On Mon, 6 Apr 2015 22:29:23 +0000 (UTC) Frank Hughes via time-nuts <time-nuts@febo.com> wrote:
> Looking for a platform not needing a fan. While the ATOM and SSD seem to be > OK w/o direct airflow, the Mini ITX Power Supply fan is needed. That depends highly on how much knowledge in linux and especially embedded linux you have. If you know how to build your own kernel, what initrd means and today it's actually initramfs and not initrd and you do not fear to build whole software systems by hand, then you can go for one of the many embedded boards. The beaglebone black, the minnow max and SAMA5D come to mind. The Minnow Max has the advantage of being an x86 based system and thus behaves very much like it (not completely though). The BBB has a huge supporting community and you can find a lot of information online. The SAMA5D based systems are nice because Atmel seems to care very much about proper support in the kernel. If you don't feel confortable with the challenges of an embedded system, i would recommend to stick with an ITX (or smaller) PC. Eg The APU[1] from pc-engines, which is the successor of his successful ALIX boards. Pascal Dornier is very helpfull if you have any issues with his boards, and full documentation (including schematics) is online. Attila Kinali [1] http://www.pcengines.ch/apu.htm -- It is upon moral qualities that a society is ultimately founded. All the prosperity and technological sophistication in the world is of no use without that foundation. -- Miss Matheson, The Diamond Age, Neil Stephenson _______________________________________________ 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.