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

Posted by timothy on Monday March 28, 2005 @11:09AM 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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HAH! Okay, Windows Trolls! by Master+of+Transhuman · 2005-03-28 11:37 · Score: 0, Troll

Let's see you cram WINDOWS into that space!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Mod this troll, mod this flamebait! Is that all you got, huh? Are you nuts? Come at me!

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Obviously worthless by smcdow · 2005-03-28 12:06 · Score: 1, Troll

Doesn't run Windows. No market.

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