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#1 2007-04-19 02:41:04

tanzer
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Registered: 2007-04-19
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technical data questions

I have only recently run across the DSM-G600 as a hackable platform (started on http://dns323.kood.org/dsmg600/). After reading through that wiki and searching around a bit I find that I have a couple of questions based upon a possibly faulty observation:

From studying the pictures of the DSM-G600's main board (the PowerPC version) it occurs to me that this board looks more like an OEM embedded platform rather than a custom job by D-Link. Poking around on the FCC's website and searching for the board ID didn't turn up anything so I'm thinking that D-Link got the whole package certified instead of the individual components. So, I was wondering, has anyone been able to find out anything about the origin of the main board? Is it a D-Link custom job or, as I believe, something they purchased from a supplier of embedded boards? If the latter, any idea who?

Related to the previous question and observation; has anyone gotten a schematic (or, perhaps, contacted D-Link about how to get one)?

I create embedded linux BSPs for a living and have a board that's *very* similar to the DSM-G600's main board on my bench right now (uses the Freescale XPC860) that I'm finishing up. Knowing that board I think the DSM-G600's main board is highly hackable, both hardware and software, and could easily be made into a significant (albeit slow) platform. I'll be purchasing one this weekend so I can poke around a bit but I was thinking that if the schematic wasn't available maybe I'd just purchase two. That way I could remove all of the chips from one of the boards and trace out the schematic from the pads.

BTW: I notice a non-installed 16-pin header just off the center of the board with 7 pins connected to, apparently, the XPC8241. This looks an aweful lot like a JTAG connector; any idea if it is? It would be cool if I could just slap my emulator onto it.

Thanks both for the reading of my post as well as any information anyone can provide!

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#2 2007-04-19 10:25:43

sala
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Re: technical data questions

Welcome, nice to see that interest on DSM-G600 is not quite dead yet big_smile

I can tell pretty sure that DSM-G600 revB is not made by D-Link, but unfortunately I don't know the company name which developed DSM-G600.
For now I know that Trendnet TS-I300/TS-I300W, D-Link DNS-323 and D-Link DSM-G600 revB is made by same company (at least firmware part for sure).


About JTAG, I don't know the latest developments but beattie has tried some soldering work on this one but no success so far. You can get more info from here.


DSM-G600 - NetBSD hdd-boot - 80GB Samsung SP0802N
NSA-220 - Gentoo armv5tel 20110121 hdd-boot - 2x 2TB WD WD20EADS

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