Is it that you prefer an external power supply instead of a bulky, heavy ATX style supply? At least one supplier is doing that:
http://www.mini-itx.com/store/default.asp?c=9#p67 If your application can provide the necessary power, it might be possible to get the DC-DC converter board ala carte. As for small formfactors, there is a upcoming case that looks promising, also at mini-itx.com: http://www.mini-itx.com/#story0116 Pretty darn small. Embedded motherboards definitely come in the size you want, but are going to cost significatly more. Most of the true embedded stuff runs on 5v only, making them easier to power. But you probably already know that. jonathan On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Terry Ewing wrote: > Yeah, that's probably the better solution. Now that I look at this I think > that it may not serve my needs. It requires an ATX power supply. I was > hoping for a DC input. Also, I'm not so sure I can get a right angle PCI > adapter and have a small enough form factor. I'm looking for a linux box I > can put in a pretty small package that contains wireless and a hard drive. > (>80g so 2.5" may not be possible). I want the ability to carry it in my > bag back and forth to work/home. > > Consider it a wireless version of a firewire drive. > > I'm hoping to find a mini-mini motherboard not much bigger than a hard > drive. Sonething with IDE and either wireless or PCMCIA to support a > wireless card. If I could place it all in a case only an inch and a half > larger than a hard drive I'd be happy as a clam. > > Unfortunametly I searched embedded linux devices and couldn't find anything. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Terry Ewing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 11:28 PM > Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Pebble Linux Distro release > > > > Get a mini-itx and use a pci card instead of pcmcia. > > > > --Terry > > > > --On Monday, December 16, 2002 1:52 PM -0500 Terry Ewing > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Very cool, Thanks! > > > > > > I'm interested in playing with a soekris board but I'd want something > with > > > A) small footprint > > > B) PCMCIA slot for wireless card > > > C) Ide interface > > > D) Ability to use Linux > > > > > > It'd be nice if I could find something like this cheap. The Soerkis > > > boards don't have IDE so I'd have to get the dual PCMCIA board to use > > > wireless + IDE unless there's a compact flash -> IDE connector I don't > > > know about. Any of the newer PC-104 boards should work. It'd also be > > > nice if the board came with a serial port, ethernet, and POE but that's > > > just gravy. > > > > > > Anyone know of such a beast? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Terry Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Jon Baer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 9:31 PM > > > Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Pebble Linux Distro release > > > > > > > > >> On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 04:28:21PM -0500, Jon Baer wrote: > > >> > The other question I had was what PCI card for 802 u were using (on > the > > >> > 501?) > > >> > > >> I'm using the Dlink 802.11 pci card on the soekris net4501. Make sure > > >> not to get the 22mbps one, as you need a prism2 card, not a TI chipset. > > >> The linksys card works as well as the sparklan. > > >> > > >> --Terry > > >> -- > > >> NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > > >> Un/Subscribe: > http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > > >> Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > >> > > > > > > -- > > > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > > > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > > > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
