[AusNOG] Australian-designed OpenFlow switch hits Kickstarter

[Nick Stallman]

Arduino uses Atmel's 8 bit AVR range, not ARM.
This uses a proper ARM Cortex M4 processor made by Atmel (32bit).

Looks like they aren't looking for business use at all. It keeps talking 
about home networks only.
I'd be tempted to get one to muck around with but no gigabit means it's 
completely incompatible with the NBN.

On 02/07/15 16:04, Alan Maher wrote:
> Given that most silicon chip stuff is a commodity these days, it only 
> a matter
> of when, and not if, creating stuff becomes easy for those with some
> knowledge.
> A quick glance through the kick starter stuff shows some interesting 
> ingenuity
> in small stuff using the Arduino and similar ARM processors.
> Scaling it up a bit to a more powerful CPU shouldn't be too hard.
>
> I personally see this like a lawyer at the bottom of the ocean- i.e. a 
> start !!
>
> Alan
>
> On 2/07/2015 3:26 p.m., Skeeve Stevens wrote:
>> You have to start somewhere.
>>
>> This is likely to be the first version to kick it off.
>>
>>
>> ...Skeeve
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>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Jonathan Thorpe 
>> <jthorpe at conexim.com.au <mailto:jthorpe at conexim.com.au>> wrote:
>>
>>     Interesting idea, but more ports and GigE would make it less of a
>>     toy.
>>
>>     I’m probably missing the point, and it appears a good learning
>>     tool, but I don’t understand its application in the home or small
>>     business which I assume its targeting based on the description.
>>     It’s essentially a small multiport router without the router –
>>     you need an SDN controller for those sorts of roles.
>>
>>     OpenFlow on the cheap is apparently possible with MikroTik gear,
>>     but they don’t classify their implementation as “production
>>     ready” as of yet.
>>
>>     *From:*AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf
>>     Of *Simon Sharwood
>>     *Sent:* Thursday, 2 July 2015 11:37 AM
>>     *To:* ausnog at lists.ausnog.net <mailto:ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
>>     *Subject:* [AusNOG] Australian-designed OpenFlow switch hits
>>     Kickstarter
>>
>>     https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/northboundnetworks/zodiac-fx-the-worlds-smallest-openflow-sdn-switch
>>
>>     Looks cute, but short a few ports?
>>
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