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From: rg@msel.unh.edu (Roger Gonzalez)
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: low power vme
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Date: 22 May 91 13:20:45 GMT
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We're looking for low-power VME manufacturers that use Wind River's
VxWorks realtime OS.  So far we have come up with Dynatem, who also
distributes low-power boards from a german company called "o+r".

We're looking for boards that draw around 1 amp.  Just as a comparison:
Heurikon 68030 cpu    12A
Dynatem 68030 cpu      1A   (all CMOS)

These boards have to reliably run off batteries for many hours.

Thanks,
Roger

Vendor notice: VxWorks support is -not- negotiable.  If it won't run
with your product, or takes over 1A for a stripped CPU or 2A for a
CPU with SCSI and ethernet, please don't bother to call.  I don't care
if you support OS/9, VRTX, pSOS, etc.  We've evaluated them all to
death.

-- 
"The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting
 than the question of whether a submarine can swim" - Edsgar W. Dijkstra 
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