I am in the finishing steps of building something similar myself. * Nick Lidakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are several flavors, one of which caught my attention immediately: > The ALIX 3c2 (http://www.pcengines.ch/index.htm). A 500Mhz AMD Geode CPU > (fanless), 256MB RAM, 2 USB ports, 1 serial, 1 Ethernet, 2 mini PC-I all > on a board sized 100x1600mm. The whole thing runs off a small 12V, 18 > watt adapter. Why did you use the 3c2 that is intended as a router, but not the 1c [1]? It has vga, network, usb, and even sound onboard (spdif, too, if you are willing to build an adapter yourself [2]). Be careful with the PCI-slot of the alix1c though, it doesn't provide +12V/-12V, so most soundcards won't work.
> Software wise, I wanted: MPD on the server, FLAC files served to the MPD > server No real alternatives to that... > A Nokia N800 running MMPC (http://mmpc.garage.maemo.org/) if I could > find one used at a decent price. I didn't find this gui at that time, so I wrote my own [3]. It runs without X (just SDL+framebuffer), and uses a touchscreen I got on ebay from some car-modding-guy. GPM has experimental support for these kind of touchscreens in the current version. I can control it via touchscreen or via my own LIRC-compatible infrared receiver [4]. > My Kill-A-Watt registers 3 watts max consumption when the ALIX is > playing FLAC files I have a small via epia system since I wanted to use a real soundcard, with a via C3 533MHz, 512MB ram, and a CF-to-IDE [5] adapter. > FLAC output is via USB, which is plugged into a Trends Audio > USB-to-S/PDIF converter. The trends is plugged into a Adcom GDA-700 DAC. Timo [1] http://www.pcengines.ch/alix1c.htm [2] http://www.beis.de/Elektronik/ADDA2496/SPDIF-Converter.html [3] http://www.spida.net/projects/pympdtouchgui/ [4] http://www.spida.net/projects/usbtiny-ir/ [5] http://www.pcengines.ch/cflash.htm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
