gEDA-dev: cpu with ethernet and ram...

[John Sheahan]

DJ Delorie wrote:
>> Hmmm a cpu with ethernet and ram....
> 
> The next furnace controller.  32MHz M32C (16 bit), 10baseT ethernet,
> 512Mb SRAM.  Nothing magic, just trying to get rid of the biege box on
> the floor.
> 
> Round 3, if I ever get there, will be embedded Linux.  Say, ARM cpu
> (xscale or cirrus), 10/100 ethernet, 16Mb DRAM.  Maybe an mcu for each
> zone to run the comms.  My evil plan is to have a core design that can
> be applied to anything, and make that a hobby.  Example: take an old
> 1200 baud modem.  Rip out the circuit board, put in embedded linux,
> using the same connectors/leds/whatever.  Old keyboard?  Embedded
> linux.  Put power, vga, and usb connectors on the back edge.  Old
> 10baseT hub?  Now it's a four-port linux router.

sounds a lot like a wrt54g actually used as a controller.
except for the USB :(
john