Thanks for the infos. The fit-pc2 looks very interesting, how would you compare it with this: http://www.pcx.com.ph/index.php/intel-blkd510mo-w-intel-atom-dc.html in terms of image processing capabilities? On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 4:13 AM, William Woodall wrote: > If you are looking for a small, low power x86 type computer you should > checkout the fit-pc2 . We've had good success > with these computers. > > -- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > William Woodall > Graduate Software Engineering > Auburn University > w@auburn.edu > wjwwood@gmail.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Bill Mania wrote: > >> Homer, >> >> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 06:24:22PM +0800, Homer Manalo wrote: >> > I'd like to know what kind of computer are you using for your robots. I >> > would also like to know what are your recommendations for a robot that >> will >> > make a lot of use of image processing, say two stereo cameras. Are intel >> > atoms sufficient for the job? What about beagleboards? Or the pico ITX >> from >> > VIA? >> >> I'm in Chicago and building a hobby robot. I'm currently using an >> old Dell notebook computer (with the display removed) and an AVR >> microcontroller. I plan to have a single webcam, two motor >> controllers, two ultrasonic rangefinders, a gyroscope and a GPS. >> >> So far, I seem to have sufficient computing capacity, but the >> whole thing is a bit heavy. 8^( >> >> -- >> Bill Mania /'mæ ɲə/ >> dum vivimus, vivamus! >> _______________________________________________ >> ros-users mailing list >> ros-users@code.ros.org >> https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >> > > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > >