[luau] Linux Thin Clients

Brian Chee chee at hawaii.edu
Thu May 29 08:56:01 PDT 2003


In that case....think hard about the mini box M-100 as your "server" since
it can also be bought with a 2.5" notebook hard disk....this should survive
the bumps of a vehicle. Then take a look at the medallion (www.techsol.ca)
as a small workstation...the dev kit should do you just fine. Or just get
your hands on some ipaqs (3500, 3600, 3700, or 3800 series) and change them
over to the familier distro of linux.....should be cheaper than most other
embedded solutions....

However, none of this comes cheap....durable, shock proof embedded systems
are never cheap....prices don't start going down until you get the numbers
up for a production run. One of a kind systems start adding up VERY quickly.

/brian chee

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Casey Roberts" <utexan01 at yahoo.com>
To: <luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: [luau] Linux Thin Clients


> > Just to clarify, "thin client" refers to a "dumb
> > terminal", or machine where you control software
> > locally, but it is actually running across the
> > network on a powerful server.  I believe you are
> > thinking about a minimized computer for a car.
>
> The archetecture that I'm looking at is a server with
> 4 thin clients; one for the driver (to allow the
> playing of media and running of navigation software)
> and the other three to allow the other passengers in
> the car to choose their own media (radio, CD, MP3's).
>
> > You will find many webpages about homebrew car media
> > players, but the largest hurdle you will hit is
> > keeping hard drives from crashing with the constant
> > vibration of a moving car.  You may need to consider
> > more expensive flash storage to hold your media.
> > Avoid as many moving parts as possible and it
> > probably wont break easily.
>
> I have researched projects such as DashPC, but they
> only allow for one position (One position=one
> computer).  Seeing as this would be a concept for a
> project car (looking to place system in an older car
> like a '64 Lincoln Continental), I'm looking to expand
> my options to allow people to serve their own media.
> I know about trying to limit moving parts, and I have
> also looked at ways of shock mounting harddisks.
> Honestly, it's just a project on paper now, and I'm
> looking at a project like this to see if it can be
> done, and done well.  Kinda like mountain climbing:
> only good reason to do it is to prove it can be done.
> ;)
>
> Casey
>
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