[Embedlets-dev] The JackNet site is live and TSTIK/muvium based Enterprise Outposts

[Ted K. <tk...@ya...>]

The new JackNet site is now live and there is a picture of pre-production beta
units there if anyone is interested in looking at them:

http://jacknet.jxta.org/


The socket holes are all machined with CNC machinery and the company that will
be producing them is going to use University student sub-contractors so that
the manufacturing capacity can quickly scale up to significant levels if the
demand is there.


The code base has been completely reworked and moved over to the new JackNet
site too and, aside from a lingering messaging bug, it is functional.


In a related issue, take a good look at the beta Appliance Controller picture
again because there is a good chance that this is what the Enterprise Outpost
units are going to look like.  Moving to CNC machining the holes for the plugs
has opened up a whole new world of possibilities for flexibly manufacturing
Enterprise Outposts with whatever I/O connector configurations a company needs.

TSTIK and muvium are in full production now and so it is finally time to start
moving Enterprise Outpost into development and then production.  Bruce went out
of his way to add the flexible I/O capabilities to the TSTIK socket boards that
we requested and now we are going to make heavy use of them.  TSTIKs talking to
muviums over SLIP connections is going to be a killer combination I think.

And the beauty of all this is that we can leverage the manufacturing capacity
that is already being put in place for the JackNet devices to roll out the
Enterprise Outposts.  ;-)


Ted

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