Re: [psas-avionics] Flight computers...

2009-12-07 Thread Josh Triplett
On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 10:34:37PM -0800, Doug Ausmus wrote: Actually there were a number of PPC pc/104, pci/104, pc/104+ devices (ca 2003, 2004), although a number of companies have dropped the PPC from their pc/104 form factor lines. I am sure there are still some being built out there- try

Re: [psas-avionics] Flight computers...

2009-12-07 Thread Andrew Greenberg
So, we did this back in 2005, and surprisingly, not a lot has changed in the PowerPC market: http://psas.pdx.edu/LvTwoFlightComputerSearch But since we're obligated to go PowerPC for the next few flights, and since we've found the best of the PowerPC boards from our point of view, and since

Re: [psas-avionics] Flight computers...

2009-12-06 Thread Andrew Greenberg
Wow, that *IS* a nice module. And yeah, we're kinda stuck with launching a PowerPC because of our Linux on POWER grant. But that's OK, what we have now will work well for quite a while, and then we can always swap out after we successfully launch the PPC. Andrew Jeremy Booth wrote: I figure we

Re: [psas-avionics] Flight computers...

2009-12-06 Thread I
Not bad, but the form factor is a bit funny. They don't even discuss the cost. I'll be flying this PC104+ / Atom version unless something better comes along when I'm ready to buy: http://www.wdlsystems.com/modperl/view_services.cgi?r=detailprod_num=1LA512Caisle_id=1198 There are industrial

Re: [psas-avionics] Flight computers...

2009-12-06 Thread Doug Ausmus
Actually there were a number of PPC pc/104, pci/104, pc/104+ devices (ca 2003, 2004), although a number of companies have dropped the PPC from their pc/104 form factor lines. I am sure there are still some being built out there- try www.mpl.ch , www.embeddedplanet.com , www.menmicro.com ,