Hardware Hacking

Consumer Devices

• Information about running Linux on devices that are or have been available to the general public. This includes both officially supported devices and project devices (or devices that unofficially run Linux).

Project Devices

• TCube
• Mobile Pro
• Didj from LeapFrog
• DCT 5000
• Pixter
• Pixter Multimedia
• TvNow
• ZipIt
• Zipit2 - the new Zipit with better hardware
• JuiceBox
• DHT-Walnut
• FX3002 watch from fossil.
• Hisense - USDTV HDTV Tuner DB-2010 running Linux
• enc28j60 - single chip 10baseT ethernet with SPI interface
• R8610_Based_WAP - tiny x86 compatible WAPs with internal 2.5" HD runs Linux
• SMC WSKP100 - A wifi Skype phone from SMC
• OpenTom - community project around GPS TomTom devices

Supported Devices

• Linksys NSLU2. See also http://www.nslu2-linux.org
• Linksys WRT54GL
• Neuros OSD
• Nokia 770
• Nokia 800
• Sharp Zaurus
• AML Handheld devices

Development Boards and Tools

• Information about development boards for embedded Linux

JTAG

• Flyswatter

ARM

• ARM Integrator
• OSK - OMAP Starter Kit
• GAO Engineering Inc. - http://www.gaoengineering.com
• DaVinci DVEVM Evaluation module - http://www.spectrumdigital.com/
• ITSY
• LART Project
• Hammer_Board
• Simtec Electronics - http://www.simtec.co.uk/
• Open AT91RM9200 Evaluation Board - http://wiki.emqbit.com/free-ecb-at91
• BeagleBoard
• Balloonboard
• KB9202 - http://www.kwikbyte.com/KB9202.html
• Luminary Micro's LM3S6965 is an ARM Cortex M3 MCU. There is an inexpensive development board available for it called the LM3S6965 Ethernet Evaluation Kit, which is available from Mouser and others for around $69.00 USD.
• TechnologicSystems

AVR32

• ATNGW100 Network Gateway Kit http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=4102

Blackfin

• ADI_Boards
• Everyone_else
• Demo_video

PowerPC

• Walnut (405GP) - http://amcc.com/Embedded/Downloads/download.html?cat=1&family=2
• Ebony (440GP) -
• Kuro Box-HG (MPC4281) - http://www.kurobox.com/mwiki/index.php/Kurobox/Kurobox-HG_Main_Page
• Efika5200 (MPC5200) - http://www.powerdeveloper.org/program/efika/accepted

Miniclusters

• Portable cluster hardware and related technologies for parallel computer tutorials, demonstrations, research.

Here is a list of original projects.

• See http://eri.ca.sandia.gov/eri/related_technologies.html
• See http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2143783710.html
• See http://www.coreboot.org/data/clusters/bento/index.html
• See http://www.coreboot.org/data/clusters/dq/index.html
• See http://coreboot.org

Hardware Tools and Information

• Sparkfun_Camera - Low cost cmos camera
• Ez_Usb - 8051 based usb devices
• Mini_LA - open source logic analyzer
• NTSC_Bitbang - detailed concepts on NTSC
• Lithium_Ion_Charger - Li-Ion battery charger design
• Libertas SDIO - Marvell Libertas SDIO information
• Nand_Flash256 - common 256MB nand flash devices
• Nor_vs_Nand - data comparisons between Nor and Nand Flash
• TUSB2046B - four port usb chipset