GlobalScale DreamPlug

Product page

This is the default hardware platform of the FreedomBox project as of June 2012.
 * DreamPlug on the Debian Wiki
 * DreamPlug on the PlugWiki

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.


 * First look at the Globalscale Dreamplug on Ken's Digital Den (WP blog)
 * "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.