[gentoo-embedded] A-15 Dev boards

[gentoo-embedded] A-15 Dev boards

[wireless]

Hello,

I've been looking for an Arm (A15) dev board; hopefully
to get embedded gentoo installed and working on an A15.

Here is what I found:

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/26/samsung-launches-arndale-community-board/

Has anyone got embedded gentoo working on a Arm (A15) based
dev board that is readily available for purchase?

Discussion or recommendations are most appreciated.



James

Re: [gentoo-embedded] A-15 Dev boards

[John L. Poole]

For those wanting the point of purchase URL and info:  there are two 
boards versions, A and B.  A is marked "Sold Out" on the page where B 
appears to be offered. B is the newer and will ship in May.  If you 
drill down to the specifics of B, there you will learn it, too, is sold 
out -- though perhaps temporarily.   The official web site (per the 
Samsung press release) is: http://www.howchip.com

The specific Version B board is at 
http://www.howchip.com/shop/item.php?it_id=AND5250B

John

On 4/9/2013 8:49 AM, wireless wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've been looking for an Arm (A15) dev board; hopefully
> to get embedded gentoo installed and working on an A15.
>
> Here is what I found:
>
> http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/26/samsung-launches-arndale-community-board/ 
>
>
> Has anyone got embedded gentoo working on a Arm (A15) based
> dev board that is readily available for purchase?
>
> Discussion or recommendations are most appreciated.
>
>
>
> James
>
>
>

Re: [gentoo-embedded] A-15 Dev boards

[wireless]

Ahhhh....

So I can go ahead and purchase one; the site does not let me order now?

confused.....
James



On 04/09/13 12:04, John L. Poole wrote:
> For those wanting the point of purchase URL and info: there are two
> boards versions, A and B. A is marked "Sold Out" on the page where B
> appears to be offered. B is the newer and will ship in May. If you drill
> down to the specifics of B, there you will learn it, too, is sold out --
> though perhaps temporarily. The official web site (per the Samsung press
> release) is: http://www.howchip.com
>
> The specific Version B board is at
> http://www.howchip.com/shop/item.php?it_id=AND5250B
>
> John
>
> On 4/9/2013 8:49 AM, wireless wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've been looking for an Arm (A15) dev board; hopefully
>> to get embedded gentoo installed and working on an A15.
>>
>> Here is what I found:
>>
>> http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/26/samsung-launches-arndale-community-board/
>>
>>
>> Has anyone got embedded gentoo working on a Arm (A15) based
>> dev board that is readily available for purchase?
>>
>> Discussion or recommendations are most appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

Re: [gentoo-embedded] A-15 Dev boards

[Mike Frysinger]

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On Tuesday 09 April 2013 11:49:48 wireless wrote:
> I've been looking for an Arm (A15) dev board; hopefully
> to get embedded gentoo installed and working on an A15.
> 
> Here is what I found:
> 
> http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/26/samsung-launches-arndale-community-board
> /
> 
> Has anyone got embedded gentoo working on a Arm (A15) based
> dev board that is readily available for purchase?
> 
> Discussion or recommendations are most appreciated.

depending on your exact needs, i might recommend a Samsung Arm Chromebook:
http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-information-for-chrome-os-
devices/samsung-arm-chromebook

that's my main arm dev platform now, and it's a decent laptop to boot :).  
it's also the same price as that dev board ($250).
-mike

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Re: [gentoo-embedded] A-15 Dev boards

[wireless]

On 04/26/13 16:06, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 April 2013 11:49:48 wireless wrote:
>> I've been looking for an Arm (A15) dev board; hopefully
>> to get embedded gentoo installed and working on an A15.
>>
>> Here is what I found:
>>
>> http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/26/samsung-launches-arndale-community-board
>> /
>>
>> Has anyone got embedded gentoo working on a Arm (A15) based
>> dev board that is readily available for purchase?
>>
>> Discussion or recommendations are most appreciated.
>
> depending on your exact needs, i might recommend a Samsung Arm Chromebook:
> http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-information-for-chrome-os-
> devices/samsung-arm-chromebook
>
> that's my main arm dev platform now, and it's a decent laptop to boot :).
> it's also the same price as that dev board ($250).
> -mike

Interesting option. What OS do you run on that laptop?
multiboot?

Note, the dev board I mentioned has SATA ports build in so you
can put all sorts of different HD on the dev system. Still
have an A15 SOC in a laptop package, is very appealing....

James

Re: [gentoo-embedded] A-15 Dev boards

[Mike Frysinger]

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On Friday 26 April 2013 16:45:45 wireless wrote:
> On 04/26/13 16:06, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > depending on your exact needs, i might recommend a Samsung Arm
> > Chromebook:
> > http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-information-for-chrome-os-
> > devices/samsung-arm-chromebook
> > 
> > that's my main arm dev platform now, and it's a decent laptop to boot :).
> > it's also the same price as that dev board ($250).
> 
> Interesting option. What OS do you run on that laptop?
> multiboot?

it ships with ChromeOS which is based on Gentoo and runs Linux.  all the 
source has been released for the u-boot & linux, and most of it has been 
merged into the respective mainlines.

so that's what i run on it ... plain Gentoo.

