[App_rpt-users] PICO NODE is now a REALITY!

[Mark Cheavens]

I have been playing with two similar projects, but at a lower cost 
with the same processor(s).
1. SheevaPlug - I have PlugPBX - Asterisk running on one currently.
         - Note: The original Sheeva Plug only has one USB port.
         - The sheeva comes with 512mb ram and 512mb flash. I am 
running PlugPBX on a 4 Gig SD card. The actual PlugPBX image is only 
using about 2g.
2. My newest "toy" is a "PogoPlug Pro". It has less ram and flash, 
but has 4 USB ports!

I will be working with GuruPlugs next. They have eSATA and more USB ports!
http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-guruplugdetails.aspx

The PogoPlug Pro version has not been "cracked" - yet. I am working 
on it! I see no reason not to run Asterisk on this 79.00 (Best Buy) 
box and boot from USB with a URI for Audio. - The limited ram might 
be the only issue, but the Sheeva and Guru are cheaper than the 
Beagleboards and have WiFi
NOTE: The PogoPlug Pro has WiFi as well!

References:
PlugPBX: http://www.plugpbx.org/
Comparisons between other "cheap" single board computers: 
http://plugboxlinux.org/index.php5?title=Portal:Hardware

Mark
KC5EVE

At 09:27 PM 11/25/2010, Jim Duuuude wrote:
>We (Dale Weber, N7PKT and I) have been working on porting 
>Asterisk/app_rpt to the
>TINY (about 3.5 x 3.5 inches) BeagleBoard (arm-based Linux system), 
>using the native
>(built-in) audio and GPIO hardware to directly interface to radio systems.
>
>As of this evening, we have success!!
>
>The BeagleBoard is capable of talking to 2 radios (either half or full duplex)
>using the radio's COR and CTCSS decoders (sorry, there isnt enough CPU
>power to do the DSP processing, like in chan_usbradio). It will also talk to
>a URI (or 2 or maybe even 3??) using chan_simpleusb.
>
>I am designing an I/O card, which properly conditions both the 
>analog and digital
>signals in and out of the BeagleBoard, and will provide 
>general-purpose GPIO pins
>for whatever the user's needs are. It also may contain a DC-DC 
>converter, so that
>the system may be powered from a 12 volt (well, like maybe 9-18 
>volt, actually)
>DC input, allowing use in an automobile and various configuration of 
>battery/solar/
>wind-power.
>
>For those interested, I posted the working chan_beagle.c source in 
>the SVN, and
>will update it as the project moves along. Currently it only 
>supports 1 fully operational
>channel, but that's because my test hardware was not intended to do 
>anything other
>then that.
>
>We will also post the working kernel sources, plus an entire image of the 4GB
>flash card, for ease of installation.
>
>JIM WB6NIL
>
>
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