On 17 Aug, 07:42, Paul Tanner <p...@virtual-techno.com> wrote:
> Al wrote:
> >Do you have any particular examples that you are
> >thinking of that we can investigate solutions for? I prefer concrete
> >ideas for testing designs etc.. that way we can see if the solutions
> >can fit real world projects. Displays are another area here
> >particulalry low costs ones for things like PID controllers i.e. just
> >7 seg led/lcd etc..
> Good suggestion. Before the next meetup I will try to have outline
> specs of the project(s).
> (My own thought on displays is to get the data on the network and
> view with a browser.)
In many cases yes I agree the network wins, but some cases/
applications require standalone displays and or combinations of
network and standalone.
> >Ok for an Intel compatible that runs linux with access to standard
> >drivers for things like audio I would go for an ITX board like this
> >one :
http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12195Linitx also do
> >ITX cases, you will also likely need one of these :
> >
http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12064and memory etc.. The
> >result is a low noise, low power very compact pc that runs of 12vdc.
> >Installing Ubuntu or even more specialised linux will give you access
> >to all the programming languages & tools and driver that you will
> >need. There are even fanless ITX motherboards from this site if you
> >need them.
> This source looks good. For the media centre software I would look at
> these OSS options:http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/using-your-linux-computer-as-a-media-cen...
> Arguably this is then no longer a hardware project.
Yup thats kinda what I meant for specialist distributions.
You could go lower with something like a beagleboard, really depends
on your usage requirements.
> However, it could be that this one box will take on other tasks too.
> The eventual config is more likely to be 2 boxes linked together in
> an appropriate way, one associated with media/ audiovisual and the
> other looking after the wider issues of home monitoring and control.
The initial bus design is focused on the device/embeddded computing
with either network or I2c/Can or similar connections to PC/Server
class systems.
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