29 March 2005 - MICROCONTROLLERS (original) (raw)

10:30 pm - picotux

The picotux module: containing an ARM7 CPU, a network port and a serial port -- running Linux. Think of the projects you could suddenly net-enable with this: getting data from the network, doing heavy-duty processing on the 55MHz picotux module, and pushing commands out via the serial port to (a chain of) microcontrollers...

It's a bit pricey for the hobbyist (99 euros!), but I'd love to get my mitts on one to toy around with.

Current Mood: impressed