SheevaPlug

The SheevaPlug is one of the first brought to the market "Plug Computers ". It was developed by the California-based company Global Scale Technologies. It has a 1.2 GHz Marvell Kirkwood 6281 ARM - compatible CPU (aka Feroceon ).

The SheevaPlug is delivered with pre-installed Ubuntu 9.04 ARM build. The SheevaPlug is from Linux kernel supports version 2.6.27 and is currently shipped with 2.6.30 - rc5. Marvell provides for the promotion of software development for this platform a software development kit available. This collection includes the GCC cross-compiler for ARM. The device has a FTDI FT2232 chip out to the mini USB port. This gives the developer access to both the connected to the JTAG bus JTAG port, including an RS-232 interface, is connected to the serial port of the Kirkwood processor and which can be accessed on the bootstrap and the kernel console. This debug console is accessible from any computer with support for the FTDI bus translator accessible ( including Linux, Mac OS X, Windows).

Since the first quarter of 2010, the SheevaPlug also is available in Germany.

From April 2010 Global Scale Technologies announces the availability of additional features ( including WiFi, HDMI) -equipped models of the Guru Plug.

Commercial products

The following products are based on the SheevaPlug Platform:

  • The CTERA Cloud plugin by CTERA Networks is a plug computer that provides fast, online backup with file sharing.
  • Pogoplug by Cloud Engines is a plug computer that makes it possible for users to access their data via the Internet without having to leave it on a PC.
  • The quad comes with a plug of QuadAxis BarracudaDrive Web Server.
  • The SIPLUG of pbxnsip provides VoIP services and PBX applications for home users and small businesses on the Sheeva Platform.
  • On the TonidoPlug of CodeLathe run Tonido - Applications. They allow the user to operate a private cloud for accessing, distributing and synchronizing files.
  • A further development of OpenRD device, which is also based on the Sheeva platform and has been provided for development purposes is a Thin Client HP t5325 The dar. is sold under the label "Marvell Smart " features different from the plug via a DVI interface and running with HP ThinPro, a customized Debian Linux.
  • Seagate FreeAgent DockStar
  • Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Home
  • Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Net
  • NETGEAR Stora
  • LaCie Ethernet Disk mini - Home Edition
  • GeNiJack of NETCOR is a hardware endpoint for end-to- end performance measurements in IT networks.
  • BACnet Gateway by Kara system, an MBus, Modbus and OneWire Gateway which is a BACnet Device
  • OpenStage Gate View is a video - surveillance solution for video display on the phone, PC or mobile phone.
  • ZigBee Gateway ZBG -100 pikkerton

Other operating system ports to the SheevaPlug

  • Martin Michlmayr began developing a Debian port for the SheevaPlug.
  • Mark Gillespie published scripts to install Debian Lenny and Squeeze on either the internal NAND flash or SD card.
  • An ARM port of Fedora to be installed on the SheevaPlug exists.
  • Raúl Porcel managed to bring Gentoo on the plug to work, he published a tutorial for it.
  • Stuart Winter Slackware managed a functioning port. This is the official port of Slackware to the ARM.
  • The Inferno operating system boots on the SheevaPlug.
  • The SheevaPlug is also supported by FreeBSD 8.0 and 9 -CURRENT.
  • ArchLinuxARM runs well on the SheevaPlug.
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