[ros-users] Computer Recommendations

[Homer Manalo]

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 <wjwwood at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you are looking for a small, low power x86 type computer you should
> checkout the fit-pc2 <http://www.fit-pc.com/web/>.  We've had good success
> with these computers.
>
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> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Bill Mania <maniabill at yahoo.com> 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^(
>>
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>> Bill Mania /'mæ ɲə/
>> dum vivimus, vivamus!
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