Linux Computer in USB Key Form-Factor 149
PMBjornerud writes "A start-up located in the French Alps near Grenoble is readying a tiny ARM-based Linux single-board computer (SBC) in a USB key form-factor. Calao's USB-9260 USB key-sized SBC measures 3.3 x 1.4 inches (85 x 36 mm). It is based on an Atmel AT91SAM9260 processor, an SoC (system-on-chip) powered by an ARM926EJ-S core clocked at 190MHz. The SoC targets "advanced applications such as GPS application processors," according to Atmel. Here is a Spec sheet PDF. With a 10/100 Ethernet port, firewall usage springs to mind. Other interfaces are 2 USB host ports and room for an expansion card. Which should allow some creative uses. "
Re:Firewall (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Firewall (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Firewall (Score:3, Interesting)
network analysis tool? (Score:5, Interesting)
I bet that security researchers turn it into some kind of network analysis tool before I can say "whippit".
And then the hackers get their hands on it.....
I bet your there are waaay more uses for a sexy little gizmo like this then the manufacturers realize.
but does it run... (Score:3, Interesting)
Coming soon (Score:3, Interesting)
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Re:OBLIG: Imagine a beowolf... (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Firewall (Score:4, Interesting)
This thing still uses an RJ45 connector which means it still can't be used in such a severe environment in its off-the-shelf form, but it's much easier to desolder a connector and solder a jumper cable to something like a MIL-C-38999 and pot the whole thing in epoxy than try to ruggedize those Hirose connectors (hopeless).
Re:A Linux Computer on a bootable USB disk? (Score:5, Interesting)
Appears as a drive to the system and launches a full-screen window displaying its own X server's screen buffer when plugged in (to a Windows, BSD, or Linux box).
Has enough power storage in a capacitor to automatically save state when suddenly unplugged - so you can just pull it out, take it somewhere else, plug it into another box (perhaps with a different underlying op system), and pick up right where you left off (cursor position, keystroke, and all).
Was intended to be licensed to manufacturers and to sell for $100 for kids to carry between school, library, and home. I think they eventually got a model to market for $125 with a flash drive.
Don't recall the name right now (a somewhat simian word) but there have been a number of stories about it on Slashdot.
The one in THIS article isn't it. Doesn't seem to have any mass storage onboard.
Re:network analysis tool? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:firewall? duh? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:imagine (Score:2, Interesting)
1 7-port self powered USB hub
7 of these keys
7 ethernet cables
1 8-port switch
Connect the keys to the USB hub for power
Connect the ethernet cables from the keys to the switch
Connect your workstation to the switch
Not sure which Beowulf supporting OS runs on ARM though.
Re:firewall? duh? (Score:3, Interesting)
You would be better off assigning two IP addresses to two aliases on the device and using the one ethernet jack.