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Re: NXP/Phillips LH7A404 support?
- From: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn dot ch>
- To: Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle at freenet dot de>
- Cc: ecos-discuss at ecos dot sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 14:09:41 +0100
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] NXP/Phillips LH7A404 support?
- References: <20080229014517.GN2993@freenet.de>
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 02:45:18AM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am Electonic Engineer and Dr. in IT and currently I am searching
> for a Microcontroller to bild a new Solar-Charger. My current
> choice is the NXP/Phillips LH7A404 which is based on the ARM922T.
>
> Q: Is this CPU supported by eCos?
>
> Note 1: Currently I am eating the ARM922T Specification
> and User/Developer guides. :-)
>
> The Microcontroller should track the "incoming" Sun-energie, outgoing
> V and A, GPS, have USB as host AND periperial (which mean, you can put
> in a USB-Key to save the logs or use the NVRAM of the Microcontroller
> as Massstorage which can be accessed form a service Laptop) also it
> should have Wifi 802.11a since the PV-stations communicate together.
Given those set of requirements, maybe eCos is not the best OS for
you. There are no Wifi drivers, no USB host, no GPS infrastructure.
Do you need strong real time requirements? If not, maybe Linux is a
better solution for you.
Andrew
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