[Yaaarc] Jack PC - a 5W PC in a wall socket (robot controller?)

[Neal Probert]

It's just a small PC.  Not much I/O unless you want to use USB for 
everything.

Fine for a thin terminal where you need them.

I'd consider it only if I could load Linux on them, of course.

Keith Mc. (Route-To YAR) wrote:

>New low powered "Jack PC" by http://www.chippc.com   Only 5 watts, 
>it fits in a standard double wide electrical box, and can even be
>powered by power-over-ethernet:
>
>  http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39272166,00.htm
>
>  http://www.chippc.com/products/jackpc/jackpc.asp
>
>Considering they've managed to drop the power requirements so low,
>might a hack of something from their product line make the core 
>of a good, low powered PC based robot controller?  (If so, what?)
>
>- Keith Mc.
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