[svlug] Linux in a Submarine

[Chris Miller]

On 12/21/06, Daniel Gimpelevich <daniel at gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:44:36 -0800, Chris Miller wrote:
> > Right now it has a little 600MHz chip in it that was ripped out of a
> > PDA/Mobile type thingymajigger (I'm just a programmer - don't ask me!)
> >  Right now it runs Windows Embedded.  However, Windows doesn't have
> > hardly any multithreading support (problematic for real-time
> > computational tasks) and we want to move to Linux.  The problem is
> > that some of the drivers for the hydrophones and motors we use don't
> > have Linux drivers.
>
> Which 600MHz chip? How are the hydrophones and motors connected? Which
> USB->Serial connector?

It's an x86 compatible chip (I don't know who made it).  I know that
from talking to someone much more acquainted with the hardware than I
am that it uses some odd combo of USB and Serial devices.  I'll have
to get back to you with more information though because the hardware
guy hasn't gotten me the exact list.  I just wanted to know what other
people thought and what their suggestions where.

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