Apps and Hardware Configurations

[Paul Tanner]

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.)

>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=12195 Linitx also do
>ITX cases, you will also likely need one of these :
>http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12064 and 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-center-part-1/
Arguably this is then no longer a hardware project.

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.

Paul

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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.

> Paul
>
> Paul Tanner - Virtual Technologies -http://www.virtual-techno.com
> Tel: +44 1494 581979 Mob: +44 7973 223239 mailto:p...@virtual-techno.com