[Gllug] Very small Linux computer

Christopher Hunter chrisehunter at blueyonder.co.uk
Thu Aug 5 00:36:46 UTC 2004


On Wednesday 04 Aug 2004 1:19 pm, will wrote:
> Has anyone got any suggestions for a very small computer to run Linux?
> It is for a robot and so really only needs a basic interface to the
> world, no gfx, no sound etc.  Ideally able to support I2C and/or CAN
> bus.  I would like to interface with this thing remotely, so wireless or
> radio would be useful, but remote access it not a priority.

Does it really have to run Linux?  Small robotic stuff is usually best done 
with a dedicated processor, and the PIC series from Microchip are often used.  
There are a number of high-level language compilers and assemblers for the 
PICs, some of which are available to us Linux types.

Chris

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