz PowerPC 603ev. I also have information on a NetBSD port to this platform in my NetBSD area. Read the full Linux on the IBM Network Station 1000 page for more information about this platform.
Ceiva 3 Photo Frame
This page describes all the information I have collected about hacking into the Ceiva 3 Digital Photo Frame and its associated broadband (ethernet) adapter. Read the full Ceiva 3 Photo Frame Hacking page for more information.
Dakota PV2 Camera USB Hacking
This is my collection of information about the Dakota PV2 digital camera, the one with the LCD screen. The cameras are available in some Ritz Camera/Wolf Camera stores for $18.99. They are intended to be returned to the store for "processing" in the same way as the "disposable" film cameras. In return for that you will get prints and a CD with the images on it, but not the camera back. From the perspective of a customer, this seems like a very expensive way to get low resolution digital prints (probably better off with a disposable film camera and asking for the CD at processing time). A more interesting business model would be to have them return the camera to you as well (ready for you to take more photos that they need to print). Some technical stuff: The camera is based on a chipset from SMaL for which almost nothing is known. There is some support in gphoto2 for other cameras based on SMaL products, but these do not seem to help much with Dakota PV2. Much like its predecessor, there is almost certainly something that must be done before the camera will talk to the host computer. Currently that trick is not known. Read the full Dakota PV2 Camera USB Hacking page for more information.
Book Recommendations
- Building Embedded Linux Systems by Karim Yaghmour
Migrating from VxWorks
Check out Migrating from VxWorks to Embedded Linux; a book being written here at blueDonkey.org that plans to cover all you need to know to migrate your team from VxWorks to embedded Linux as economically as possible.
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