Re: Anyone here made a "TV computer"?

2011-11-04 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 12:12 AM, David Given wrote: > On 04/11/11 17:50, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 1:32 PM, David Given wrote: > [...] >>> Well, I know why *I* would get one: it's cheap. >> >>  would you be interested in anything that has a higher bang-per-buck

Re: Anyone here made a "TV computer"?

2011-11-04 Thread David Given
On 04/11/11 17:50, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 1:32 PM, David Given wrote: [...] >> Well, I know why *I* would get one: it's cheap. > > would you be interested in anything that has a higher bang-per-buck > ratio? or just cheaper? (or both) Absolutely! Note tha

Re: Most compatible linux board

2011-11-04 Thread Francois Goudal
Le 04/11/11 21:08, Willian Paixão a écrit : Hi, I'm doing a little helicopter. It's a toy/hobby more or less. With 5 pounds and many features. So, I wanto put a whole embedded system to control it, since wifi connectivity until on-the-fly stablilization. I need some strong processor/board to c

Re: Most compatible linux board

2011-11-04 Thread Philippe Clérié
You might want to take a look at http://diydrones.com/. -- Philippe -- The trouble with common sense is that it is so uncommon. On Friday 04 November 2011 15:08:02 Willian Paixão wrote: > Hi, > I'm doing a little helicopter. It's a toy/hobby more or less. > With 5 pounds and many feature

Re: Most compatible linux board

2011-11-04 Thread Willian Paixão
Man, I like this board! I think 72MHz is fast enough for running this project. And I don't want to make a one-man heli, is kind of danger ;) My main concern is power consumption, because batteries weigh too much. 2011/11/4 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton > 2011/11/4 Willian Paixão : > > Hi, > > I

Re: Most compatible linux board

2011-11-04 Thread Willian Paixão
Ow, thanks Xavier, I work with FPGA and I haven't seen this project yet! Actually, I haven't think about put a FPGA! I don't know how I miss this. My first idea is put some ARM processor with 32 bits and maybe run Debian, but your idea is more harder and fun! Thanks a lot! 2011/11/4 xavier grav

Re: Most compatible linux board

2011-11-04 Thread xavier grave
Hi, May be a look at the armedeus [1] project can be of some help ? For not too much money you get CPU + FPGA. xavier [1] http://www.armadeus.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Le 04/11/2011 21:08, Willian Paixão a écrit : Hi, I'm doing a little helicopter. It's a toy/hobby more or less. With 5

Re: Most compatible linux board

2011-11-04 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
2011/11/4 Willian Paixão : > Hi, > I'm doing a little helicopter. It's a toy/hobby more or less. > With 5 pounds and many features. > > So, I wanto put a whole embedded system to control it, since wifi > connectivity until on-the-fly stablilization. if nothing else presents itself, i'd recommend

Most compatible linux board

2011-11-04 Thread Willian Paixão
Hi, I'm doing a little helicopter. It's a toy/hobby more or less. With 5 pounds and many features. So, I wanto put a whole embedded system to control it, since wifi connectivity until on-the-fly stablilization. I need some strong processor/board to control all of it. My question is: which is the m

Re: Anyone here made a "TV computer"?

2011-11-04 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 1:32 PM, David Given wrote: > Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > [...] >>  and, why would _any_ free software developer buy one of these >> raspberry pi devices? > > Well, I know why *I* would get one: it's cheap. would you be interested in anything that has a higher ba

Re: Anyone here made a "TV computer"?

2011-11-04 Thread David Given
Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: [...] > and, why would _any_ free software developer buy one of these > raspberry pi devices? Well, I know why *I* would get one: it's cheap. Vastly cheaper than the alternatives, and for a lot of people, cheapness beats Freeness. If the blobs are available to