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### Proposed
-*No NDAs* for anybody: vendors, employees, collaborators, etc
+**No NDAs** for anybody: vendors, employees, collaborators, etc
-*Don't ship with binary blobs*. We don't host them or ship them, but we don't go
-out of our way to disallow users from installing them if they desire.
+**Don't ship with binary blobs**. We don't host them or ship them, but we don't
+go out of our way to disallow users from installing them if they desire.
-*Hackability.* Accessible and documented internal interfaces, good
+**Hackability.** Accessible and documented internal interfaces, good
documentation
-*No technical secrets.* Published development repositories
+**No technical secrets.** Published development repositories
-*Others should be able to recreate the hardware*. Use only easily source-able,
+**Others should be able to recreate the hardware**. Use only easily source-able,
openly documented components and chips with minimal export restrictions. Full
hardware design/manufacturing files in various formats.
-*Understand and publish labor practices of anything we manufacture/sell*.
+**Understand and publish labor practices of anything we manufacture/sell**.
Visits, photos, contact information.
### Unsure
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ at all"
Building better/new things as well as fixing problems/bugs/holes
(not just-a-libre-XYZ, also shiny and new)
+
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### components
-see http://rhombus-tech.net/evaluated_cpus/ for a list and analysis
+see <http://rhombus-tech.net/evaluated_cpus/> for a list and analysis
beaglebone uses the cortex A8 AM3358. design files are open hardware.
allwinner A10 ARM chip
- http://elinux.org/Hack_A10_devices
- http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/
- http://www.wits-tech.com/pages/board.jsp
+ - <http://elinux.org/Hack_A10_devices>
+ - <http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/>
+ - <http://www.wits-tech.com/pages/board.jsp>
-Marvell MV78200 ("sheeva")
+[http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/applications.jsp](Marvell MV78200) ("sheeva")
4 gige ports
2x 1ghz armv5 chips
2x SATA
2x PCI-express x4
$60 or less?
- <http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/applications.jsp>
### existing organizations/projects
@@ -26,57 +25,53 @@ FreedomBox
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freifunk>
-<http://rhombus-tech.net>
+<http://rhombus-tech.net>: "community interest company" based around new
+modular computing format. no hardware yet
- "community interest company" based around new modular computing format. no hardware yet
+[http://www.fsf.org/news/endorsement-criteria](FSF hardware endorsement): ugh,
+includes "GNU/linux" terminology, not having "ready for ..." other operating
+systems, etc. maybe have an ultra-libre variant?
-FSF hardware endorsement
- http://www.fsf.org/news/endorsement-criteria
- ugh, includes "GNU/linux" terminology, not having "ready for ..." other
- operating systems, etc. maybe have an ultra-libre variant?
-
-########################################## existing hardware
+### existing hardware
bufferbloat evaluations:
-http://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/uberwrt/wiki/Hardware_evaluation
+<http://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/uberwrt/wiki/Hardware_evaluation>
+
+<http://routerboard.com/>: modular router equipment (!), potential dev kit?
+RB751G-2HnD has atheros 400mhz AR7241 SoC, 64mb RAM
-http://routerboard.com/
- modular router equipment (!), potential dev kit?
- RB751G-2HnD has atheros 400mhz AR7241 SoC, 64mb RAM
+[http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netgear/wndr3700](netgear n600), others
-netgear n600, others
qualcomm atheros ar7161 SoC MIPS 680MHz, 64mb ram, 8mb flash
dual atheros wifi phy (one 2.4ghz, one 5ghz)
rtl8366s internal switch
- http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netgear/wndr3700
-asus powerful device
- http://www.amazon.com/RT-N16-Wireless-N-Maximum-Performance-single/dp/B00387G6R8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328077297&sr=8-1
+[http://www.amazon.com/RT-N16-Wireless-N-Maximum-Performance-single/dp/B00387G6R8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328077297&sr=8-1](powerful asus device), openwrt compatible
comodity routers
-http://soekris.com/products/net6501.html
- good hardware development platform? these devices seem a bit out of date
- and have super complex layout
+[http://soekris.com/products/net6501.html](soekris): good hardware development
+platform? these devices seem a bit out of date and have super complex layout
-https://www.excito.com/node/9
+<https://www.excito.com/node/9>
-########################################## existing businesses
+### existing businesses
-http://republicwireless.com/ (hybrid wifi/cellular android phone service,
+<http://republicwireless.com/> (hybrid wifi/cellular android phone service,
$20/month. depends on pervasive wifi)
-http://corp.fon.com/en
+<http://corp.fon.com/en>
-http://meraki.com/products/wireless/enterprise-cloud-controller (from roofnet, like open-mesh.com, "cloud" management interface))
+<http://meraki.com/products/wireless/enterprise-cloud-controller> (from
+roofnet, like open-mesh.com, "cloud" management interface))
-http://untangle.com/ (firewall-as-a-service, charges monthly rates to
+<http://untangle.com/> (firewall-as-a-service, charges monthly rates to
organizations. reuse existing hardware or sells dell servers "appliances" at a
markup)
-http://owncloud.com/ (business?)
+<http://owncloud.com/> (business?)
+
+### misc
-########################################## misc
+bufferbloat: <http://gettys.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/introducing-the-criminal-mastermind-bufferbloat/>
-bufferbloat:
-http://gettys.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/introducing-the-criminal-mastermind-bufferbloat/