Re: AT91SAM9263-EK or similar
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 6:37 PM, ed <enelson1000@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 14:05 +0100, W. Martin Borgert wrote:
>> Quoting "Mario Trangoni" <mjtrangoni@gmail.com>:
>> > I want to ask to the list members if someone has worked yet with an Atmel
>> > AT91's project. I have to choose one OS to make a card terminal module.
>> > It has one LCD display, one touchscreen keyboard, RFID module, 2 USB port
>> > connected (one device and one host) and one serial connection to send the
>> > information.
>> > The Idea is at the beginning just choosing one open source operative system,
>> > and after that to work with Hardware's drivers, etc.
>> >
>> > I'd like to get in contact with people who are currently working with a
>> > similar system
>>
>> Hola Mario:
>>
>> we are working on a device with an AT91. It features a
>> non-standard LC display, custom keys, USB etc.
>>
>> As operating system we use standard Debian Squeeze - even
>> if it is not yet released. We tried also Emdebian, but
>> saving disk space is not currently not an issue for us,
>> so we changed to mainstream Debian.
>>
>> We use the armel cross compilers from the Emdebian project,
>> which save you the work of creating the toolchain. Nice!
>>
>> The kernel is 2.6.35, from which we build a Debian kernel
>> package for our device.
>>
>> Main questions to consider for you:
>> - How much RAM do you have?
>> - How much flash or disk space?
>>
>> Salu2, Martín
>>
>>
>
> Martin
>
> I have a AT91SAM9G20 board with 64MB RAM and 256MB Flash.
> Is this enough space for Debian?
> Also would like to have Python. No graphics need as this chip does not
> support it.
>
> Is there link to a site that shows what steps you took to get Debian on
> an AT91?
>
> Thanks
> Ed
>
I run emdebian grip lenny with at91sam9g20, 32MB RAM & 256MB Nand. It
works GREAT!
thanks,
Paul
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