[SGVLUG] Idea for New PC

[Arthur Baldwin]

Thanks Charles for the links you sent me, but the processors are too slow for each of these products.  The idea of having two "thumb drives" on board is based on the idea that "thumb drive" chips can indeed wear out after many writes, and so one chip should be used mostly as a "read only" device.  
 
The bluetooth suggestion would probably be useful for applications where these JCBrick building blocks would be used for multiple MIDI controlled instruments.  However, it would probably also be a good idea to make more compact units to act as "slaves" in that situation.
 
As far as the price is concerned, $400 would be the absolute maximum wholesale cost.  I think this is quite possible for a Taiwanese mfg.
 
Arthur



----- Original Message ----
From: Charles Wyble <charles at thewybles.com>
To: SGVLUG Discussion List. <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 2:07:55 PM
Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Idea for New PC


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:
>  
>
> *JCBrick*
>
>  
>
> ·        Core 2 Duo Processor with at least 800 MHz FSB (Ultra low 
> power laptop type CPU soldered on board with fan-less heatsink)
>
>  
>
> ·        Must have 2 or more Gigabyte LAN ports
>
>  
>
> ·        Must have optional power supply designs for either car 
> operation or home operation.
>
>  
>
> ·        All chips must be reliably soldered onto motherboard – no 
> sockets.
>
>  
>
> ·        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).
>
>  
>
> ·        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.
>
>  
>
> ·        Must have 4 GB high speed RAM in two standard slots.
>
>  
>
> ·        Must NOT have any Keyboard, Mouse, standard serial, parallel, 
> FDD, SATA, or IDE interfaces
>
>  
>
> ·        Needs to have MIDI – IN and MIDI – OUT ports
>
>  
>
> ·        Must have high quality onboard Audio and Video (with hardware 
> 3D Acceleration - prefer ATI)
>
>  
>
> ·        Must have built in IR transceiver device that is exposed on 
> front panel
>
>  
>
> ·        Unit must be as small as possible
>
>  
>
> ·        Unit should not have any expansion slots of any kind
>
>  
>
>  
>
>
> Applications include:
>
>  
>
> ·        Media Center Controller for multiple component Home 
> Entertainment Centers
>
> ·        Home Control Systems
>
> ·        Recording Studio Control Systems
>
> ·        Automotive Media Centers
>
> ·        Vehicle Control Systems
>
> ·        Family Internet Sharing Control/Filtering/Monitoring Systems
>
>  
>
> Target Wholesale Cost
>
>  
>
> Less than $300 each in quantities over 1000 with 4 GB RAM included and 
> with metal box enclosure (fanless heatsink).
>
>


-- 
Charles Wyble (818) 280 - 7059
http://charlesnw.blogspot.com
CTO Known Element Enterprises / SoCal WiFI project


      
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