A little OT - looking for help designing electronics of embedded linux device
I know this is a little off topic but I keep running into dead ends on this one and I'm hoping the collective intelligence (or is that intelligence of the collective - borg-style) can help out. I am trying to find a contract electronics design company who can help me design a product (the product will run embedded Linux so it's not entirely OT). I've talked with a couple of different local companies (VPI, Neonics) and based on the discussions I had with them I've discovered that what I'm after is apparently a bit more cutting edge than I had thought. Because it's apparently so cutting edge, it's going to take a company or individual who's expertise is in the specific field of eletronics I'm after (measuring distances using the time of flight of an RF signal). Also they need to be someone who is up to date not just on what's on the market but what is just barely hitting the market and what is about to come out of the labs and onto the market in the next year to 2 years. Does anyone know of any company, individual, or guru like that? (They don't have to be local to Utah though it would be great if they are). I've tried google - but the problem is every custom electronics design company claims to be great in their marketing materials and I've realized I'm probably only going to be able to weed through them based on references. Thanks Jeff Moyes /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
Re: A little OT - looking for help designing electronics of embedded linux device
Jeff wrote: I am trying to find a contract electronics design company who can help me design a product (the product will run embedded Linux so it's not entirely OT). I've talked with a couple of different local companies (VPI, Neonics) and based on the discussions I had with them I've discovered that what I'm after is apparently a bit more cutting edge than I had thought. Because it's apparently so cutting edge, it's going to take a company or individual who's expertise is in the specific field of eletronics I'm after (measuring distances using the time of flight of an RF signal). Also they need to be someone who is up to date not just on what's on the market but what is just barely hitting the market and what is about to come out of the labs and onto the market in the next year to 2 years. Would GPS signals be sufficient? Sparkfun has a wide variety of GPS circuits, and they're finally coming down in price. http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/categories.php?c=4 Potential problems with GPS include precision, the initialization period (up to 40 seconds, I've heard), and satellite visibility. The GPS advantage is a fairly low price due to commoditization. There's also AGPS, which improves the precision but increases the price a lot. Does anyone know of any company, individual, or guru like that? (They don't have to be local to Utah though it would be great if they are). I've tried google - but the problem is every custom electronics design company claims to be great in their marketing materials and I've realized I'm probably only going to be able to weed through them based on references. Sparkfun could be the right place to ask. They've designed a lot of circuits and they probably know a lot of good designers. I should say that I've also wanted to build a pair of circuits that measure distances using RF signals. With triangulation, and if the measurements happen often enough, you could make outdoor video games. It would be better than a Wii! Shane /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
Re: UUG Meeting: Parking?
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 21:37, Devlin Daleydev...@instructure.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Kenneth Burgenerkenn...@mail1.ttak.org wrote: For those who are not BYU students, where might we park? Is the parking in front of the Tanner Building free to park in after 7pm? The parking immediately around the Tanner is open for parking, I think the restrictions expire at 4 or 6pm. —Devlin /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */ I think the ASB/JKB parking lot across from the new Hinckley building also expire at 6pm. Very close to the Tanner building. -- Alex Esplin /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
