--0-1095167524-1046028188=:25992 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi guys/gals. Im very interested in the wearable computing and for some time I was interested in reading about it, because pc104 parts are kind of costy and unavailable were I live (Mexico). I kind of interested in building a wearable for myself but it needs to be a cheap solution or mid range. Interestingly enough EPIA's mothereboards and particulary the Eden 5000 model looks kind of apealing for a wearable, with footprint of 170x170 mm it is very small and its sells for a merely 100 USD, Integrating 500 MHz Cyrix CPU VGA/TV-OUT/LAN/Sound/USB and more. I think Linux runs well enough on this mobo but Im not totaly shure, the main website is offline and I cant access it www.viavpsd.com , there is other sites like http://www.viaarena.com which discusses Via's Mini-ITX plataform. One link to Epia M series which is not the EPIA 5000 that I'm talking about but you can apritiate the size of Mini-ITX format http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=187 I mean compare the functionality of EPIA 5000 board to an existing PC104 or SBC board and then compare prices. Im not into embedded and dont need a watchdog or data adquisition, just a fun little system to carry around with PIM/Word processing/maybe video capture(but that later) Now the TV-out NTSC/PAL is important because a cheap Head Mounted Display could be a Kopin CyberDisplay320, a monocolor 320x240 display costing about 60 USD wich could be driven by a Motorola chip part number MCVVQ111, the documentation for the this display driver is explains how to build a prototype board and this way integrating it into a very nice and cheap Head Mounted Display. Here is a link to a MageForge article about a covert CyberDisplay in sunglasses , courtecy of Mircea https://securehost34.hrwebservices.net/~magefor/cgi-bin/view/Main/SunGlasses (The issue here is to get the MCVVQ111, I havent seen it on sale anywhere) I know it is low resolution and monocolor but I think it is a viabe solution and it will be light and cheap, also low power consuming, and at last but not least it is very very covertable. Thiking about power consuming, here is a mini power supply from http://www.mini-box.com/pw-60.htm wich is a very small power supply unit that fits directly in EPIA motherboard (u can download a video of the mounting process wich is simple but ilustrative), the supply uses 12 DC input and regulates the normal ATX psu outputs, proving 1 connector for a HD + 1 connector for Floppy and a small 5 volts connector. Now if anyone would calculate the amount of power drained by this motherboard + (put usual hardware that goes in the mobo like notebook HD + Memstick ) + HMD + Input devices (Twiddler or mouse or maybe a PDA keyboard) and evaluate how many battery packs (Li-Ion) would be needed to power the whole system for a reasonable amount of time, dont know, maybe 5 hours continuosly. Would it be 'wearable' ? What do you think about it? --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, and more --0-1095167524-1046028188=:25992 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <P>Hi guys/gals. Im very interested in the wearable computing and for some time I was interested in reading about it, because pc104 parts are kind of costy and unavailable were I live (Mexico). </P> <P>I kind of interested in building a wearable for myself but it needs to be a cheap solution or mid range. Interestingly enough EPIA's mothereboards and particulary the Eden 5000 model looks kind of apealing for a wearable, with footprint of 170x170 mm it is very small and its sells for a merely 100 USD, Integrating 500 MHz Cyrix CPU VGA/TV-OUT/LAN/Sound/USB and more. I think Linux runs well enough on this mobo but Im not totaly shure, the main website is offline and I cant access it <A href="http://www.viavpsd.com">www.viavpsd.com</A> , there is other sites like <A href="http://www.viaarena.com">http://www.viaarena.com</A> which discusses Via's Mini-ITX plataform. One link to Epia M series which is not the EPIA 5000 that I'm talking about but you can apritiate the size of Mini-ITX format <A href="http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=187">http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=187</A> <BR>I mean compare the functionality of EPIA 5000 board to an existing PC104 or SBC board and then compare prices. Im not into embedded and dont need a watchdog or data adquisition, just a fun little system to carry around with PIM/Word processing/maybe video capture(but that later) </P> <P>Now the TV-out NTSC/PAL is important because a cheap Head Mounted Display could be a Kopin CyberDisplay320, a monocolor 320x240 display costing about 60 USD wich could be driven by a Motorola chip part number MCVVQ111, the documentation for the this display driver is explains how to build a prototype board and this way integrating it into a very nice and cheap Head Mounted Display. Here is a link to a MageForge article about a covert CyberDisplay in sunglasses , courtecy of Mircea<BR> <A href="https://securehost34.hrwebservices.net/~magefor/cgi-bin/view/Main/SunGlasses">https://securehost34.hrwebservices.net/~magefor/cgi-bin/view/Main/SunGlasses</A><BR>(The issue here is to get the MCVVQ111, I havent seen it on sale anywhere) </P> <P>I know it is low resolution and monocolor but I think it is a viabe solution and it will be light and cheap, also low power consuming, and at last but not least it is very very covertable.</P> <P>Thiking about power consuming, here is a mini power supply from <A href="http://www.mini-box.com/pw-60.htm">http://www.mini-box.com/pw-60.htm</A> wich is a very small power supply unit that fits directly in EPIA motherboard (u can download a video of the mounting process wich is simple but ilustrative), the supply uses 12 DC input and regulates the normal ATX psu outputs, proving 1 connector for a HD + 1 connector for Floppy and a small 5 volts connector.</P> <P>Now if anyone would calculate the amount of power drained by this motherboard + (put usual hardware that goes in the mobo like notebook HD + Memstick ) + HMD + Input devices (Twiddler or mouse or maybe a PDA keyboard) and evaluate how many battery packs (Li-Ion) would be needed to power the whole system for a reasonable amount of time, dont know, maybe 5 hours continuosly. <BR>Would it be 'wearable' ? </P> <P>What do you think about it?<BR></P><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br> <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/finance/mailtagline/*http://taxes.yahoo.com/">Yahoo! 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