Release of Beta Development Kits for Squeezebox Jive Target Hardware Platform

[MickeyG]

A few months ago, we announced a beta release of the Jive software platform, which was designed to power advanced remote control applications for Squeezebox and Transporter.

Today, we are announcing that we have shipped beta development kits of the target hardware platform for Squeezebox Jive to selected developers of the Slim Devices/Logitech open source community. The target hardware platform consists of a remote-control form factor with a color screen, and uses a version of embedded Linux running on an ARM processor.

This is a release of a development platform to our community so they can continue their contributions to the Jive software platform, and not a product announcement. It is Logitech’s policy not to discuss future hardware plans.

Please feel free to discuss the new hardware platform in the forums and update the wiki at http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?Jive.

The source code repository has been updated to include everything needed to create software for the target hardware platform, so ... check it out!

Mickey

[mvalera]

I just want to encourage everyone who has received a beta kit to please speak up!

Please feel free to speak openly about the Jive hardware platform.

Cheers,

Mike

[mrfantasy]

Can they post pictures? I want pictures.

[mvalera]

Yes,

Pictures are ok... beta testers please post them at your leisure.

Mike

[dean]

While we wait for the photos to start appearing, I'll share a little
about the hardware inside the beta systems:

- 2.4" color TFT LCD, 240x320 pixels, 16bpp
- Mechanical scroll wheel
- 10 backlit buttons (play, add, go, home, back, vol-/+, rew, pause,
fwd)
- Samsung ARM9 CPU (S3C2412), 200MHz
- 64MB NAND flash
- 64MB mobile SDRAM
- Headphone jack
- Built-in speaker
- IR LED
- SD card slot
- 1250 mAh Li-Ion battery
- 3 axis accelerometer (for motion sensing)
- Charging stand
- Expansion connector that brings out: serial, USB (host or device),
audio out, audio in, 3.3v out, 5v in

[bklaas]

I like being first...

I put it on the "Choose Language" screen, because I had a hand in writing that one

cheers,
#!/ben

[dean]

Ah,Ben, you beat me. Here are a couple more...

[dean]

and two more for now.

[erland]

How does it communicate with SlimServer/SqueezeBox ? Is it just IR or something more ?

Can it somehow read data from SlimServer over the communication channel ?

[mvalera]

The Jive target hardware uses 802.11, and it actually controls SlimServer or SqueezeNetwork. The unique way our devices work means that our hardware (Squeezebox and Transporter) is actually controlled by our server software (SlimServer or SqueezeNetwork) so the Jive actually controls the server which, in turn, controls the players.

Make sense?

Mike