Thinking of a very modular approach, especially on the antenna side. You
could attach a variety of third-party gear.
On 10/28/2016 09:43 AM, Andrey Skvortsov wrote:
On 16-10-28 13:22, Jeremy Thien wrote:
That sounds interesting, but I am not familiar with any products like that.
Are you aware of any?
I worry that it would take significant effort to make it a good wireless
router. We are not experts is antennas.
On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 7:53 AM David Solomonoff <[email protected]>
wrote:
This sounds like it has potential when used as a combo router and content
server for community wireless networks.
I'd say, your product sounds like APU2 platform from PC Engines.
http://www.pcengines.ch/apu2.htm
On Oct 27, 2016 10:38 PM, "Jeremy Thien" <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi, I have been using freedombox at home this year and like the concept.
Do you think there is any interest in additional small form factor hardware
to run freedombox?
I work for a manufacturer, and we have designed SBC-like hardware for our
own products. I think this hardware could make a really good option to run
freedombox because the processor is targeted for home gateway applications.
The processor is LS1021A from NXP and has interesting peripherals -- 3
gigabit Ethernet interfaces, *USB 3.0 PCIe 2.0, SATA, hardware crypto
engine*). Our design brings all these interfaces out except for one of
the Ethernet interfaces. The processor board has 1 GB memory and a microSD
slot.
I call ours SBC-like because it actually has multiple-boards. A carrier
board, processor board, and dual-GbE board. There is no Wifi at this point,
but in theory this could be added internally using PCIe mini connector or
externally with USB. We do not have a case for it.
I have not seen the DreamPlug first-hand, but it seems similar.
We already have the boards designed and running Linux (not Debian).
I am open to suggestions on how to make this a really good option. For
example, maybe it would be interesting to buy as just a processor card that
could be customized by other hardware hackers.
My main interest is to increase consumption of the processor and/or other
boards to get lower cost that comes with scale. If we get lower cost and
the community can get a good home server, it seems like a win-win.
I assume most simply use old PCs (like I have). but I know I would be
interested in small, low-power home-server.
I see the Danube edition box planned. It may be a better option, but I'm
happy to learn if there is a need.
Cheers, Jeremy
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