The Cheapest Linux Geek Platform
Par Mikeul, Wednesday 10 August 2005 à 08:50 :: General :: #17 :: rss
Linksys is selling the NSLU2 network storage adapter at a very low price (< 90 Euros).
It is shipped with a builtin Linux, but this can be upgraded to a custom Linux quite easily...
Here is an internal view:
The features are:
- Intel IXP420 at 133MHz (no-risk overclocking at 266MHz)
- 8Mb of Flash memory (Intel 28F630J3 StrataFlash)
- 32 Mb of soldered SDRAM (Integrated Circuit Solution IC42S16800)
- 2 Ethernet MII interfaces (only one is actually routed to a Realtek RTL8201cp Ethernet PHY chip)
- 1 RS232/TTL bidirectional serial port used for console
- 1 RS232/TTL monodirectional serial port (may be used for a UPS)
- 1 PCI bus wired to an USB2 chip (NEC µPD720101)
- Expansion bus (used to drive the Flash memory)
- 1 JTAG port
- 16 GPIO pins (none is available, used for LEDs, etc.)
- 1 RTC chip (Xicor X1205)
- 1 I2C bus
The NSLU2-Linux website is explaining how to convert this device into a Linux-enabled toy...
This makes it the cheapest available Linux server on Earth!
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