[clug] Two 'development kits' - $3000 'E Ink' and $99 Wal-Wart

James Greenhalgh james.greenhalgh at gmail.com
Thu Feb 26 02:50:53 GMT 2009


Hi Steve,

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 1:32 PM, steve jenkin <sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au> wrote:
> Anyone seen these developer/prototype kits or know more??
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> >From Marvell (US$99)
>
> "The plug computer will be based on Marvell's SheevaPlug platform, which
> has an embedded 1.2-GHz CPU. It would also come with 512 MB of flash
> memory and and 512 MB of DRAM. The device would connect to the home
> network by ethernet and have a USB 2.0 port."
>
> <http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/02/marvell-offers.html>
> <http://www.marvell.com/products/embedded_processors/plug_computing_small_computer_digital_media/release/1256/>
> <http://www.marvell.com/products/index.jsp>
>
> I couldn't see how to order one :-(
>

I ordered a 'SheevaPlug Dev Kit' for $99 yesterday. Perhaps they were
swamped with orders and removed the purchase link.

I'm going to turn mine into a temperature monitoring server for my
greenhouse! I'm excited. :)

Good luck finding one.

Cheers,
James


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