Chapter 6
The hardware
Abstract
Chapter 6 begins with a brief review of the ARM processor and the specifications of the Mini2440, the recommended target board for this section of the book. We also review some other inexpensive ARM-based single board computers to show why the Mini2440 was selected. Next comes a discussion of NAND versus NOR flash, and the characteristics of file systems for flash memory.
Keywords
ARM architecture; single board computer; NAND flash; NOR flash; YAFFS; u-boot
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