On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Lennart Sorensen <lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 12:51:13AM +0000, luke.leighton wrote:
>> http://rhombus-tech.net/freescale/iMX6/news/ > Well for a board to be interesting to me it has to have: > > SATA (which you have) > > Ethernet (which you have) > > serial console (in case things go wrong and nothing else works. FTDI USB > serial interface is fine, which many systems have, often including JTAG > as well on the same USB connection.) ok lennart, RS232 added. even with some level-shifters to put it up to proper voltages and protect the CPU at the same time, how's that for service? :) btw the reason for the sudden focus is because it turns out that the etna_viv project [*1] actually has something like... working. that puts the iMX6 processor family - which is modern, current, affordable and good value for money - at the top of a VERY short list as far as FSF-Endorseability is concerned. i was working on an ingenic jz4760 board (without realising that it has a GC200 2D GPU argh) and had to do a mad rush to find out if the GC200 had been reverse-engineered.... and found that the iMX6's 3D GPU has been done! the team (ok - one person, who could really use some help) are currently working on gallium3d integration [*2] anyway - some more lovely pictures here [*3]. anyone with actual experience in PCB design will probably be cringing at the slow pace as well as the mistakes being made - that being the case please do speak up! the files are available for you to review. l. > 2GB ram would be nice, 1GB absolute minimum. More is nice too. > > HDMI is nice to have (which you have). > > I know the iMX53 boots from SD. Not sure what the iMX6 boots from. > As long as I can use SATA for my filesystem and only have to put the > boot loader somewhere (although on SATA would be by far the most ideal), > then NAND flash is of no interest what so ever. > > -- > Len Sorensen [*1] https://github.com/imx6-dongle/wiki/wiki [*2] https://blog.visucore.com/2013/3/29/etnaviv-status-update-2 [*3] http://rhombus-tech.net/freescale/iMX6/news/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/capweedy5+bx+kdsuicu43e7m9hzrnphrr-92jjagp32ou3o...@mail.gmail.com
