Just for the record, i have worked extensively with blob. Especially during the StrongARM port of linux.
The IPAQ 36xx, 37xx, 38xx handhelds are based off the Intel Assabet/Neponset Development platform. The assabet is a StrongARM 1110 chip, and the neponset a 1111 chip.
I currently own one of these, and i have to say its a nice setup. After i got my IPAQ 3870, i put the Assabet/Neponset hardware asside.
BLOB is a great little bootloader. It has definitely come a long way in the past year. The one thing that i disliked about it was the mechanics for updating flash. But i am sure they have worked that out by now.
-N
Ronald G Minnich wrote:
I like the idea of pulling the blob code into linuxbios, then we get a standard.
Is there a recommended xscale development card?
The LART project http://www.lart.tudelft.nl/ is an open hardware platform based on the old SA1100. I believe they are working on a new SA-1110 and PXA-250 design.
Aleph One http://www.aleph1.co.uk/armlinux/LART/index.html may still have some LART's in stock.
For PXA Intel has a dev board
http://developer.intel.com/design/pca/applicationsprocessors/tools_software/ dbpxa250.htm
For Xscale Intel has the IXCDP1100 dev board http://developer.intel.com/design/network/products/cpp/ixcdp1100.htm
For the IXP1200 they have the IXDP1200 platform http://developer.intel.com/design/network/products/npfamily/ixdp1200.htm
For the IXP2400 and IXP2800 http://developer.intel.com/design/network/products/npfamily/ixdp2x00.htm
For the IOP321 http://www.intel.com/design/iio/docs/iop321.htm
the PXA-250 is very popular for handheld and PDA designs, they have just added MMX instructions to the PXA so it will be a hot platform for handheld gaming, Mpeg-4, MP3 devices. The IXP processors are used for networking applications and the IOP for storage applications.
The new iPAQ 3900 also makes for a budget 400MHz PXA250 dev platform. http://www.handhelds.org has quite a bit of software and How-To's on firmware conversions and updates for handhelds.
Bari
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