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wmarone	2011-01-14 , 19:07
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Originally Posted by kktester

Thanks

You are correct about the costs. I think I have two choices to try and find a linux hardware solution which seems to cost a few hundred dollers or bite the bullet and build somthing and program it at a lower level which would bring the price down to under 100.

Its a shame that from a comercial point of view a linux solution cannot compete.

Linux solutions can definitely compete, the question is if your requirements are too high for the price range you're estimating, especially with the Java requirement. The Rev. C Beagleboard ($125) has USB On-the-go. The xM is $150, and that's actually LOW for hardware of that type (typical dev systems for that processor go for $1200+.)

Additionally, these systems are not Linux-only.

Perhaps you should look at something like this:

http://designsomething.org/leopardboard/default.aspx

Parts listings here.

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