RE: LinITX touchscreen

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Nick. A couple of leads for me to investigate then... :-)

Even a 1.2GHz processor represents a 20% increase over what I have now,
plus as you say, no doubt the newer boards have better performing
subsystems that all add to the overall improvement. I currently only
have 512MB RAM in it, but since it only has a single DIMM slot, not so
easy to upgrade that... - I checked my "spares bin" and found at
least 4
512MB modules, but nothing larger...

Fanless would be nice. - the M10000 isn't fanless as you know, but it is
fairly quiet. I am planning to place this machine behind my bed
headboard however, so I'll be fairly close to any noise it makes!! (It's
a built-in box headboard, so not completely open, and does provide a
reasonable amount of sound dampening, so not quite as bad as it sounds).

The Tino is "too good" for this application. It's going to be
completely
hidden in what is effectively a cupboard that almost never gets opened.
- I could nail a mobo & PSU to a piece of MDF if need be... it would be
a complete waste to spend lots on a nice ali case... And that being the
case, I suppose it doesn't actually have to be a tiny mobo at all... - a
full size ATX could be accommodated just as easily... (Don't suppose
there's anything fanless except the mobile Pentiums?)...

Hmmm.... decisions, decisions...

Paul G.




> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Nick Shore
> Sent: 13 November 2007 13:11
> To: UKHA Group
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] LinITX touchscreen
>
> Paul Gordon wrote:
> > Thanks Nick! - I guess that finally convinces me of what I'd
already
> > more-or-less decided, - that this M10000 board just doesn't have
the
> > "horses" to run XP with acceptable responsiveness.
> >
>
> XP is extremely reliant on a large amount of RAM to perform
> reasonably...
>
> > What's the lowest power option these days to run XP acceptably
well?
> -
> > the machine is more or less exclusively to provide the bedside
> > touchscreen for the HA interface. As such, it will probably spend
> most
> > of its life running the yet-to-be-released Homeseer touch
> application,
> > although there will undoubtedly be other apps in occasional use
> too...
> > SONOS desktop controller, CCTV viewing, (not sure how yet, - i.e.
> > whether to attempt to pipe the TV-out S-video signal from the
CCTV
> > server over a set of KAT5's, convert to composite, & connect
to
video
> > input on the screen, or, more likely, I'll just run one of the
> Geovision
> > remote apps to view the cameras).
> >
>
> Hmmm "Acceptably well" is a tricky one - what I accept as
reasonable
> you
> might not agree with (and of course I acoid running windows but lets
> not
> go there)
>
> Fastest fanless mini-itx is only 1.2 GHz at the moment but having said
> that the graphics and memory systems on them are vastly superior to
> that
> on the M10000.
>
> Personally I would look at the 1.2GHz jetway J7F2 -
> http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=11111
>
> If you don't need fanless you could go for the same board in 1.5 GHz
or
> 2 GHz variants. (the 1.5 GHz also comes in a low power 12W version
> which
> may be useful)
>
> Stick in 1GB DDR2 to be sure you have enough.
>
> An alternative might be the TINO barebones system which can take a
> fanless Pentium M up to 2.13 GHz
> http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=11335
>
>
> > I'm also considering using it to provide DVD playback to the
bedroom
> TV,
> > playing ripped DVDs off the media server (it's either that or
getting
> a
> > KISS network DVD player that can do the same).
> >
>
> The J7F2 can have an additional DVI output installed which might help
> here:
> http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=11046
>
>
> If you feel the need for speed then have a look at the J9F2 extreme
> core
> duo board:
> http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=11701
>
>
> Lots of choices I'm afraid
> Hope that helps a bit
>
> Feel free to call to discuss with either Chris or myself.
>
>
> Nick.
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