User:Bnewbold

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Just pasting some ideas about this site here, hopefully i'll get any uncertainty cleared up and will document answers on a site-editing-HOWTO page somewhere. For now leave comments on my talk page.

Site General Notes

  • mediawiki search is bad for partial product names; need to use "*703N*" instead of just "703N". Indicate this on front page or in search results?
  • for non-semantic-media-wiki-users, the semantic search page is confusing; include an example?

Site Scope

Some example device types; not all of these should be covered, but which?

  • home gateway
  • official chipset development board/kit
  • hobby chipset development board
  • wireless sensor node
  • wireless sensor node gateway
  • USB 3G adapter
  • PCI adapter (desktop/server internal)
  • networked attached storage
  • wireless printer
  • dedicated firewall hardware
  • "bare board" wireless basestation (eg Ubiquiti Networks RouterStation)
  • battery-powered 3G-to-WiFi hotspot
  • smartphone
  • tablet
  • "net-top" laptop

Some example chip types; not all of these should be covered, but which?

  • system on a chip
  • network on a chip
  • non-SoC processor (CPU)
  • radio
  • multi-radio (bluetooth+wifi+gps)
  • GPS radio
  • ethernet PHY layer
  • ethernet switch chip
  • microcontroller (MCU)
  • crypto co-processor

A Possible Ontology ("folksonomy")

"Types" could either be sub-categories, regular categories, a "type" property, or an enumerated property. Would not be a different template?

  • Embedded Device
    • DeviceType: Wireless Adapter, Wireless Gateway, Wireless Access Point, General Purpose, Plug Computer, Development Kit, Reference Design
    • "contains" relation to Chip
    • "compatibleWith" relation to Firmware, tagged with version (eg, ">=1.3.4")
  • Chip
    • ChipType: Radio, SoC, NoC, CPU
    • properties: architecture, bitwidth, memory bitwidth, interfaces, radio, product line
  • ChipSet
    • "contains" relation to Chip
  • Firmware
    • properties: license, open/closed, commercial/community, kernel
  • Vendor

Possible site extra features

Pulled in with External Data mediawiki plugin (which caches results):

  • FCC info
  • market pricing/availability