[SGVLUG] Idea for New PC

[Charles Wyble]

Check out buglabs, alix, soekris.

http://www.buglabs.net/
http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm
http://www.soekris.com/

You have some very interesting requirements, and the target 
markets/applications are fairly broad. I would love to see a 
presentation to SCLUG about your project. :)

 


 




Arthur Baldwin wrote:
> This is not spam and there is a very good reason for calling it a 
> "brick".  I have attended the SGVLUG meetings, although not very 
> regularly, it's a long drive from Rancho Cucamonga.  Here is the 
> "pasted version" that some of you prefer:
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> *JCBrick*
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> ·        Core 2 Duo Processor with at least 800 MHz FSB (Ultra low 
> power laptop type CPU soldered on board with fan-less heatsink)
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> ·        Must have 2 or more Gigabyte LAN ports
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>  
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> ·        Must have optional power supply designs for either car 
> operation or home operation.
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> ·        All chips must be reliably soldered onto motherboard – no 
> sockets.
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> ·        Must have two high speed solid state “disk drives” using 
> “thumb drive chips” (one 16 GB and one 8 GB minimum) soldered onto 
> motherboard with no USB conversion stages to slow down data transfer.  
> (drive letters C and D).
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>  
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> ·        Must be able to boot from any USB 2.0 port (need at least 4 
> ports), a PXE device (LAN), or either of the two solid state drives 
> onboard.
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> ·        Must have 4 GB high speed RAM in two standard slots.
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> ·        Must NOT have any Keyboard, Mouse, standard serial, parallel, 
> FDD, SATA, or IDE interfaces
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> ·        Needs to have MIDI – IN and MIDI – OUT ports
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>  
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> ·        Must have high quality onboard Audio and Video (with hardware 
> 3D Acceleration - prefer ATI)
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>  
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> ·        Must have built in IR transceiver device that is exposed on 
> front panel
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>  
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> ·        Unit must be as small as possible
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> ·        Unit should not have any expansion slots of any kind
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> Applications include:
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> ·        Media Center Controller for multiple component Home 
> Entertainment Centers
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> ·        Home Control Systems
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> ·        Recording Studio Control Systems
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> ·        Automotive Media Centers
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> ·        Vehicle Control Systems
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> ·        Family Internet Sharing Control/Filtering/Monitoring Systems
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> Target Wholesale Cost
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> Less than $300 each in quantities over 1000 with 4 GB RAM included and 
> with metal box enclosure (fanless heatsink).
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-- 
Charles Wyble (818) 280 - 7059
http://charlesnw.blogspot.com
CTO Known Element Enterprises / SoCal WiFI project