From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 12:55:49 -0600 Subject: Re: IBM PowerPC - Linux Connections? From: Mark Morrill To: LinuxPPC Embedded List Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: on 5/31/00 02:21, Geir Frode Raanes at geirfrs@invalid.ed.ntnu.no wrote: > There are many defenitions of "embedded." One of my favorites is > the negation form "not a workstation." You do not speak of an > embedded system. Most embedded systems do not have expansion > slots even if they do use the PCI bus. Some systems, like those > targeted for telecom do have slots, but these slots are of > industrial quality like VME or CompactPCI. > > When we say embedded we mean the kind of things that control your > toaster - and thus can fit into a toaster. We are not speaking of > full desktop systems squeezed into a mini-ATX box. Please adjust > your consept of scale. Harddrives have movable parts inside and > are as such not popular in the embedded world. I know I'm not really looking for an embedded system. I suppose I really should be looking in the Intel world - there it seems so easy to build a box. However, I'm also looking for something that won't double as a toaster by virtue of the heat the chip puts out. Ultimately, I want my system to run in a smallish box, say, 3" x 12" x 10". And I don't want a big noisy fan. I brought my questions to the embedded list in the hope that I could get leads to a kit that would allow me to prototype a system with off the shelf components. I've got a bit of the software research already happening on a Lombard running LinuxPPC. But I don't think I could take the PowerBook to a manufacturer and say, "Make one of these, please"! :) > As to your idea of what it takes to to ready a system for > production... Could we take that in private mail exchange? That would be great! I've got lots of software experience but mostly on the Mac. So you can imagine how hardware illiterate I am! :) Mark ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/