Chumby Hacker Board

[Luke Weston]

The Chumby Hacker Board is an embedded single-board Linux-based
computer, designed for hacking.

It's substantially more powerful than an Arduino... it's in the range
of something more like a competitor to the BeagleBoard. It's
substantially cheaper than the BeagleBoard, though.

http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=46&products_id=278

Anyway... I thought some of you might find this interesting :)

[Richard Andrews]

That's a pretty awesome little board. ARM926EJ is a very versatile SoC
core which I've seen used successfully in several products.
I'm thinking of using a similar spec machine for the next gen Beagle
pedal (whenever that is). Maybe not the Chumby due to analog audio
complications.

It looks like a nice intermediate point between AVR and higher-end ARM
boards like the Beagle.

[samotage]

Hey Luke,

This is an interesting thing. At first glance it doesn't appear
intertubes connectable? Am I missing something?

Sam.

[Richard Andrews]

USB ethernet adapter?

If any of those USB ports can be OTG or gadget, then CDC ethernet over
USB cable should also work (to a dev PC).

[Clae]

I think the USB ports are OTG or Host, so you might be able to use a
USB audio I/O.

I notice Sparkfun has Chumby parts for sale from time to time, so if
you need parts beyond the bare board (LCD for example) that might be
worth a look.

[Luke Weston]

@Sam:

Yeah, as others have said, there is no ethernet or anything on-board,
which is a bit of a shame.
You would need to have some form of other hardware to plug into USB to
connect to your desired tubes, eg. wired ethernet, wireless or 3G.

[samotage]

It's an interesting option for 3G tubing connection, I wonder if the
huweai modules from OpenWRT would work there?

I do think they have sold it short by not having even a wired ethernet
option...

Sam.

[Clae]

There's a USB Wifi adapter from the chumby at sparkfun for $10