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Does anyone on the list have a project, hobby or otherwise, where you used one of those SBCs? I'm interested in trying one of those out, but can't come up with any project right now that would justify the price "just for the hell of it". I'm more interested in the Windows Embedded side of it, but if you have a linux based project I'd like to hear about it too. Not having played with those yet, what would be a good very low power (power consumption) + powerful/fast CPU for one of these things? Thanks. -Mario ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

Hi, Good you asked. I am working towards a setup in which a PCM-5820 PC104 board, with a standard WindowsXP working on 256MB RAM, is the center of a home automation configuration (reading sensors, actuating servos here and there, etc). The interface is done with a DIO48 PC104 board on top of that, but you can get more or less the same results using USB expanders to communicate with I2C,etc. I use FSK 433MHZ manchester encoded radio links to communicate all the sensors with the PC104, and surprisingly the WinXP is very stable and works well for this setup. HTH 2007/11/29, spam_OUTpiclistTakeThisOuTmmendes.com <.....piclistKILLspam@spam@mmendes.com>: {Quote hidden}> > Does anyone on the list have a project, hobby or otherwise, where you used > one > of those SBCs? I'm interested in trying one of those out, but can't come > up > with any project right now that would justify the price "just for the hell > of > it". > > I'm more interested in the Windows Embedded side of it, but if you have a > linux > based project I'd like to hear about it too. > > Not having played with those yet, what would be a good very low power > (power > consumption) + powerful/fast CPU for one of these things? > > Thanks. > > > -Mario > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > > -

I've used them in projects for customers before. The major advantage is with small volume products, where the higher cost of the boards is outweighed by the easier development - it's a PC, you've got lots of tools available. My first PC/104 project was way back in the early 1990s, and ran DOS. My more recent ones have been real-time linux based. {Quote hidden}>Does anyone on the list have a project, hobby or otherwise, where you used one >of those SBCs? I'm interested in trying one of those out, but can't come up >with any project right now that would justify the price "just for the hell of >it". > >I'm more interested in the Windows Embedded side of it, but if you >have a linux >based project I'd like to hear about it too. > >Not having played with those yet, what would be a good very low power (power >consumption) + powerful/fast CPU for one of these things? > >Thanks. > > >-Mario > > -- --- Chris Smolinski Black Cat Systems http://www.blackcatsystems.com