I'm extremely new to software from a programming aspect, Hardware in general, and expecially hardware as it pertains to wearables. I'm also earning minimum wage, so I should have plenty of time to learn before I'm in a position to start buying stuff for my wearable. Now that you know where I'm coming from, can you give me any tips or pointers on: 1) From what I've heard, the StrongArm chip doesn't have a floating-point unit. What kind of software would this affect? I know it isn't nice to fft's and the like, but how often are floating points used in software that is commonly used in wearables? Is the power usage/processing power ratio worth it, or should I go with an intel chip? Can these guys be SMPed? Where should I look to learn about multi-processing a wearable? 2) I haven't found much on the net on where to get and how to make a StrongArm-based wearable, other than what goes on wear-hard about people converting NetWinders. Any info & specs online about people who have done this without using a NetWinder? 3) Any good books/resources that will teach me what I need to know about software and hardware with relation to a wearable (including drivers and self-built hardware, etc...)? Basically I want to know where I should start, and what I should know before blowing my money on things that will do me no good. I'd also like to know my wearable in extreme detail, instead of buying one off the shelf. Thanks. Sincerely, Robert Evans -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.ml.org
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