From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <37FCB8B5.99B0A564@media.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 11:13:57 -0400 From: Robert Poor Reply-To: r@mit.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linuxppc-embedded Subject: MPC8xx/Linux boards Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Hi. I'm researching {wireless distributed decentralized} networking protocols[*]. Not content just to run simulations, I want to validate the algorithms on real hardware. I'll need a couple dozen boards with embedded processors onto which I'll glue a short-range RF transceivers and test my stuff. My first choice for platform is Linux (fast development cycle) running on an MPC823 board (easy to make a gateway to 10BaseT). So I'm hunting for the "best" development platform. "Best" in this case essentially means "fastest development cycle". Cost is less of an issue, but since I'll need several dozen boards, the price must be reasonable. Low power and small size is good. I'm familiar with the BSE boards. They're expensive, and I certainly don't need the I/O FPGA, but that's a starting point. If need be, I could fab boards myself (I'm already doing the RF subsystem), but I'd want to start with a well tested reference design, and even then only if it's designed around readily available parts. (Raise your hand if you've built hardware before... :) But I'd rather purchase something off the shelf. Recommendations? Pointers? Thanks... - Rob Poor MIT Media Lab [*] for the curious, see http://www.media.mit.edu/~r/projects/embedded/index.html ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/