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List:       linux-rt
Subject:    Re: [rtl] Low-power small hardware-devices.
From:       yodaiken () fsmlabs ! com
Date:       2001-03-29 15:31:18
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We have good experience with the Elan. AMD has a reference board, not quite 104 form
factor.

On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 05:05:54PM +0200, Nicolai Hanssing wrote:
> Hi List
> 
> This is just an informal inquirery, as to your knowlegde of
> lowpower-small-footprint-devices capapel of running RT-Linux...
> 
> A friend and myself, have been kicking around some applications-ideas jeust
> for fun, and we recently started looking for a hardware-platform for them.
> If we want some communications-interface, and IP/TCP-stack I argued that
> RT-linux was ideal - none the less that it migth be owerkill for some of the
> applications :-).
> 
> So I started looking at PC104 and singlebooardscomputers, but didnt find any
> boards that are near the pricerange of a dumpster-PC [Firms throw them away
> you know].
> But they take up to much space, and use to much power.
> 
> The top chips are:
>     1.    ZFx86 [New chip - no commercial board found - www.zflinux.com]
>     2.    ELAN [Low power AMD]
>     3.    Crusoe [Transmeta]
>     4.    Old Mobile chips from Intel
> 
> The ZFx86 looks very promising - does anyone on the list have any experience
> with it?
>     Does it even run RT-Linux?
>     It has a clockchip built in - which as far as I understand is very
> important to the achievable RT-performance: "Software compatible with the
> DS1287 and MC146818"
>     Does that mean anything to you guys [in terms of RT-perfomance that is]?
> 
> 
> I must admit that I bought right into their marketing-buzz, but I havent
> found any hardware like it. What would you recommend in terms of:
>     0. price
>     1. space
>     2. power
>     3. performance
> 
> Should it even be a x86?
> 
> 
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