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World's Smallest Linux Box Fits in RJ-45 Jack

Posted by timothy on from the nearly-swallowable dept.

An anonymous reader writes "German electronics company Kleinhenz is shipping a network-enabled Linux system built into an RJ-45 Ethernet jack. "Picotux" has a 55MHz ARM processor, 2MB of Flash, 8MB of RAM, a serial port, and five lines of GPIO. It measures 0.75 x 0.75 x 1.4 inches (19 x 19 x 36mm), and weighs 0.64 ounces (18 grams), packaged in a metal housing. A wireless 802.11 version appears to be on the horizon, too. So, if you've ever wanted to network-enable, say, a robot, boombox, or model airplane, this could be the system for you." Is this really the world's smallest? It looks a bit chunkier than a tiny gumstix machine.

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  1. Ha! by northcat · · Score: 0, Offtopic
  2. Yawn... by webphenom · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Meh.

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  3. Re:The picotux is actually smaller than the gumsti by iowannaski · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If Wookies are from Endor...

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  4. Re:Hardware manual by eobanb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wooo....RJ-45-size. Take that, Steve Jobs!!

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  5. Re:Exoensive. by Keruo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That is expensive, when comparing Hz/€. You can buy 1GHz machine with 128Mb memory and ethernet for 125€
    Benefit on that device is that it is much more compact than normal desktop.
    Might be nice to use these in home automation to control lights, open and close shaders etc.

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