[Wear-Hard] Tiny Tiny computers

[Brian Kuriyama]

Thanks for the reply. Not interested in narrowing my scope though. I'm
primarily looking for computers that have a decent amount of processing
power and programming libraries to pull from, especially visual oriented
libraries.
I'm somewhat versed in Parallax's microcontroller, the Propeller chip, and
I'm aware of it's video generating capabilities, problem is as you stated,
not really a device that most people would consider a wearable.

I'm also aware it's not impossible to produce a microcontroller based
solution for rudimentary video processing as well, but that too has
limitations. While I could spend quite a long time developing the hardware
for my intended project, I'm aware that small enough computers may be
available to suit my purposes with minimal to no refitting, and I'm looking
to see if there are other bits of hardware that I may have overlooked.

Thanks again,
-Brian

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:58 AM, Abe S. <orphrey at gmail.com> wrote:

> You may want to narrow your scope a bit. Most modern microcontrollers
> are fast enough to generate a video signal and are computers. They are
> not, however, the sort of full-function device that most people would
> consider a wearable.
>
> http://www.rickard.gunee.com/projects/video/sx/howto.php
> http://www.riccibitti.com/dvm.htm
> http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/pic/pictock.html<http://www.brouhaha.com/%7Eeric/pic/pictock.html>
>
> Since most of these are available as tiny SMD parts, the smallest
> computer of any type capable of outputting composite video is about
> the size of the RCA jack used to hook it up.
>
> Ok, so that was pedantic. However, it demonstrates that any board with
> fast enough access to its GPIO pins can generate composite video.
>
> -Abe
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Brian Kuriyama <yosh.five7 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Just for curiosity's sake, what's the smallest computer of any type
> capable
> > of outputting composite video?
> >
> > Off the top of my head I somewhat see two options for small computers,
> > Gumstix (running ARM cpu and linux), and on the other end of the
> spectrum,
> > something like the Roboard Rb-100 which runs an x86 chip. I guess the
> first
> > is catered towards general embedded applications and the second is
> catered
> > towards robotics, but they both have some kind of display output option.
> >
> > Anyone care to share anything else regarding tiny tiny computers and
> their
> > display options?
> >
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