Wireless Router Application Platform

The Wireless Router Application Platform (WRAP) is a format of single board computer defined by a Swiss company called PC Engines. This is specially designed for wireless router, firewall, load balancer, VPN or other network appliances.

Basic specs

• 32-bit x86 compatible CPU, low energy consumption (AMD Geode SC1100 at 266MHZ)
• supports MMX instructions
• 64-bit SDRAM memory controller (max: 89MHz)
• PCI bus controller
• IDE interfaces
• ACPI 1.0 compatible Power management
• tinyBIOS : Made specially by PC Engines
• 64 or 128MB SDRAM
• Compact flash memory (includes boot OS)
• Monitoring: watchdog timer, LM77 thermal monitor
• Power supply: 7V ~ 18V external DC power or Power over Ethernet
• LAN: National semiconductor DP83816
• I/O: MiniPCI slots, console serial port

Different boards

There are three different models of the WRAP:

• The WRAP 1-1 has two ethernet ports, and two mini-PCI slots, on a 16x16cm board.
• The WRAP 1-2 has three ethernet ports and one mini-PCI slot, on a 16x16cm board.
• The WRAP 2 has one ethernet port, and two mini-PCI slots, on a 10x16cm board.

Operating System

The WRAP is capable of running many different operating systems, such as Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, as well as proprietary OSes. The WRAP lacks a keyboard controller (for obvious reasons), so some OSes that rely on one for the boot process may have to be modified.

Links

• [1] - PC Engines information page on the WRAP.