[aklug] Re: Looking for a small ARM computer

From: Joshua J. Kugler <joshua@eeinternet.com>
Date: Fri Jul 24 2009 - 15:31:53 AKDT

On Friday 24 July 2009, Royce Williams said something like:
> I think that I mentioned before that I'm a big fan of the ALIX
> boards.
>
> The 6B2 board:
>
> # 2 Ethernet, 1 mini PCI slot, 1 miniPCI Express slot, 1 serial port
> # CPU: 500 MHz AMD Geode LX800 CPU
> # DRAM: 256MB DDR DRAM
> # Storage: CompactFlash socket
>
>
> The Netgate guys will send you the case, board, power adapter, etc.
> in a kit, and you can choose whether you want USB, serial, (1|2|3)
> Ethernet ports, etc.
>
> This one's $180.
>
> http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?products_id=671
>
> ... but you can choose which boards to put in.
>
> Though I can also see the value of the retire laptop "California
> server" with built-in UPS. :-)

That's one to look at for sure. Although the power draw may be too
large. I was looking at units with 300 mA draw at 12 volts. The
netgate units look like they draw 1.5A at 15 volts. Thanks for the
pointers!

j

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