Hey Bob,
Thanks for pointing out those other options. Some of them do seem to offer a
lot more in the way of power/connectivity. The primary reason why I'm
looking at these is to give my employer some options for embedded systems.
Currently they are only looking at VxWorks which is quite expensive. Plus
I'd also like to use linux at work!
Our current hardware connects to a PCI card or USB device, although the USB
device does not have all the functionality of the PCI card. I guess that
CM-X270 variants would probably suit us best. The main thing is that the CPU
must be fanless and there needs to be some storage onboard for logs and a
small DB (512MB would be plenty).
On the home front I though that the linuxstamp machine would be easy to play
with as power requirements are low and a serial port is not required (I only
have a laptop). The other thing is that it is very cheap!
I'll have to look a bit more thoroughly before I lay down some dosh.
Cheers,
Stuart.
2008/8/9 Bob Dunlop <bob.dunlop@???>
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Aug 08 at 02:22, Stuart Matheson wrote:
> ...
> > I just saw this development board (
> http://www.opencircuits.com/Linuxstamp) and
> > was thinking I'd like to get one. Is anyone else placing an order? If not
> I
> > suppose I could investigate getting a few.
> ...
> Hi,
>
> [1] On Fri, Aug 08 at 02:22, Stuart Matheson wrote:
> ...
> > I just saw this development board (
> http://www.opencircuits.com/Linuxstamp) and
> > was thinking I'd like to get one. Is anyone else placing an order? If not
> I
> > suppose I could investigate getting a few.
> ...
>
> Interesting board/project, thanks for pointing it out. I have a few
> questions/
> observations but probably should declare an interest first. I $work with
> two
> similar ARM based boards. The Balloon board[1] (we are the g in 2.05g) and
> Compulabs CM-X270[2], neither are suitable for home projects in my opinion
> due the the high density connectors requiring a host/motherboard to be
> constructed.
>
> Looking at the Linuxstamp board it's a compact minimalist design but to my
> eye
> it has a couple of quirks. Why put the serial console through a convertor
> to
> USB, better to go direct to a serial port. If you host PC doesn't have a
> serial port then you and always use a USB conversion cable but you don't
> loose
> the option of the board controlling other serial devices. Secondly I find
> the
> lack of a realtime clock a little limiting, I like to know the time even
> when
> detached from the network.
>
> So I guess my real question is: what are your plans for the board that
> makes
> this particular one better than the others ?
>
> In my own background search for a board suitable for a home project two
> that
> have stood out are the Acme FOX Linux Boards[3] and the Olimex[4] CS-E9302
> development board.
>
> The Acme looks suitable for home experiment with connectors on an easy 0.1
> inch pitch. I'd have to add the ZigBee/RS485 add-on board or a bit of home
> wiring to get my RTC.
>
> The Olimex board also lacks the RTC but has two already buffered serial
> ports
> in addition to two USB, Ethernet and SD/MMC slot.
>
>
> [1] http://balloonboard.org/
> [2] http://www.compulab.co.il/x270cm/html/x270-cm-datasheet.htm
> [3] http://www.skpang.co.uk/catalog/index.php?cPath=83
> [4] http://www.olimex.com/dev/index.html
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