I can't divulge great details since we are building the first machine > and we have competitors that did not get the business, but would like to > grab it if possible. >
It sounds like an interesting project. In the research I have done with remote machine monitoring (and GPS breadcrumbing) most of the people appear to be using a small open architecture hardware and software (linux) with bolt on components such as the GPS, WIFI, and Cellular modems. In your case, unless there is a tremendous amount of computing overhead required, I would assume a tinkered smart phone could provide the computing power, the necessary comunication, component durability,a nd finally, the ability to quickly replace a damaged unit. Of course that may be difficult if you need to load EMC to the unit. I recently was working with a company trying to develop a unit that would mount on a drill rig. My biggest complaint to them was thier inability to tag pertinent data to a down the hole position. Something an encoder plus the GPS unit could have provided if they could have figured out how to tag it to any of the various types of drilling platforms. Hope you find your solution. Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
