This may be a question more for a hackerspace community .. but it is linux based.
I am consulting for a small local Utah company who is entering the market with a platform of embedded hardware that essentially does edge *hardware*monitoring. It's utilizing modern wireless (900mhz and up) and current 3G and 4G networks to "phone home" about how certain aspects of how hardware is performing - e.g. uptime of security cameras, switches, routers yadda yadda .. Its pretty ingenious idea - but I digress. We're currently looking to perform some weatherproofing and was wondering if any embedded linux gurus out there had any tips regarding inexpensive heating/cooling? Many of these devices will be "living" outside and some in extreme (arctic) weather conditions, especially devices that are security related. I have heard methods ranging from immersing entire PCB's into vegetable oil to creating a "heat" process that waits for low system load to increase cpu usage thus inducing heat... Anybody out there find any success with keeping hardware warm and cozy? -- -- -- Matthew Frederico /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
