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RE: Advantech info?

Try Support Center -> Download Area from the main www.advantech.com site.
This leads to a manual which will give you all that info and more (except,
curiously, the height of the assembly).

Philip

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Joseph Near [SMTP:]
> Sent:	Wednesday, November 01, 2000 11:14 AM
> To:	Wear Hard
> Subject:	Advantech info?
> 
> I'm looking to build an SBC-based wearable and it looks like the preferred
> board is the Advantech PCM-5822. I have looked at their webpage and it
> doesn't tell me very much. What would I need to get it running? It says it
> supports two IDE devices....can I just hook up a CDROM and a hard drive
> and
> install Linux? Do I need an extra cable to get a regular IDE connector?
> 
> And, the webpage tells you almost nothing about size. Sure, it's 14cm X
> 10cm
> but how tall is it? I have heard that all the connectors are on one side.
> What connectors does it have? How many serial ports? I think it says two
> on
> the web page.
> 
> Third, what's supported under Linux? I have heard people say that playback
> is supported on the MediaGX chip but record isn't. That's ok with me...as
> long as playback works :). I have also heard that the TV out is
> supported...right?
> 
> Fourth...power. I am supposed to use two sony li-ions right? Then a DC-DC
> converter. But do I run the sonys in series or parallel? What kind of
> DC-DC
> converter do you guys recommend?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Joe

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