One of my ham friends has one of these at work (Washington State University EECS AI Lab). I asked his opinion...
Tom KD7LXL ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jim Kusznir <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:41 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: [Xastir] Small linux computers in a wall-wart sized package? To: Tom Hayward <[email protected]> I've been pretty happy with our sheeva plug. There are a few things to keep in mind: First, it is an ARM-based processor, so binaries have to be compiled appropriately. Second, 512MB of onboard flash isn't that much...They managed to ship with a version of ubuntu on them that fits, but depending on what you want to do, there's a decent chance you'll have to use either SD or USB stick. They have an LED that is controllable by software, which could be told to do interesting things. The default controls are for things like SD or flash access or heartbeat, but you could write your own daemon to reflect receiving an aprs packet, or turn it on when you have pending messages, etc. The onboard ethernet is Gigabit, and the USB is 2.0, so it is pretty nice. I'd recommend it, although it takes about 1-2 months to get it currently due to the backlog. URL: http://www.marvell.com/featured/plugcomputing.jsp --Jim Tom Hayward wrote: What's your opinion on the SheevaPlug? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dick Repasky <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [Xastir] Small linux computers in a wall-wart sized package? To: [email protected] As long as we are on the topic, it would be really nice to hear the experiences of people who bought them. Are they good? Are they worth it? 73, Dick, KC9JLU Tom Russo wrote: Sometime in the last year or so there was a thread on this mailing list about small Linux computers that were about the size of a wall-wart and which had an ethernet port on 'em. Â There were URLs in the emails that I remember following and thinking "Oh, I'd better bookmark those because I'm sure I'll have a use for such a thing sooner or later." I can now not find any such thing in my saved emails from the list. Â Nor can I find any sign of having bookmarked any web sites with spec sheets for these things. Can anyone remember this, and if so, did you save the email where you can find it? Â Curt? Â I think it might even have been you that posted it. _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
