From: Nico Coesel on
Frank Buss <fb(a)frank-buss.de> wrote:

>Jan Panteltje wrote:
>
>> A while ago I added some I/O to my Linksys WAP:
>> http://panteltje.com/panteltje/wap54g/io.html
>> http://panteltje.com/panteltje/pic/io_pic/index.html
>
>Nice project! I have a Linkstation (a NAS) and installed a custom firmware
>and a regular Debian system some time ago (Apache works without problems).
>Looks like a serial port can be added to this device, too:
>
>http://buffalo.nas-central.org/index.php/Add_a_Serial_port_to_the_ARM9_Linkstation
>
>A NAS with 500 GB hardddisk for 100 euro and the capability to add custom
>hardware with a simple serial port protocol and control it from a Linux
>system, sounds like some interesting ideas can be implemented with it
>without much work. A long-term recording seismometer with high sample rate
>would be cool :-)

One of our designs is a switch plus a small microcontroller with
network connectivity and some I/O (including a serial port). If I'm
counting right that device has turned into 15 different products
already!

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