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- wonkavsn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+44Awesome. I've been looking for a new rig to play Oblivion on
- fuzzmeister, on 10/12/2007, -0/+39I've always wanted a server I can accidentally put through the wash!
- chris4404, on 10/12/2007, -2/+41Great........what's it used for?
- Intrepion, on 10/12/2007, -2/+40programmable LED?
I can make it say dirty things in Morse code!
-.. .. .-. - -.-- - .... .. -. --. ...
sweeeeeet - pegme, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31-.. .. .-. - -.-- | -.. . . -.. ... | -.. --- -. . | -.. .. .-. - | -.-. .... . .- .--.
Amazingly, Digg found no misspellings. - kiensoy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+29It just needs a USB port.
- desistere, on 10/12/2007, -7/+32Full stats:
Technical Data picotux 100 module
Processor:
32-bit ARM 7 Netsilicon NS7520
Processor Clock:
55 MHz
Flash Memory:
2 MB
RAM:
8 MB SDRAM
Ethernet:
10/100 Mbit, HD and FD, auto sensing
Serial (TTL):
Up to 230.400 bps
General Input/Output Pins(TTL)
5, can be used as Handshake
LED for Ethernet
2; green (programmable) and yellow (Carrier)
Supply Voltage:
3,3 Volt +- 5%
Supply Current:
250 mA
Operating System:
uClinux 2.4.27 Big Endian (native)
Shell:
Busybox 1.0 and others
File Systems:
CRAMFS, JFFS2, NFS
Applications:
Webserver, Telnet
Size of the Linux Systems in Flash:
720 KB and more
Protected Bootloader for Update over Network:
64 KB Code
Development System:
GNU Tool chain
Compiler
GCC 3.4.4 for C/C++ and Fortran
Binutils
2.15
Library:
uClibc 0.9.26
Dimensions:
Height:
19 mm
Width:
19 mm
Deep:
36 mm
Package:
Shielded by metal
Weight:
ca.18 g
Ambient Temperature:
-40°C to 85°C
This information from: http://www.picotux.com/techdatae.html - lordmetroid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24Power adapter/plug is bigger than the computer itself!
- dgblackout, on 10/12/2007, -6/+29i do, obviously you fail at these internet tubes.
- detrate, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23More like a plastic butter knife
- Boghiu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21* Showing off.
* Wearing it on your keychain - sworoc, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21It runs linux, but is it Vista Ready?
- ornellasm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17I'm guessing it was a weak joke meant to make fun of its small size
- Hellmark, on 10/12/2007, -9/+24Not new, I've seen the picotuxes for years.
- Pataflafla, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16help me, I seem to have missed something. why does such a Useless Item Cost 100-240Euros?
- Ngai, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Mirror to Picture:
http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/2562/9775e1ebe6c318bb24f2feckj0.jpg
Specs:
http://www.picotux.com/techdatae.html - wounded625, on 10/12/2007, -6/+19Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these?
- FizixMan, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16Think he's compensating for something? ;)
...oh wait - SirNoobius, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14lubricant
- aforsberg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13how am i supposed to look at porn on THAT???
- zweben, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12@ pegme:
You have... interesting... morse code messages. - DeusNova, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13Does this have any practical purpose?
- ManOfCube, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10last I checked he was still alive, did you murder him?
- lowerlogic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Reminds me of this bash.org quote:
erno: "hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is."
http://www.bash.org/?5273 - ramunas, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Now all you need is 2 line black and while LED display, and 2 button keyboard. :D
- bmwboy2844, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Even better:
... - --- .--. ..-. ..- -.-. -.- .. -. --. - -.-- .--. .. -. --. .. -. -- --- .-. ... . -.-. --- -.. . .-.-.- -.- - .... -..- -... .- .. .-.-.- - musicphreke, on 10/12/2007, -8/+16wow, apparently nobody on Digg likes firewire then.
- Tochi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8For the lazy:
http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html - marcan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Just because it's small doesn't mean it's cheap. Do you really think a full blown CPU + RAM + Flash + Ethernet PHY can be made for $10? This is basically a smaller size version of the same type of hardware you will find in many home routers. It'd be nice if it sold for $40, but there's no way in hell it's ever going to be $10.
- ummmmm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8http://duggmirror.com/linux_unix/The_smallest_Linux_running_machine_w_PIC/
- Renton, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7...
- lippyjka, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8...- .- --. .. -. .- .-.. / -.. .. ... -.-. .... .- .-. --. .
- musicphreke, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8very slowly. plus it'd be midget pr0n.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10It didnt dominate his face. :(
- jcapogna, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10And this is used for?
- starguy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9These things would be only fun if you could pick them up for $10 or less. Otherwise, they are royally overpriced for what they are.
- Jo9100, on 10/12/2007, -7/+13it will, believe me
- condormcs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5the true definition of pocket PC? or crazy purple knockout gas!!!!!
- andrewsb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I guess it would be good if you wanted a "back door" in somebodies server room... but I agree with the $10 price.
- schestowitz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7To those already getting database errors (Digg effect): http://duggmirror.com/linux_unix/The_smallest_Linux_running_machine_w_PIC/
- drbroccoli, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Dirty deeds done dirt cheap?
- ViperDaimao, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9Yes, but does it run lin...BSD?
- arbulus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5sadly, it seems like firewire is being put to death. i think it's an incredible technology that is right on par, if not occasionally faster than USB 2.0, but apparently no one else thinks so. Even Apple who invented the damn things are slacking off on their use of them. I hate that I can't plug my 5G iPod into my comp with firewire. But that's the state of it, and sadly i don't think many people will support it much anymore. Not that many companies have to begin with though.
- chingy1788, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I'm guessing the purpose of such small devices is for robotics or something
- bloobloo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Off the top of my head, industrial instrumentation. On a chemical plant you often have to make calculations in the control system based on several measurements to work out a value you can't measure directly. By pushing this off the main computer onto local field devices you free up space for other controllers, reduce network bandwidth, and generally improve performance, as you only need to report the calculated value.
- treelovinhippie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I've been seeing pics of this for the past year or more... but am yet to see any video demonstrating the software and how it actually runs (if at all).
- nadadingsda, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Can it run Beryl?
- rajulkabir, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Not useless at all. Great for remote monitoring, for connecting old or simple devices to the internet (X10 anyone?), for nefarious spying operations, and a million other things I'm not thinking up right off the top of my head.
- ldog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4One thing I can think of is to network enable something that is typically just controlled via serial port.
Here's an example, take a look at the color LED signs at http://www.betabrite.com/
It would be cool to have this thing used to create a web or SOAP based interface to control the text and images that get displayed on the sign. The little computer can practically be taped to the back of the sign and not be in the way. You could probably even embed it in the sign's housing. Maybe even do power-over-ethernet to power up the whole setup.
I was actually thinking about using a gumstix ( http://gumstix.com ) computer do something like this, but like the picotux, it's still just a little too expensive to be practical. - Hellmark, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yeah, they are really sweet little devices. I'd personally love to have some. Just not a new product, and not the first time on Digg.
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