[ELECTRON] Proposals for the AnarchoTV "Black Box"

[Andrew Back]

On (01:41 03/09/09), Ben wrote:

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> I havn't done much research into this yet but am thinking about using a
> beagleboard as the basis for trying to put a first incarnation together and
> would have started by now if it weren't for my own financial constraints
> (having already thrown quite a bit of money at the anarchotv project
> already),

Sounds reasonable. The Beagleboard draws very little power, utilises
efficient DSP for video decompression and has DVI etc. It has a few annoying
points:

- Neither LAN nor WLAN on-board
- No RTC battery
- No UK/European source

That said I'm still a big fan. You may get Mini-ITX or Nano-ITX to do the
same job, but it will work out bigger and draw more current. I'm surprised
someone hasn't done a variant of the Beagleboard with battery and onboard
LAN/WLAN, and it may only be a matter of time.

Cheers,

Andrew

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Andrew Back
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