In this chapter I want to discribe what you can do with LRP on a PCM5820. I try to give you a overview from my test equipment.
I started to look for small computer solutions when I had to calculate a tender for a passanger-information-system project in 1999. There was the need for translating different protocols between different proprietary protocols.
In the past our company did this job by developing microcontroller boards and developing the applications on this boards for different projects. There was a lot of work to manage the hardware- and software-releases.
the idea was to use small and cheap standard hardware and a releable cheap operating system. After consulting the internet searchmachines I decided that the best choice would be a PC/104 compatible Intel-processor board and a small linux-kernel. Therefore I use the PCM5820/L board and the fantastic small Linux Kernel from the Linux-Router-Project.
For the PCM5920/L onboard features refer to : 5820/L
In the PCM5820/L I installed 16 MB Memory, a 20 MB Flashdisk (Sandisk), a 10MBit HUB for a connection to my Linux-Server at home, and a 3 1/2 " Floppy Drive for booting the lrp system.
You should refer to LRP for more details about how LRP works.