On 05/23/2012 09:59 AM, Dave wrote: > On 5/23/2012 8:39 AM, andy pugh wrote: > The Nook Color has really good build quality also since I believe > Barnes and Noble subsidized the unit since it was originally geared to > be a "reader" for their E books.
If I'm remembering correctly, B&N was selling the Nook Color at just a couple dollars less than what it cost's to make them. If that bothers anybody, buy a couple of "REAL" books, and a cup of their overpriced coffee, and you will be good. BTW, B&N replaced the Nook Color with the Nook Tablet. The Nook Tablet can run "Other OS's" via the SD slot, without interfering the Nooks OS. Which means you can have a dual use tablet. > I have often wondered if it can be used for other purposes also - like a > cheap MMI for machine control. Depending on how LinuxCNC can be set up, yes. I run a flight simulator program called Flightgear on my Laptop, and I use my android phone as the joystick. Specifically, all the tilt sensors, control various axis of the planes, as well as well as having sliders for speed, trim, ailerons, and brakes. I connects to my laptop via WiFi, and runs a telnet connection to Flightgear. -- -Mark Ne M'oubliez ---Family Motto Hope for the best, plan for the worst ---Personal Motto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
