On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Marcel Kilgus <ql-us...@mail.kilgus.net>wrote:
> Dave Park wrote: > > The catch is that the QL is much lower powered in terms of heat and > current > > demands, and these PC-type boards do not fit that power envelope - > therefore > > they can't be used embedded very easily. > > This board uses less than 20 Watts when idle (still less than 40 Watts > in worst case). How much was the QL? An unexpanded QL draws around 7-8 watts. A new FPGA-based machine would draw in the area of 200-300mW. If that... > > For the majority of users, this isn't an issue. However, if we're going > to > > do one last QL design before there simply isn't enough interest to make > any, > > it should be something that can be used in as many situations as possible > > and have embedded, automotive, robotics, remote monitoring etc. uses. > > Sounds good, of course. > > Marcel > Personally, I would take the beagleboard schematics, and design a QL-fit board with native keyboard/LED support, and a SDHC carrier PCB to put those in the mdv_ bays, all very neat. It could run off AA rechargeable batteries all day long, and just use a 5v adaptor to keep the batteries charged. It could be used in laptop cases or even within tablet cases - but then so could an FPGA QL... Dave _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
