There was one just posted here using the Atmel AVR chip. He used a total of about $12 in parts. You could use a TI "Launchpad" if you don't like soldering and still spend less than $20. And as was said, no OS at al. It is simply not required for such a simple job.
If it were me, I remove the LCD display. I don't see a need when everyone today has a phone. the little AVR chip can bit-bang a UDP packet once per second and put it on your wifi router. That cuts the parts cost by 1/3rd and the display will be where you can see it, on the phone or computer. On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Bob Camp <li...@rtty.us> wrote: > Hi > > Pardon my interjection …. but. > > For a simple TBolt monitor, *any* OS is total overkill. If all you have is > a small / simple display - you can't put much up there. For a monitor you > don't have a keyboard / mouse / usb touchpad / Bluetooth presentation wand. > Nothing to do and nothing to control. One big loop and not a lot else will > do the trick with lots of time left over. If you want to go crazy, run one > of the free RTOS distributions that the semiconductor companies give away. > Freescale passes out MQX / MQX-lite. The others have similar "stuff". They > all have way more in them than this sort of application requires. > > Bob > > On Aug 23, 2013, at 9:17 PM, David I. Emery <d...@dieconsulting.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 06:47:07PM -0500, Peter Gottlieb wrote: > >> What I would really like in Windows is a way to lock the configuration > and > >> make it more of an appliance which always worked the same way. That > way a > >> small board talking to a Thunderbolt would always start up and just > run. I > >> suppose I need to get away from Windows and climb the Linux learning > curve. > > > > Yes, or become a Windows kernel maven. > > > > It IS possible to figure some of this out, but Windows internally > > is somewhat bizzare... > > > > Linux is nice in that you can look at the code if it comes to > > that (and if you are really desperate and willing to pay the price, > > change it too)... > > > > > > -- > > Dave Emery N1PRE/AE, d...@dieconsulting.com DIE Consulting, Weston, > Mass 02493 > > "An empty zombie mind with a forlorn barely readable weatherbeaten > > 'For Rent' sign still vainly flapping outside on the weed encrusted pole > - in > > celebration of what could have been, but wasn't and is not to be now > either." > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
