From: Andrei R. <po...@gm...> - 2007-03-01 08:31:44
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Want to throw in a wild idea. IMO, single most attractive feature of the Gumstix is its small size. On the other hand, single least attractive feature is expandability. What if create a "Gum-bus" following the same principles used in NIM, Camac, VMEBus etc, but in a pocket-sized scale ? Here's a picture of VME crate with some modules: http://amanda.uci.edu/twr/twr02/TWR_VME_lights.jpg Imaging a "crate" the size of a soap box with "Gumstix" and other expansion modules inside. I don't know, maybe NASA or Boeing have something of that sort for their flight electronics ? |