Re: [ECOS] Advice for student project

[Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour at redhat dot com>]

Chris Gray wrote:
> 
> Jonathan Larmour wrote:
> 
> >
> > If you don't have any device dependencies (at first), the Linux synth
> > target is a fine place to start. The iPaq is a sexy looking choice for
> > demos.
> 
> The iPAQ can also be seen as resembling forthcoming PDAs, 3G mobile
> phones, etc..  Elsewhere in this company there are people wrestling with
> WinCE / Creme in order to demonstrate our telematics framework.  I am
> hoping (nay, I am confident) that we can demonstrate something which
> beats that on every front, using outr own VM and eCos.

And a lot cheaper too (both upfront and royalty), and smaller (resource
footprint) as well as having full control over the sources.
 
> One thing we do need is IP connectivity.  IIRC the synthetic target
> doesn't have that.  I'm assuming that dial-up PPP over a PCMCIA
> modem on the iPAQ will work.

There isn't PPP support in eCos I'm afraid. There _is_ compact flash
ethernet support for the iPAQ however.

Jifl
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