After the meeting a few of us chatted about embeded hardware projects. The Balloon Board, based on the Strongarm CPU, has all open specs. Unfortunately it looks like a sample board is about $700. http://balloonboard.org/ An example product built using the board: http://www.toby-churchill.com/english/product_info/index.html --Andre ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on www.Answers.yahoo.com
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After the meeting a few of us chatted about embeded hardware projects. The Balloon Board, based on the Strongarm CPU, has all open specs. Unfortunately it looks like a sample board is about $700. http://balloonboard.org/
An example product built using the board: http://www.toby-churchill.com/english/product_info/index.html
--Andre
Other possibilities for Linux friendly embedded projects: I made a firewall with Linux software with the Routerboard: http://www.routerboard.com The USB development board looks interesting, but I haven't actually tried it: http://www.delcom-eng.com/ These look rather neat, but seem to be a little expensive IMHO, but not unreachable: http://www.gumstix.com The embedded development kits look interesting as well, but the prices are exceedingly high. Two examples: http://www.arcom.com/devkit-linux-apollo.htm http://www.arcom.com/devkit-linux-pxa270-zeus.htm I don't think this vendor offers Linux support, but Linux does work with these products: http://www.hobbyengineering.com/SectionBS.html Well, that's it for now. Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFgehXHl0iXDssISsRAtWBAJ9jm5HEBvR+KspVYz+pZy5J9H4xTACeM3US LBI/kttIlfTvMK2O4Hd0XrM= =lcEv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Andy Stewart wrote:
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Andre Lehovich wrote:
After the meeting a few of us chatted about embeded hardware projects. The Balloon Board, based on the Strongarm CPU, has all open specs. Unfortunately it looks like a sample board is about $700. http://balloonboard.org/
An example product built using the board: http://www.toby-churchill.com/english/product_info/index.html
--Andre
Other possibilities for Linux friendly embedded projects:
I made a firewall with Linux software with the Routerboard: http://www.routerboard.com
The USB development board looks interesting, but I haven't actually tried it: http://www.delcom-eng.com/
These look rather neat, but seem to be a little expensive IMHO, but not unreachable: http://www.gumstix.com
The embedded development kits look interesting as well, but the prices are exceedingly high. Two examples: http://www.arcom.com/devkit-linux-apollo.htm http://www.arcom.com/devkit-linux-pxa270-zeus.htm
I don't think this vendor offers Linux support, but Linux does work with these products: http://www.hobbyengineering.com/SectionBS.html
Here's a few more... 1) pickit1/pickit2, very reasonably priced, http://www.microchipdirect.com/ProductDetails.aspx?Catalog=BuyMicrochip&Category=Getting%20Started%20Programmers&mid=13 2) NSLU2, $99 at many retailers, and I've seen quite a few on eBay. XScale (ARM), USB 2.0, Ethernet, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2 One of my "someday" projects is to make my own computer-controlled alt-azimuth mount for amateur telescopes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altazimuth_mount Or even just a replacement controller for the existing motorized mount. -Jamie
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