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Posted by waynegramlich on January 15, 2010, 12:21 pm
gidesa wrote:
> Hello,
> I am wondering if it is possible to use a device with embedded Linux
> (as wifi routers, NAS, etc.) as a real embedded computer for a robot.
> Especially wifi routers today are cheap, often contain an embedded
> Linux version, and have some I/O ports (Lan and Wifi, of course, plus
> serial console and Usb sometimes).
Several of us at the Home Brew Robotics Club (San Jose, CA) have
repurposed a Linksys WRTSL54GS router. I'm really busy today, but I'll
post a more detailed response in the next couple of days. Here
is my notes for bringing one up:
<http://www.hbrobotics.org/wiki/index.php5/WRTSL54GS>
In short, it is a Broadcom MIPS chip with a Wi-Fi, 5 Ethernet
ports, a USB port, 2 serial ports (need to hack the board to
access), some RAM, some FLASH, etc. It runs Linux just fine.
Alas, I think they are hard to obtain, so a newer one would
have to be hacked to repurpose for a robot.
-Wayne
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> I am wondering if it is possible to use a device with embedded Linux
> (as wifi routers, NAS, etc.) as a real embedded computer for a robot.
> Especially wifi routers today are cheap, often contain an embedded
> Linux version, and have some I/O ports (Lan and Wifi, of course, plus
> serial console and Usb sometimes).