GlobalScale DreamPlug
GlobalScale DreamPlug (003-DS2001) V7R1
FCC approval date: 25 March 2011
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $150
UPC: 793573032386 (UPC DB, On eBay)
Country of manuf.: China
Amazon image
ASIN
B0053GBB5Y (, On Amazon, On CCC, multiple uses)
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Type: plug computer
FCC ID: YCJ003-DS2XXXB, YCJ003-DS2XXXW
Power: 100-240 VAC ~ 50-60 Hz, 0.25 A
Connector type: NEMA 1-15P
CPU1: Marvell 88F6281 (1.2 GHz)
FLA1: 2 MiB2,097,152 B <br />16,384 Kib <br />2,048 KiB <br />16 Mib <br />0.00195 GiB <br /> (Macronix MX25L1606EM2I-12G)
FLA2: 2 GiB 2,048 MiB <br />2,147,483,648 B <br />16,777,216 Kib <br />2,097,152 KiB <br />16,384 Mib <br /> (SanDisk Model?)
RAM1: 512 MiB536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br /> (Hynix HY5PS1G831CFP-S6 × 4)
Expansion IFs: SD Card, microSD, eSATA 2.0, USB 2.0
USB ports: 2
SATA ports: 1
JTAG: yes, 8-pin header, populated, J15
Serial: yes, 4-pin header, populated, 3.3V TTL, (115200,8,N,1), J8
WI1 module: AzureWave AW-GH381
WI1 module IF: SDIO (module)
WI1 chip1: Marvell 88W8688
WI1 802dot11 protocols: bg
WI1 antenna connector: none
ETH chip1: Marvell 88F6281
ETH chip2: Marvell 88E1116R
ETH chip3: Marvell 88E1116R
LAN speed: 1G
LAN ports: 1
WAN speed: 1G
WAN ports: 1
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Stock bootloader: U-Boot
Stock FW OS: Linux
TPFirmware supported: FreedomBox, Debian, Ubuntu
Flags: schematics, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, SPDIF out, RTC w/ battery backup
Default SSID: Plug2-uAP-XXXX (1 addl. devices)
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1
the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1304 additional devices
of which 4 are GlobalScale devices
Default login user: root
Default login password: nosoup4u
root:nosoup4u credentials used by 13 additional devices
of which 10 are GlobalScale devices
CPU1 brand | WI1 chip1 brand | WI1 chip2 brand | |
---|---|---|---|
GlobalScale DreamPlug | Marvell | Marvell | |
GlobalScale DreamPlug V10R1 | Marvell | Marvell | |
GlobalScale DreamPlug V12 | Marvell | Marvell | |
GlobalScale DreamPlug V9R1 | Marvell | Marvell |
For a list of all currently documented Marvell chipsets with specifications, see Marvell.
This is the default hardware platform of the FreedomBox project as of June 2012.
The DreamPlug is covered by two FCC IDs...
- YCJ003-DS2XXXW - Wi-Fi filing
- YCJ003-DS2XXXB - Bluetooth filing
"Dream_Plug_V7R1" and "GLOBALSCALE" is silkscreened on the main board.
Per the FCC docs...
- This device is using the following Genesys Logic chips
- GL836 SD/MMC/MS card reader IC
- GL850G USB 2.0 hub IC
- The model nubmer is 003-DS2001.
- Wi-Fi is 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR supported
- By default, the DreamPlug starts WiFi in AP mode.
Default SSID format of Plug2-uAP-XXXX (XXXX is 4 hex digits, lower case letters)
- WiGLE indicates that the device uses a 00:24:23 (AzureWave) OUI
The wireless module is presumably an AzureWave AW-GH381.
- Other model DreamPlugs may come with 88W8787 based (802.11bgn) Wi-Fi modules..
Schematics and a block diagram of the device are available in the FCC docs.
- "Dream_Plug_V8R1" is silkscreened on the board.
- F0:AD:4E (GlobalScale) OUI for Ethernet interfaces
- 2 MB Serial Flash (MX25L1606EM2I-12G) on the board
- 4x hynix HY5PS1G831CFP-S6 (1Gbit [128Mbit x 8], DDR2, PC800) RAM chips
- 2x Marvell 88E1116R GbE PHYs
- C-Media CM108 USB audio controller
Detachable power supply (barrel connector on the logic portion)
This model may come with a 2 GB internal microSD card.
- The GlobalScale site specifies that it comes with a 4 GB microSD card,
- however, the site also specifies the device supports 11b/g/n..
- The PlugWiki page states the device comes with 512 MB of NAND
- (the pads are unpopulated on the FCC photos and Ken's photos).
By default, Debian selects the mv643xx_eth
- (MV-643xx GbE driver version 1.4) module.