IBM Cell-BE SIgnal Processor
Wow, I’ve been offline for way too long. What would have me so engrossed, you ask? Would you believe a project built off an IBM Cell-BE processor? Now at 45nm, this processor is a small wonder. I must say that I had my doubts when I started to evaluate...
The Embedded Controller arrives from the UK
My ADM5120 Embedded Controller arrived from “across the pond” after what I assume was a short delay by customs. I purchased the board with all the options except I needed a US power supply. I went with a 12 volt 500 mA power supply, the EPS 120050-P5P made by...
Embedded Linux Project
A few weeks ago, I started a small side project using the Freescale ColdFire board I mentioned in a previous post. The board was fun to work with but I quickly found that the lack of memory and a more capable operating system was really getting in my way....
Hacking a NSLU2
As the Linksys NSLU2 NAS device comes to the end of it’s life, now is a good time to pick up one of these devices cheap. I’m thinking of hosting a streaming music server on one of these that will feed my MediaMVP. This also may be the first...
A new project is born …
Check out the brains behind my latest project, a Freescale M52233 demo board that can be purchased for only $40 + S/H from Mouser. This card features: MCF52233 CPU 60Mhz internal Bus 256-Kbyte Flash 32-Kbyte RAM DMA controller with Timers Programmable Interrupt Timer 8ch x 12-Bit ADC QSPI, IIC,...
The cube falls off the net
It was only a matter of time. The mini-ITX system hosting my site was suffering a slow death. It’s been increasing difficult to maintain a machine with a Via C7 core processor running Linux. I’ve moved the video capture system to Ubuntu and I’ll wait before I restore the...