Compulab Introduces The Fit-PC2i
I am just such a sucker for little embedded systems platforms. It started with the Soekris Net4501, but I've also used the Soekris Net4801, ALIX boards and HP thin clients…
Inspirational Hardware: The FIT-PC Slim & FIT-PC2
My roots in VoIP are closely intertwined with embedded systems. I really like the idea of small, quiet, lower-power hardware that just runs...and runs...and runs. That's what drove me to…
A Novel Widget: fit-statUSB from Compulab
Here’s a cute new widget from Compulab, makers of my beloved Airtop-PC. A first glance, fit-statUSB looks like a very small USB memory key, but it’s actually a programmable color…
Tip: Faking an HDMI Connection
Last week I once again saw a need to share the output of an Android device. As I've described previously, this requires the use of an HDMI splitter to feed…
Compulab Airtop: The strong, silent type of desktop computer
I can’t really explain it, but fanless, small form-factor computers have always held a lot of appeal. Over the years I’ve twice selected SFF models as my desktop. Compulab, and…
Oh, Yeah: DIY Room Systems!
Prognosticator extraordinaire Dave Michels recently post some observations of things he saw at InfoComm. In so doing I think that he may have coined a new buzz-phrase, “DIY Room Systems.”…
CompuLab Strikes Again; Intense PC Looks Sweet!
CompuLab, the company that brought us the Fit-PC series have a special place in my heart. Their little super-small-form-factor PCs hold an attractive quality that's hard to describe. I…
Blogging In Transition: A Host Of Issues – Act Two
Welcome to act two of our little saga, whereupon our protagonist, having found that his existing shared blog host is now unreliable, has set out in search of a new…
D.I.Y. Asterisk Appliances: A Question Of Scale
Selecting hardware appropriate for a particular Asterisk installation has been a topic of discussion ever since the emergence of Asterisk. This typically centers around choosing hardware to handle n users…