Re: [Pharo-project] [squeak-dev] Re: [ANN] Physical Etoys 2.0 released!

[Ben Coman]

Ricardo Moran wrote: On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Ben Coman <b...@openinworld.com> wrote: (...) Interfacing with Arduino is very cool. It is high on my list of things to play with (as time permits) Hi Ben, Now in case you ever need anything more industrial/powerful (but more costly) here are a couple of things I have been kept a wishful eye on for a couple of years (but I have not yet had time to play with). I share this on the random chance someone gets interested in it before I get a chance to play - hopefully early next year. Well, I don't think it's really fair to compare these computers with arduino :) but if you happen to play with one of those let us know your results. What I would like is to get my hands on a Raspberry Pi now. Cheers, Richo You are right - they have a different purpose - perhaps acting as a Smalltalk-based PLC [2] for implementing process control at industrial plants using IEC 61131-3 Function Blocks [1] - which would be AWESOME but at the moment just wishful thinking. [1] http://www.dmcinfo.com/Blog/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/117/IEC-61131-3-Function-Blocks--Unleash-the-Power.aspx [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_logic_controller http://www.embeddedarm.com/**products/board-detail.php?**product=TS-7350<http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/board-detail.php?product=TS-7350> 200MHz ARM9 CPU; 32MB SDRAM (64-128MB opt) 8MB RAM Framebuffer; able to drive TFT-LCDs via custom FPGA 5K LUT FPGA <---------------- Boots Linux 2.6 in about 1 second <---------------- 1 10/100 ethernet port, 2 USB 2.0 (12Mbit/s max), 1 SD Card slot $129 http://www.embeddedarm.com/**products/board-detail.php?**product=TS-7550<http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/board-detail.php?product=TS-7550> 250MHz ARM9 CPU; 64MB DDR-RAM; 256MB SLC XNAND Drive Customizable 5K LUT OpenCore FPGA <---------------- 1 10/100 Ethernet, 33 DIO, SPI and I2C interfaces, 8 TTL UART, 1 CAN bus $89 http://www.embeddedarm.com/**about/resource.php?item=628<http://www.embeddedarm.com/about/resource.php?item=628> http://www.embeddedarm.com/**documentation/articles/**reliability.pdf<http://www.embeddedarm.com/documentation/articles/reliability.pdf> http://www.embeddedarm.com/**products/pc104-peripherals.php<http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/pc104-peripherals.php> cheers -ben