R8610 Based WAP

Tiny WAPs (Wireless Access Points) share files and printers - \$115 Jun.
21, 2006

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Half a dozen companies around the world are shipping tiny Linux-based
wireless access points (WAPs) with built-in file and printer servers.
The WAPs appear to run a 2.4-series Linux kernel … The design appears
to be based on RDC Semiconductor’s R8610, a 133MHz RISC-based SoC that
executes the i486 instruction set at about 44 bogoMIPS.

… 16KB of L1 cache, a 33MHz PCI bus, an external SDRAM/ROM/memory
controller, IPC (internal peripheral controller) with DMA and IRQ
timer/counter, a 10/100 Ethernet MAC, FIFO UART, and USB 2.0 host
controller. … 32MB of SDRAM, 4MB of Flash, and support user-supplied
2.5-inch (laptop-sized) hard drives formated with FAT, FAT32, or ext2.
Claimed wireless throughputs up to 6MB/s …

… an 802.11G WiFi interface supporting WPA and WEP
encryption. The interface can be configured as a wireless client, access
point, WDS bridge, or WDS repeater …

Dual USB 2.0 ports can be used to connect memory card readers … The
ports also support USB OTG (“on the go”) [and] LPR print server software
for USB printers.

Designs believed to be based on the RDC SoC include:

Availability

WAPs
based on the RDC R8610 appear to be available now, priced at about
\$115.

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