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Efika 5200B Project
Cereals processing machine controllerin category Hardware
proposed by acrux on 16th November 2006 (accepted on 6th December 2006)
Project Summary
We are planning to test if an EFIKA powered by GNU/Linux CRUX PPC as mainboard controller for a new and complex post-polishing cereals machine is a lowcost \'n high quality solution.The EFIKA \'ll be the technological add-on core for those machines.
Project Blog Entries
we moved to industrial front panel pc based on Via Epia EN12000G.
No way to find Power Architecture machine with same features.
PROJECT CLOSED
we are ready to test mechanical parts controlled by EFIKA with an high tuned CRUX PPC. Happy to know the EFIKA as it is now will continue to be produced (slightly modified, but how?) and re-introduced in the form of consumer products by THTF at CES 2008 (but how much?).
Btw, we are working to clean our file system to fit it in a 256MB or 128MB CompactFlash.
We are going to realize a first complete prototype. In semptember we have finished mechanical parts project too and now we'll soon receive the machinery.
One high tuned CRUX PPC and all compiled necessary stuff in 1Gb Compact Flash.
Big problem to share with this project one of two machine provided by GENESI to the CRUX PPC Team.
btw, in the next month we cannot present the prototype with a retired and sold-out controller like EFIKA. We are looking for another modular and cheap (75,00 eypo was a really nice price) powerpc controller... maybe an amcc40x.
EFIKA with 256MB DDR
PCI 90-degree rightside riser card
PCI USB2.0/OHCI-1394 card NEC chipset
IDE44-CF adaptor
today.. is saturday! Yeah, i'm free...
I'm on the WWW looking for some hardware that it'll be possible to use for the project.
I need an active pci risercard, a pci video card, a pci usb2/firewire, a firewire cam, an ide/microdisk adaptor and a touchscreen.