> ps whats this about Coke machines being operated off the net ??
At my company, emWare, we take a slightly different approach to the Coke
Machine and other embedded systems. Our software uses a gateway piece
(which I am currently porting to plain Linux) to handle TCP/IP,
security, LDAP, etc... and a much smaller, more compact protocol on the
embedded side. We figure that there are tens of millions of 8 and 16
bit machines already embedded in devices, and we can "fit" in with the
existing code on those devices (as small as 2k of code). This also
allows millions of devices to be connected to the internet without
having millions of IPs.
ELKS is a potential target for our gateway piece, but a ways off. It is
multithreaded and ideally has dynamic loading and some other "big"
features. If my boss gives me time, I will start working on it!
This type of system has a lot of potential... Imagine your sprinkler
controller getting the weather report...
-Tim Bowman
