Helllo guys
Was thinking is there any microcontroller that can host
Linux os on it just like raspberry pi
Thanks in advance
There is probably the most famous case of the Linux on the ATmega1284P:
In general, no. Linux requires megabytes of RAM (actual writable RAM), which is much more than is present on microcontrollers. Also a memory management unit (MMU), also lacking on most microcontrollers. (although, people have apparently run versions of BSD unix on PIC32 microcontrollers with as little as 128k of internal RAM. The PIC32 has a primitive user/system MMU, and BSD Unix DID run on PDP11s at one time...)
Also, it will be strongly dependent on what you mean by "linux"; there are a great many "appliances" that run linux on little more than a SoC Microprocessor (essentially a microcontroller with no memory) and some external memories. Buy those are things like routers, with no display or UI to speak of. If your idea of "linux" is something that runs firefox and plays flash games on an HD display on facebook, that would be a much bigger system.
Look for Atheros AR9331
Budvar10:
There is probably the most famous case of the Linux on the ATmega1284P:
Linux ported to Atmel's ATmega microcontrollers | bit-tech.net
Linux is the best. Why it hasn't killed, dismembered and buried Windoze a long time ago is beyond me.
I run Kubuntu 14.04 LTS and have yet to find anything that Windows can do that Linux cannot.
If I were a gamer, I'm sure I'd need Windoze, but I'll bet even that changes in the next few years.
Krupski:
I run Kubuntu 14.04 LTS and have yet to find anything that Windows can do that Linux cannot.
Nice thought, and I have just been chatting with family about having moved all our "personal" machines to Mint to dramatic benefit. On this little netbook, WIndoze 7 had become almost unusable (though just to spite me it threw a three minute thrash as I wrote this, but this is at the very least an order of magnitude less frequent than on Windoze).
Unfortunately, my particular problems are:
- My work practice uses commercial software whose supplier uses Windoze "Tonka Toys" to construct including the shockingly bloated M$SQL.
- I have a Leadtek DTV card in my media machine - I haven't admittedly checked whether Linux supports it adequately.
- IView's DRM using Flash renders it thoroughly unreliable even on Windoze, and it will simply not function at all on Firefox under Linux. (Will work on Google Chrome.)
Simpson_Jr:
C.H.I.P. the worlds first 9$ computer ?
If it floats, the Pi killer!
But I will believe it when I see it.
The price of the Pi seems to be going up, not down. Admittedly, the current version is enhanced - but barely equates to Moore's Law.
No Ethernet, only 2 USB ports, no sound and no intrinsic computer monitor connection. Nevertheless, If they should become available here in Aus at no more than the implied $16, I would be getting a triple.
Visio is the main thing keeping a windows box on my desk. There's nothing even half as capable on Linux or OSX.
Krupski:
Linux is the best. Why it hasn't killed, dismembered and buried Windoze a long time ago is beyond me.I run Kubuntu 14.04 LTS and have yet to find anything that Windows can do that Linux cannot.
If I were a gamer, I'm sure I'd need Windoze, but I'll bet even that changes in the next few years.
Windows today has a UNIX heritage ... part System V and part Ultrix with BSD roots. NT was a DEC OS creation to breakaway from AT&T licensing constraints but DEC decided not to deploy the OS. A splintered ex-DEC employee group bought it from DEC and sold it to Microsoft.
Ray