Re: The Germans, it seems, have all the fun....

From Wear-Hard Mailing list Archive (WH) Maintained by R. Paul McCarty

Well, I'm no expert, since I'm just using the webpage
specs to go on, but I do see that it lists 16 Megs
of on-board Flash and the CF slot as separate items.

My guess is the OS kernel and drivers are stored in
that 16M.  It also lists 64 or 128 Megs of ram.

Assuming you used their kernel binaries, you should
have a pretty usable busybox system, instantly.

Add a large (eg. 16Gig) CF card and you would have a
huge amount of userland space to play with.
(Even 12Gig cards would be more than my MP3 player...)

Stack one of those tiny USB hubs on the USB 1.1 host
port for flash-stick/Twiddler/Wifi/Bluetooth swapping,
and you would never again need to touch the "on-board"
CF slot.

Lastly, of course, hook up a Micro-Optical to the VGA
and you have a nearly-turnkey wearable (powering it
would still need to be figured out)

--Friar

--- Bjorn Westergard <> wrote:

> Is the OS stored on the CompactFlash card, or is
> there some sort of
> onboard memory for this?
> 
> On 12/15/06, Friar <> wrote:
> > If you go to:
> >
> > http://www.mycable.de
> >
> > then hit the "Products -> More" link, and then
> find
> > the "XXS3DI Module" link in near the middle of the
> > page, that will give you the product specs.
> >
> > --Friar
> >
> > [rough cut and paste here]
> >
> > XXS3DI Module
> >
> > The 3D graphics card XXS3DI provides a
> comprehensive
> > graphics and video functionality and performance
> > combined with the highest level of system
> integration
> > and a very low power consumption. With this
> properties
> > it is perfect for consumer, industrial , or travel
> > infotainment applications. The XXS3DI module is
> based
> > on the graphics accelerator Fujitsu Coral-P. The
> > XXS3DI graphics card is equipped with:
> >
> > - 2D/3D graphics accelerator
> > - up to 64 MB frame buffer
> > - alpha blending
> > - geometry engine
> > - up to 6 display layers
> > - DVI-I (LVDS and VGA output)
> > - TFT display output
> > - TV output
> > - 2 analog video inputs, CVBS, PAL and NTSC
> > - 2 digital ITU656 video inputs
> >
> > All connectors are already integrated on the
> board.
> > The XXS3DI is suitable for:
> >
> > - the integration into OEM devices and systems
> > - the use as evaluation, development and
> prototypink
> > kit in the XXS3HC device
> > - the use in the XXS3HC device as multimedia
> device
> >
> > Linux framebuffer, QT/Embedded Free and the QNX
> Photon
> > GUI are supported for the XXS3DI module, all Linux
> > code is provided under GPL.
> >
> > A fax order form for a XXS3HC device with the
> XXS3DI
> > is available in the download section, a quote for
> > certain volume of the XXS3DI module can be
> requested
> > via our RFQ web form (link below).
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Bjorn Westergard <> wrote:
> >
> > > Ausgezeichnet!
> > >
> > > That really looks like an amazing bit of
> hardware. I
> > > don't see any
> > > information on the VGA daughter board... any
> more
> > > information on that?
> > >
> > > Do you think you could do WiFi through USB?
> > >
> > > On 12/14/06, Friar <> wrote:
> > > > So I was browsing around linuxdevices.com
> after a
> > > long
> > > > break, checking to see what the current state
> of
> > > the
> > > > tiny-but-full-featured market is like and I
> find:
> > > >
> > > > Mycable's XXS1500 3Watt AMD Alchemy-based
> system:
> > > > http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS7713667720.html
> > > >
> > > > Has an daughter-board expansion with VGA
> already
> > > > available.  Looks like the best combination of
> > > > power budget, size, and feature set I've seen.
> > > >
> > > > --Friar
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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