-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > > VVVVV Important part > > So, to conclude my long rant, you should look at this as a rather > expensive textbook (full of problems, examples, and interesting > factoids,) instead of as a new toy that you are going to use in some > functional fashion (e.g. OpenWRT, MVP, NSLU2.)
I am looking at this as an expensive textbook. My brain just looks for ways to put it in the field. Whenever I get a new hammer I look for things to hit :) > > That said, this is a really good "textbook." It is easy to use, > relatively cheap, generic, and runs Linux! (or BSD.) I am looking forward to it. > ^^^^^ Important part > > Some suggestions of "fun" things to do with this board: > - write a kernel module, maybe using the ADCs and a thermistor, to > measure temperature. Then write a script to use this module to do > something more interesting (graph/log/whatever) > - write a module for your favorite scripting language to access some > of the onboard hardware > - maybe find a small control task for the device to do: read some > inputs, trigger some outputs. Again, not a good thing to do after you > already have decided on the hardware, but it's not impossible... just > not always fun. Something like this could probably be done: > http://www.lemis.com/grog/brewing/temperature-control.html > - make a PID-looped coffe maker? > - wait for the microcontroller workshop, and interface with a > microcontroller. This is where the fun really begins, communicating > with very simple devices that have massive I/O potential. Think: > gigantic LED matrix display. Actually, this is one of the ideas I was looking in to. Big matrix displays. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG/D0uwRXgH3rKGfMRAo/2AKCmZsi1WK1n07H4kUt0cy97k40xOACfeG/3 C3+z5Dd0gWQeBTFOxNXBJZc= =MwQP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
