Thank you all for your posts! I was looking for an excuse to proto my own
StrongARM board, but it looks as though I'll just buy a few
Netwinders. These computers will actually be encoding a video stream from
multiple cameras and sending it to a video server. They'll be located in
an industrial environment.
Does anyone know an approximate cost and a good distributor? I'll need to
get one or two at first and then scale up later.
At 10:04 AM 6/23/99 +0100, you wrote:
>On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Terry Ewing wrote:
> > to place at a customer site. Because of the requirements, Linux and an
> ARM
> > processor seem like they'd be perfect. Here is the situation:
> > -It needs to be fully enclosed. The environment may contain a heavy
> amount
>
>A NetWinder in a custom case? The standard units can run without a fan if
>you do without a hard disk, if you can remote boot them, otherwise you
>might be able to get away with just building a larger case for it (I have
>run a couple with no case or fan for a while, and they didn't get too
>hot).
>
> > -It needs to run some perl scripts and some custom C code. This is where
> > the bulk of the CPU time will go. I need a fairly powerful processor
> > (right now I use a pentium 133 and it's barely enough)
> > I've debated getting an evaluation board and trying to build my own
> machine
> > from the SA1100, but I thought I'd just throw this to the list and see if
> > anyone knows of a system that would do this.
>
>The SA1100 is slower than the SA110 (it has less cache), plus I believe
>the Brutus SA1100 evaluation board is more expensive than a full
>production NetWinder. Another possibility is a CATs board, which seem
>quite cheap for what they are- http://www.chaltech.com/
>
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