Hi all, I'm a newbie, so I don't know much about this matter. Anyway, I have a question: is it possible to interfacing Arduino with a Linksys NSLU2 (unslung/debian)? I need to put it on my private lan and control it through a web interface.
Could anyone answer my question, pls? thanks
Antonio
You can use the NSLU2 to do anything an Arduino can do and the NSLU2 can serve webpages and files just fine.
You will need to load it with alternative firmware which is nothing more than a Linux distribution compatible with the hardware.
You can add an LCD, overclock it, run any server a Linux distribution
can run within the limits of memory and storage. The NLUS2 is a computer all on it's own, it just has not graphics hardware.
I'm unsure if it can access the aruduino via USB but if it can you can use any non-GUI application to communicate with the Arduino.
If you add a serial port and have a serial Arduino or clone you can talk via that.
If you have an ethernet shield for the arduino you can communicate to the NLUS2
Any of these methods will allow the Arduino to send data to be displayed by the NLUS2's webserver or allow the NLUS2 to send data to the Arduino for display or control.
Thank you so much for replying.
So, it is possible. Do you know if I can use the "unslung" firmware of NSLU2 or a debian distribution? Do I need to install drivers, and if so what distro do the suit for?
Thanks
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