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

[Carlos Sobrinho <duckman at epilog dot ath dot cx>]

Em Quinta, 8 de Setembro de 2005 20:52, escreveu:
> 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.

I just searched my own archive and the sources.redhat and found some info 
regarding the board. In the docs of their eval board, at least in the 
website, they say that it now supports ecos 2.0 and they even seem to have 
some source code allowing developers to use different firmwares.

From what I understood, they accept a TCP/IP stack, ecos 2.0 and two other 
proprietary firmwares.

> 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.

My main objective is to:
** track my position using GPS
** send it through GSM+GPRS and do some sort of GET or POST
** sleep for some time(hours/days)
** consume as little as possible

> Good luck,
>
> Andrew

Assuming that the port is already done but they don't release the source, only 
a binary to link. 
Can this be done?
Are are my options in terms of other boards? Anyone?

WBR
Sobrinho

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