Astaro AP30 Teardown

I was given access to an Astaro AP30 access point.

So I took it apart.

Also, the serial port appears to speak 56K @ 3.3Volts.http://www.flickr.com/photos/40925843@N03/5287383838/

Good grief. The antennas are glued down. At least they used a standard coax connector, U.FL.

Also, the CPU has a heatsink! A heatsink for a microcontroller.

Here's what the serial port says on powerup:

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ASIC 3052_MP2 (Port5<->None)

Product Name: EAP9550

SDRAM CAS = 3(d1835272)

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Please choose the operation:

1: Load system code to SDRAM via TFTP.

You choosed trigger_button--->0x1