[Wear-Hard] Making a small computer system

[Andrew Plumb]

The latest Gumstix Verdex platform is probably your best bet for D.I.Y.
with strong community support:

http://www.gumstix.com/
http://docwiki.gumstix.org/Verdex

Another alternative which hasn't quite reached the market yet is VIA's new
Pico-ITX mainboard.  The board is deck'o'cards size, but since it's
x86-based it's probably easier to roll your own system without touching as
much of the hardware issues you'd encounter with other embedded system
approaches.  Looks like Logic Supply is positioned to sell them when they
hit the market:

http://www.logicsupply.com/products/px10000g

Hope that helps!

Andrew.

Thus spake Brian Kuriyama:
> Pager size is really really tiny... If I were you I'd look for
> embedded linux systems, or lower your expectations, as to how small
> you can build a wearable system.
>
> For something about the size of a pager, I'd try look at those DIY
> linux/open source phone site/groups. They seem to know their way
> around hardware around that size, and give it some pretty good
> capabilities.
>
> Other than that, unless you're talking about a pager size I don't know
> of, I don't think you have many options.
>
> On 6/6/07, Stephen Cuzzort <stephen.cuzzort at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm trying to make or find a wearable about the size of a pager (maybe a
>> little bigger).  Any idea where to look for CPUs and drives?
>>
>> Stephen
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