<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Using Embedded Linux Boards</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Linux Ecology-HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Using Linux on non-PC Hardware" HREF="ecology-howto-nonpc.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Using Consumer Electronics Devices" HREF="ecology-howto-ce-devices.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="X10 - Home Automation System" HREF="ecology-howto-home-automation.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="sect1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Linux Ecology-HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="ecology-howto-ce-devices.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 9. Using Linux on non-PC Hardware</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="ecology-howto-home-automation.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="ecology-howto-embedded-boards" ></A >9.2. Using Embedded Linux Boards</H1 ><P > Instead of using a PC, or even instead reusing a consumer device, you may also create your own system using dedicated embedded system boards. Because of lower volumes, such boards may be a bit more expensive, but they can achieve much reduced size and power consumption. Both low and higher volumes are available too. </P ><P > Here are a few noteworthy examples: </P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P > <A HREF="http://www.picotux.com/" TARGET="_top" >Picotux</A > - The smallest Linux computer in the world, only slighly larger than a RJ45 connector. Pretty cheap too. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <A HREF="http://gumstix.com/" TARGET="_top" >Gumstix</A > - Small, affordable embedded boards with the size of a gumstick. Backed by an active community too. </P ></LI ></UL ><P > See this <A HREF="http://free-electrons.com/community/hardware/boards/" TARGET="_top" >independent list of interesting board suppliers</A > for more details. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="ecology-howto-ce-devices.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="ecology-howto-home-automation.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Using Consumer Electronics Devices</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="ecology-howto-nonpc.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >X10 - Home Automation System</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >