Would be nice to keep this thread alive and hear any results. Some of my students are interested in the latest ideas for cheap embedded linux OS capable of running pd, supercollider or chuck for guitar pedals etc. Puredyne from a card or USB wuld be a great base.
On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 16:39:41 +0100 Karsten Gebbert <[email protected]> wrote: > nescivi said : > > On Wednesday 03 February 2010 04:39:22 Karsten Gebbert wrote: > > > Josh Lawrence said : > > > > hi everyone! > > > > > > > > just curious if there is anyone on the list knowledgeable about > > > > embedded platforms. I've been eyeballing this unit: > > > > > > > > http://beagleboard.org/ > > > > > > it seems like a really nice board indeed, and I read on the > > > SuperCollider list that it might become possible to compile scsynth > > > for this platform, which would make it ideal for hw synth > > > prototyping. > > > > > > > what a neat (and cheap) little board! I'm curious if puredyne can run > > > > on this board...from what little I know, the kernel is what matters > > > > here, specifically having one ported to the arm platform. also, would > > > > the cpu power be sufficient enough to do anything music-related, i.e. > > > > synthesis? > > > > > > not sure about how much this device would be able to do, but I'm 100% > > > sure that you'd have to find another distro similar to puredyne > > > compiled for arm chips as we can only support x86/x86_64 platforms at > > > present. > > > > > > > I think Debian runs on it... > > > > I've been eyeing this board also for a while now... > > ... especially to run supercollider on it... > > > > i didn't see any more replies to the thread on sc list about arm but > does it actually work already? > > cheers, > > karsten > > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Sent from my 3 (http://three.co.uk) mobile broadband Third world internet for a first world economy. * 20 bytes/second * 99% packet loss * 60 second latency All for only £20/month (Odious and predatory terms apply) --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
