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Re: GSM/GPRS/GPS board supporting eCos (Falcom XF55 or similar)


Hello Carlos,

Porting eCos to that board is going to be very, very hard. Please check the archives from this week and last: someone from Italy already tried to modify the eCos installation on the XF55 couldn't do it because 1) Falcom won't help you modify the eCos installation on it and 2) Falcom has not released the source back to the community.

Finally, it'll be extremely difficult to do your own port because the processor on the XF55 is the ARM7TDMI embedded in the GPS' SiRFStar II chipset... and SiRF does not release any technical details on their chipset without a several thousand dollar development kit and an NDA which will may prevent you from releasing any source written for it back to the community.

Good luck,

Andrew

At 08:39 PM 9/8/2005 +0100, Carlos Sobrinho wrote:

Hello, just doing a pool on a good board supporting gsm+gprs+gps that is
supported by eCos or could easily be ported. Also the current consumption
should be minimal so maybe a ARM would be better

I'm planning in using a Falcom XF55 eval board.
Any thoughts? Suggestions?

WBR
Carlos Sobrinho


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