[Freedombox-discuss] Interest in Another Hardware Option?

[Jeremy Thien]

We are using the BSP from NXP with Yocto to create boot images. I am not
sure if the BSP and drivers have been up-streamed. I'll look into this.

We have calculated peak consumption of the full assembly at 15W, but I'm
not sure if this includes load on the USB and/or PCI-e buses.

The power supply does need some design. In our products, this assembly
plugins into a back-plane that supplies 5V at up to 4A. We would need to
design an interface to an external DC supply.

I think USB Type C could be a good option, though I'm not sure what effect
this would have on cost. Prior USB versions might be an option if we can
keep consumption below 10W.

Thank you for the suggestions and referrals, Peter.

Jeremy

On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 2:22 AM Petter Reinholdtsen <pere at hungry.com> wrote:

> [Jeremy Thien]
> > We already have the boards designed and running Linux (not Debian).
> >
> > I am open to suggestions on how to make this a really good option. For
> > example, maybe it would be interesting to buy as just a processor card
> > that could be customized by other hardware hackers.
>
> The board sound interesting as a FreedomBox. to become a really great
> option for the FreedomBox system, it need to boot using the official
> kernel and boot loaders, to ensure it can work using only free
> software. When you say it is running Linux, does this mean you have
> submitted all the required patches towards Linus and the official Linux
> kernel?  For example, is the driver for the hardware crypto engine
> already in the kernel?  If not, please do.  With that in place, Debian
> support is a lot closer.  The key part is making the source code changes
> you have done to boot loaders, kernel and other parts of the system
> available for everyone under an acceptable license, thus making it
> possible to get the board working using free software.  It is an
> advantage if the system work without having to load proprietary binary
> blobs (aka firmware) into the hardware to get it to work.
>
> With that in place, I would suggest offering the board to key kernel and
> Debian developers and let them play with it.  This tend to lead to good
> support for boards.  People like Martin Michlayr, Ben Hutchings and
> Matthew Garrett might be a good fit for this, but there are others.  You
> can find their names reading Debian Planet, and look for report on
> getting Debian to run for the first time on a new board or controller.
> And to get FreedomBox support, it might be wise to give it to one of the
> active FreedomBox developers. :)
>
> Btw, what is the power consumtion for this computer?  What kind of power
> supply is it using?  How much power can the USB ports supply?
>
> --
> Happy hacking
> Petter Reinholdtsen
>
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