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Has anyone played with this yet? I'm interested in the camera module as well, wondering if the little chip is beefy enough to stream video as an ip camera or so

by c54 11y ago

Has anyone played with this yet? I'm interested in the camera module as well, wondering if the little chip is beefy enough to stream video as an ip camera or something

daveloyall 11y ago
I haven't played with it, but I just searched a bit and found: It's a System on a Chip, SoC. Specifically, the F revision of this one: https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Ralink_RT5350 https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Ralink_RT5350 This is the CPU: https://wikidevi.com/wiki/MIPS_24KEc https://wikidevi.com/wiki/MIPS_24KEc ... Which is a MIPS32 device. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPS_instruction_set https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPS_instruction_set Oh, that first page says that it is used in various IP cameras. I think the answer to your question is 'yes'. :)
- tluyben2 11y ago
  Cool, finally a chance to play with some MIPS stuff again. Could anyone find/know the power consumption for this board?
  - jandrese 11y ago
    Apparently the chip runs hot, ~300mW with WiFi on, 220mW with WiFi off. This is not unexpected, the chip was designed for home routers running off of a wall wart where a few hundred extra mW wouldn't be noticed. https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=46339 https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=46339
noonespecial 11y ago
I've made video streamers with TP-LINK 703n's (which are about the same thing) running openWRT and usb cameras, so I'm going to guess "yes".
cordite 11y ago
I've got two, they don't have as much documentation as I would like, how to program for certain pins, SPI / I2C, how to compile for it locally and remotely.. I like the size but did not have the resources and time to blindly dive into it.
- jandrese 11y ago
  This is the perpetual problem with these no-name SBCs. All of the documentation and tech support is over in China, and even getting answers to simple questions can be impossible. This is why the Raspberry Pi remains so popular despite having worse specs/higher price point than a multitude of competitors. The large English speaking community built up around it means you can usually find answers to any weird questions you might have about it. Usually some sample code too.

by c54 11y ago

Has anyone played with this yet? I'm interested in the camera module as well, wondering if the little chip is beefy enough to stream video as an ip camera or something

daveloyall 11y ago

I haven't played with it, but I just searched a bit and found: It's a System on a Chip, SoC. Specifically, the F revision of this one: https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Ralink_RT5350 https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Ralink_RT5350 This is the CPU: https://wikidevi.com/wiki/MIPS_24KEc https://wikidevi.com/wiki/MIPS_24KEc ... Which is a MIPS32 device. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPS_instruction_set https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPS_instruction_set Oh, that first page says that it is used in various IP cameras. I think the answer to your question is 'yes'. :)

tluyben2 11y ago
Cool, finally a chance to play with some MIPS stuff again. Could anyone find/know the power consumption for this board?
- jandrese 11y ago
  Apparently the chip runs hot, ~300mW with WiFi on, 220mW with WiFi off. This is not unexpected, the chip was designed for home routers running off of a wall wart where a few hundred extra mW wouldn't be noticed. https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=46339 https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=46339

noonespecial 11y ago

I've made video streamers with TP-LINK 703n's (which are about the same thing) running openWRT and usb cameras, so I'm going to guess "yes".

cordite 11y ago

I've got two, they don't have as much documentation as I would like, how to program for certain pins, SPI / I2C, how to compile for it locally and remotely.. I like the size but did not have the resources and time to blindly dive into it.

jandrese 11y ago
This is the perpetual problem with these no-name SBCs. All of the documentation and tech support is over in China, and even getting answers to simple questions can be impossible. This is why the Raspberry Pi remains so popular despite having worse specs/higher price point than a multitude of competitors. The large English speaking community built up around it means you can usually find answers to any weird questions you might have about it. Usually some sample code too.