8-bit device quenches iPhone envy.
A PC from the community for the community - Open-PC.com. ALEUTIA - Fanless Energy Efficient Embedded PCs, Solar Computers for Africa, and Asante Broadband. Howto Add USB to Anything Using a Single Device. Skimming the latest Maxim Design Guide, interfaces section, I run into this title: Add USB to Anything.
My first thought was YAOALL (Yet Another Of A Long List), but reading it I found out Maxim's MAX3420E & MAX3421E, are USB2.0 capable and are provided with a quite tiny package (TQFP/TQFN). These are USB to SPI converters thus making fast and easy USB access from a microcontroller (they support "mass storage" on ARM7). MicroClient Sr. The MicroClient Sr comes in the same form factor as the MicroClient Jr, but provides more processing power and memory.
Visually, the unit is identical to the MicroClient Jr and the JrSX. UPDATE: We now have a version with 1 GB RAM. Please see below for pricing. Features • Fanless Design • VESA mount • Ultra Low Power (1 watt) VIA ULV 500 Mhz CPU • VIA CX700M • MPEG4/WMV9 decoding accelerator • Integrated MPEG2 Hardware decoding • Fanless Design • 3 x USB 2.0 • Mic in, speaker out jacks • Up to 2 x RS232 (not available with internal hard disk) • 1 x PS/2 port • 2.5 Hard Disk Installation option • WIFI option. Cool: smallest Linux desktop PC, smaller than an apple (fruit) Bla Blablabla Blablblblbl Blalalalal - nog meer van hetzelfde since 2005 Cool: smallest Linux desktop PC, smaller than an apple (fruit) Posted by: root 4 years ago Measuring at just 2 x 2 x 2.2 inches this is the smallest Desktop PC.
And it's running Linux, one more point for Linux coolness. update: This blog is about COOL linux stuff, not new never seen by anyone hardware.