> Note, the dev board I mentioned has SATA ports build in so you
> can put all sorts of different HD on the dev system. Still
> have an A15 SOC in a laptop package, is very appealing....

that is the one downside to the laptop.  its main disk is 16GiB flash connected 
to one of the eMMC ports.  it has an additional SD port for cards (so i put a 
64GiB in there), and it has two USB ports (2.0 and 3.0), so you could hook 
external disks up.  i would have loved to have a SATA port in there though.
-mike

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Re: [gentoo-embedded] A-15 Dev boards

[Mike Frysinger]

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On Saturday 27 April 2013 20:26:58 Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Friday 26 April 2013 16:45:45 wireless wrote:
> > Note, the dev board I mentioned has SATA ports build in so you
> > can put all sorts of different HD on the dev system. Still
> > have an A15 SOC in a laptop package, is very appealing....
> 
> that is the one downside to the laptop.  its main disk is 16GiB flash
> connected to one of the eMMC ports.  it has an additional SD port for
> cards (so i put a 64GiB in there), and it has two USB ports (2.0 and 3.0),
> so you could hook external disks up.  i would have loved to have a SATA
> port in there though.

also, to be clear, the choice to use eMMC over SATA wasn't an accident.  SATA 
sucks up a lot more power than eMMC (both active and in standby), and the 
battery life on this laptop is awesome.
-mike

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Re: [gentoo-embedded] A-15 Dev boards

[wireless]

On 04/27/13 20:26, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Friday 26 April 2013 16:45:45 wireless wrote:
>> On 04/26/13 16:06, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>> depending on your exact needs, i might recommend a Samsung Arm
>>> Chromebook:
>>> http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-information-for-chrome-os-
>>> devices/samsung-arm-chromebook
>>>
>>> that's my main arm dev platform now, and it's a decent laptop to boot :).
>>> it's also the same price as that dev board ($250).
>>
>> Interesting option. What OS do you run on that laptop?
>> multiboot?
>
> it ships with ChromeOS which is based on Gentoo and runs Linux.  all the
> source has been released for the u-boot&  linux, and most of it has been
> merged into the respective mainlines.

I just read the wikipedia history of Chrome (OS). I did not realize
it was based on portage...nice.

How easy is it to add ebuilds (packages?) Got a wiki or site for this
sort of shared user activity?



> so that's what i run on it ... plain Gentoo.

So it's pretty straight forward to ebuild, even overlays or
home-rolled ebuilds?

>
>> Note, the dev board I mentioned has SATA ports build in so you
>> can put all sorts of different HD on the dev system. Still
>> have an A15 SOC in a laptop package, is very appealing....
>
> that is the one downside to the laptop.  its main disk is 16GiB flash connected
> to one of the eMMC ports.  it has an additional SD port for cards (so i put a
> 64GiB in there), and it has two USB ports (2.0 and 3.0), so you could hook
> external disks up.  i would have loved to have a SATA port in there though.


I could justify the purchase for marine navigation alone.

Have you ever tried  sci-geosciences/opencpn ?
http://opencpn.org/ocpn/
http://marinux.pk973.org/

I'd be courious how readable the display is in bright sunlight?

I'm going to purchase one this week. Best vendor for US customers?

thx,
James

Re: [gentoo-embedded] A-15 Dev boards

[Mike Frysinger]

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On Monday 29 April 2013 11:10:33 wireless wrote:
> On 04/27/13 20:26, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Friday 26 April 2013 16:45:45 wireless wrote:
> >> On 04/26/13 16:06, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >>> depending on your exact needs, i might recommend a Samsung Arm
> >>> Chromebook:
> >>> http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-information-for-chrome-os
> >>> - devices/samsung-arm-chromebook
> >>> 
> >>> that's my main arm dev platform now, and it's a decent laptop to boot
> >>> :). it's also the same price as that dev board ($250).
> >> 
> >> Interesting option. What OS do you run on that laptop?
> >> multiboot?
> > 
> > it ships with ChromeOS which is based on Gentoo and runs Linux.  all the
> > source has been released for the u-boot&  linux, and most of it has been
> > merged into the respective mainlines.
> 
> I just read the wikipedia history of Chrome (OS). I did not realize
> it was based on portage...nice.
> 
> How easy is it to add ebuilds (packages?) Got a wiki or site for this
> sort of shared user activity?

if you build it yourself from source (i.e. ChromiumOS), then it's pretty easy.  
all public docs are at http://dev.chromium.org/.

> > so that's what i run on it ... plain Gentoo.
> 
> So it's pretty straight forward to ebuild, even overlays or
> home-rolled ebuilds?

my build is plain Gentoo.  i grabbed an armv7 hardfp stage3 and deployed it.

> Have you ever tried  sci-geosciences/opencpn ?

never heard of it, so no

> I'd be courious how readable the display is in bright sunlight?

it's a normal matte screen finish.  nothing special.  at least it's not a 
glossy screen as then you'd be totally screwed :).

> I'm going to purchase one this week. Best vendor for US customers?

http://www.google.com/chromebooks/ has links to all the vendors
-mike

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