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I built one while working at OGI a few years ago. I've got a copy of the pages on my current server, at http://www.temple-baptist.com/~omega/ogimabot2/, with a little info on it. I should see if the prof. I was working with still has the slides to convert to HTML...

They're supposedly going to be building a new one soon, and so my research into a next-gen robot may be put to use. I was looking very closely at the Cell Computing parts (http://www.cellcomputing.com/), which aren't cheap ($1k-$1.5k depending), but are the right size and somewhat designed for that kind of stuff. Put that in (instead of on top of, like the current bot) the car (thinking of using a monster-truck chassis) and you can do pretty good. Email me if you have other questions, because I spent a huge amount of time on this project and its related issues.... nospam_omega@temple-nospambaptist. com

Their claims would be impressive if they made it work at 8.5W max, rather than 8.5W typical.

You should check out Cell Computing's products. I am planning on doing a wearable project with their Plug N Run series when I have the money to spare. You will probably be more interested in their PnR Developement boards. Call for some price quotes and for their size I'll think you'll be surprised. Also Look around for the M1 and M2 viewers if you want to totally geek out.

The CardPC is most compact off-the-shelf device now. Motherboard the size of a PC Card. Available from several manufacturers.

So, when will we be able to buy a Transmeta version of what Jumptec has done for AMD with their DIMM PC, and what Cell Computing has done for Intel with their PNR?

I've been resisting buying Cell Computing's latest with a view to buying an equivalent Transmeta module for my own wearable dabblings... But I can only wait so long. :-)

So, when will we be able to buy a Transmeta version of what Jumptec has done for AMD with their DIMM PC, and what Cell Computing has done for Intel with their PNR?

I've been resisting buying Cell Computing's latest with a view to buying an equivalent Transmeta module for my own wearable dabblings... But I can only wait so long. :-)

Also just announced at IDF was the world's smallest PIII motherboard. Yes, it's the same size as the world's smallest PII motherboard (3 X 5 X .7") and it's from the same company, Cell Computing.

400 MHz in your pocket.

You can find an outline of spec here. As for price, EMJ doesn't have the P2-333 listed, but the P-233 version is US$1061 in single quantities. I wouldn't expect the P2-333 to be much more than $1200-1500. Observed maximum power consumption is 14.1W; averages they give for Windows* are 4.2-3W.

You'll probably want (need, actually) to get one of these if you want to actually use the module; the CardPAC provides all the physical I/O. 3.75"x5.3"x1.1" dimensions. Costs $999 direct from Cell Computing.

Doesn't have SB-compatible audio; does have USB though.

Plug a 256MB DIMM in, boot off a CompactFlash card and you've got one screamin' machine!

You can find an outline of spec here. As for price, EMJ doesn't have the P2-333 listed, but the P-233 version is US$1061 in single quantities. I wouldn't expect the P2-333 to be much more than $1200-1500. Observed maximum power consumption is 14.1W; averages they give for Windows* are 4.2-3W.

You'll probably want (need, actually) to get one of these if you want to actually use the module; the CardPAC provides all the physical I/O. 3.75"x5.3"x1.1" dimensions. Costs $999 direct from Cell Computing.

Doesn't have SB-compatible audio; does have USB though.

Plug a 256MB DIMM in, boot off a CompactFlash card and you've got one screamin' machine!

You can find an outline of spec here. As for price, EMJ doesn't have the P2-333 listed, but the P-233 version is US$1061 in single quantities. I wouldn't expect the P2-333 to be much more than $1200-1500. Observed maximum power consumption is 14.1W; averages they give for Windows* are 4.2-3W.

You'll probably want (need, actually) to get one of these if you want to actually use the module; the CardPAC provides all the physical I/O. 3.75"x5.3"x1.1" dimensions. Costs $999 direct from Cell Computing.

Doesn't have SB-compatible audio; does have USB though.

Plug a 256MB DIMM in, boot off a CompactFlash card and you've got one screamin' machine!

It's http://www.cellcomputing.com. The link works fine, I just typoed the text for the link.

Hit http://www.cellcomuting.com and follow the stuff from there.

They've got some really cool stuff (they also have the CardPC which was being seriously considered for wearable use...).

As for power supplies, try the size of a notebook supply (which is all this really is, is a notebook motherboard in a tighter form factor...) Doesn't bulk it up too much and if you factor that these things are intended to be wedged into process control systems that don't have a lot of space but can source the power to the unit, these things are a godsend.

The Parvus corporation is a reseller of these things and they've integrated the CardPC (the predecessor to this new toy) into their PC/104 line. Why do I mention this? Because they're going to be selling a substantial portion of their product line at Fry's to allow anyone interested to do embedded systems easily.

Read the whitepapers. Apparently it uses the mobile P2. Wouldn't surprise me if they were to do a model which takes Socket370 chips either. But the whitepaper gives several ideas and specs.
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http://www.cellcomputing.com/ These beauties come in up to P233MMX. Of course, the faster ones have a lot higher power consumption.