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Revision as of 16:21, 14 February 2011
This extension board (APW) from Armadeus Systems, designed to be pluggable on an APF27Dev, will give your system the following wireless capabilities (depending on the options you selected):
Figure 1: APW with all options populated (no antenna)
Linux configuration
- Linux will have to be configured in order to tell it that an APW is connected to your APF27Dev:
$ make linux26-menuconfig
System Type --->
Freescale MXC Implementations --->
...
Extension board (Wireless (APW)) --->
[ ] GSM/GPRS Modem (NEW)
[ ] Bluetooth & WiFi module (NEW)
[ ] CSI (Camera) pass-through (NEW)
[ ] GPS module (NEW)
Select the options installed on your APW board (WiFi can only be selected if SPI3 port is not selected for general purpose (SDHC1 & SPI3 are muxed)).
$ make linux26
- reflash you Linux kernel
Features
- WiFi: use Linux libertas driver
- Bluetooth
- GPS
- GSM/GPRS
