finally put my mini computer thingy project on git. idk what to call it tho
little SAM9x75 based portable computer for low spec computing with modern software
sidenote. I absolutely love the SAM9x75 SoC so far, its insanely simple and cheap yet quite capable in terms of IO, without going overboard on processing power. Perfect for making a low-spec computer.
Also has some really neat features like XIP which will save a lot on RAM usage. and they provide source code for pretty much everything and documentation is amazing.
only issue is that the CPU is an 800MHz ARM9 core with 64MB of onboard RAM but that's not that bad for a simple desktop with most everything running with XIP. Plus, I can easily extend it. Which I might do later on idk.
actually now that I think of it I think I should keep a space for an extra QSPI RAM chip if I decide I want to use it in the future. but idk if that'll play nice with XIP cuz it uses the same memory area. I might also be able to use a DDR2 chip, but I'm not sure because of various reasons. also it would be hard to route