[MLB-WIRELESS] A sneak preview of Musenki's new wirelessaccess point

Jon jon at webprophets.net.au
Wed Apr 17 12:02:38 EST 2002


Anybody got any power-consumption estimates for such a box ?
Eg. could one be left alone trickle-charging from a solar cell, only turning on
for a period in its duty-cycle when it had enough oomph stored up ?

Jon


Clae wrote:

> At 5:58 PM +1000 16/4/02, Denis Dowling wrote:
>
> >What we want is a small embedded CPU board with PCMCIA, Ethernet and enough
> >ram and flash to run a cut down Linux. Would be a nice project.
>
> Low power consumption would be nice, too, for remote-power
> applications.  I imagine he 500 mA @ 12V requirement of the WL200
> would be  hard to beat in a home built solution.
>
> Count me in too.  I know bugger all about this stuff, but I like to watch :)
>
> Clae.
>
> >  > Barry Park wrote:
>
> >  > I can't see any reason why Melbourne Wireless couldn't develop
> >  > our own AP using
> >>  embedded Linux. There are plenty of talented hardware and
> >>  software hacker in the
> >>  group.
> >>
> >>  Email me and I'll gauge if there is enough interest to form a
> >  > working group.
> >  >
>
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