OpenWrt One - celebrating 20 years of OpenWrt

[Andrey Jr. Melnikov]

John Crispin <john at phrozen.org> wrote:
> tl;dr

> In 2024 the OpenWrt project turns 20 years! Let's celebrate this 
> anniversary by launching our own first and fully upstream supported 
> hardware design.

> If the community likes the idea outlined below in greater details, we 
> would like to start a vote.

> ---

> The idea

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> Hardwarespecifications:

> * SOC: MediaTek MT7981B
> * Wi-Fi: MediaTek MT7976C (2x2 2.4 GHz + 3x3/2x2 + zero-wait DFS 5Ghz)
> * DRAM: 1 GiB DDR4
> * Flash: 128 MiB SPI NAND+ 4 MiB SPI NOR
> * Ethernet: 2x RJ45 (2.5 GbE + 1 GbE)
> * USB (host): USB 2.0 (Type-A port)
> * USB (device, console): Holtek HT42B534-2 UART to USB (USB-C port)
> * Storage: M.2 2042 for NVMe SSD (PCIe gen 2 x1)
> * Buttons: 2x (reset + user)
> * Mechanical switch: 1x for boot selection (recovery, regular)
> * LEDs: 2x (PWM driven), 2x ETH Led (GPIO driven)
> * External hardware watchdog: EM Microelectronic EM6324 (GPIO driven)
> * RTC: NXP PCF8563TS (I2C) with battery backup holder(CR1220)
> * Power: USB-PD-12V on USB-C port (optional802.3at/afPoE via RT5040 module)
Why this slow-switching-power-when-enable yet antoher USB crap? optionally -
may be, but standart barrel plug 5.5/2.1 + (optional internal JST HX 2.54mm 2P
connector) is better.

> * Expansion slots: mikroBUS
> * Certification: FCC/EC/RoHS compliance
> * Case: PCB size is compatible to BPi-R4 and the case design can be re-used
> * JTAG for main SOC: 10-pin 1.27 mm pitch (ARM JTAG/SWD)
> * Antenna connectors: 3x MMCX for easy usage, assembly and durability
> * Schematics: these will be publicly available (license TBD)
> * GPL compliance: 3b. "Accompany it with a written offer ... to give any 
> third party ... a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding 
> source code"
> * Price: aiming for below 100$

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