Looking at the specialized hardware inside a Skypilot at PLUG Afters on Thursday, and the complexities associated with getting a Linux distro on the single board computer in there, does it make any sense at all to try to wedge an ALIX in a Skypilot instead? If an interface PC board is needed, Galen might be able to help.
I don't think that is a practical approach to convert all the skypilots, but might be a useful hack for one or two, especially if a demo unit could help sell somebody on providing the funds for a more practical software discovery and conversion project using the existing Skypilot hardware. Alternately, there appears to be more than one Skypilot hardware type, yes? If there are a few oddball units that are not worth the trouble to reverse engineer, the ALIX approach might be best applied to those. I still don't know what you can actually /do/ with the damned things that is worth the effort. The idea of broadcasting wifi in a tree-lined city is problematic. I've seen some good ideas here, but few compelling enough to justify the expense of an organization maintaining them. The Skypilots may be better for large indoor spaces. The redevelopment plans for the Memorial Coliseum might be worth exploring. If they kept the arena, can you imagine how you would sector out wifi to 9000 people with laptops? :-) A demo unit for the Coliseum redevelopment planners might help sell a larger project. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected] Voice (503)-520-1993 KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs
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