Hi,
I'm coming from the software part of computing and have very limited experience with the hardware part. When I tried to find the hardware for an embedded system (see below) the cheapest I could find was in the US$ 520 area.
Is this the usual range for the described hardware or have I looked at the wrong web sites?
power:
- minimal power consumption is essential
OS / drivers / software:
- Open Source operating system like Linux or *BSD
- I've done my share of kernel debugging/development, thus a "newbe friendly" setup is not required
CPU / RAM:
- architecture doesn't matter
- processing power comparable to a Pentium @ 80 MHz with 64MB RAM
connectivity:
- IEEE 802.11b/g
- using 3 different WLAN networks concurrently
- only 1Mb/s per network required
temperature sensor:
- range: -20=B0C to +60=B0C
- accuracy: +/- 3=B0C
storage:
- at least 128 MB for non-OS data/programs
- preferable on a removable media
optional:
- hardware accelerated encryption
- USB (client)
Thomas