SheevaPlug: low power wall-plug form-factor computer
Tom Metro
tmetro-blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org
Fri Apr 10 16:25:30 EDT 2009
A "high performance" embedded Linux computer built in a "wall wart" form
factor:
Designer
http://www.marvell.com/featured/plugcomputing.jsp
Manufacturer
http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/p-22-sheevaplug-dev-kit.aspx
photos and block diagram:
http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-sheevaplugdetails.aspx
Article
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-10170648-7.html
The development kit sells for $100. Built using a custom embedded CPU.
Odd that it has USB and Ethernet ports, but despite the form-factor,
doesn't integrate power-line Ethernet. It includes a gigabit Ethernet
interface, so maybe they didn't feel the power line interface was fast
enough for their intended market. (The manufacturer mentions media
server as one of the intended applications.)
Uses only 5 watts. Might make a good low-end NAS or Asterisk server.
-Tom
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