I'd be interested in hearing if anyone's used Efika boards in this type of application. Granted, the apps need to have been ported to PPC, but these things are pretty inexpensive (US $99) and seem to have pretty decent power given their very small size and low cost:
http://www.genesippc.com/efika.php
I put in an order a few days ago, and can't wait to get my hands on it and get Debian onto it. Looks like lots of potential for interesting embedded apps...
On 7/25/07, philicorda <philicorda@ntlworld.com> wrote:
On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 21:59 +0200, Malte Steiner wrote:
> As far as I know Gumstix would require you to crosscompile a lot of
> stuff to get it running, not worth the hassle. I would recommend more
> compatible solutions like the mentioned VIA boards. For a freelance
> project I had several embedded computers here. A Via system which was
> smaller than Shuttles, passive cooled with 500mhz. It could include a
> hdd but I ran it from CF card. But my favorite was a smaller system of
> the size of 3 CDs stack, 166 Mhz with 128mb and driven by a CF card. It
> even has audio in and out but I dont had the chance to check it out
> because I have to ship it to the customer soon. Later I can send some
> links but I am in a hurry now...
There is a version on PD for ARM that uses integer maths:
http://gige.xdv.org/pda/
There is a gumstix port on the web page!
Should be able to knock up some kind of recorder and synth with it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Malte
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