SAM7-EX256

Development Boards MicroMod
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Few questions about SAM7-EX257

Does Olimex take orders about it at the moment ?

Then the technical one. There is schematics in Olimex page but

it is about absolutelly useles about how to controll LCD .

The link to the example code does not lead anywhere

and there is no info about what type of controller chip is in LCD module

or datasheet of lcd module.

At the moment i have used SAM7P64 board with black and white

U1606 based module and with embedded hack of libgd graphics library.

The SAM7-EX256 looks a like wery interesting and promising board and i am really waiting it.

Kate

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we take pre-orders now, the boards will be in stock in 2-3 weeks

the LCD is Nokia 6610 128x128 pixels 12 bit LCD software examples will be uploaded on our web

Tsvetan

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what about Ethernet examples ?

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OLIMEX:
the LCD is Nokia 6610 128x128 pixels 12 bit LCD software examples will be uploaded on our web

Tsvetan

Thank you about info.

For litle googling i found a link for documents, example code and datasheet

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/produc … cts_id=569

Kate

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This is an great board to experiment with ethernet. You’ll find more information on www.freertos.com. This includes an full light weight IP (lwIP) implementation and operating system.

Have fun

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ya, but i was hoping for somthing a bit better than lwIP.

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I have looked into this board too with great interest.

If I try this board i will try to implement [Ethernut.

There is a port to atmels SAM7x evaluation board and I think it shall be possible to make it work on the SAM7-EX256 board without too much trouble.

The only thing that makes me hesitate is that I would like more RAM for buffering streams.

I’m looking for a board that kan handle higer bitrate than an AVR-board’s for streaming music, and this board feels perfect except for the RAM.

Maybe there is a solution to add more RAM externally, or maybe I wait for the AT91SAM7A2-board](Nut/OS on the AT91SAM7X256 EK)

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The mane proplem with all these boards is the available TCP/IP applications. I’ve worked with the AT91SAM7X256 and my conclusion was that performance was sufficient for operating system and webserver, with some extra applications. Making it sufficient enough for hobby, but not really for industrial porpuse. If you really want more, a uClinux or embedded Linux sollution is much more logic. You’ll easily be able to choose from a hugh amount of applications, like tftp, web server, SLL, SSH, SNMP, etc. Making is suitable for storing music like on a MMC card. Leaving only the mp3 decoder. Eventhough not everybody will be able to choose for such a solution, this is the most rewarded one. Have fun.

Rhino