[OZAPRS] APRS computer power consumption

[Steve]

Well, it looked like his mileage did vary indeed! Poor bloke. I hope 
he's somehow got a dud one, and that there's not some problem with them 
generally.

I don't have a GuruPlug, but I can confirm that all the other ARM SoC 
devices I have run cool and perform well.
I have one on a Solar installation out the bush that has an uptime of 
weeks, and hasn't gotten close to flattening the battery - even after 
the week of rain  we had recently (low output from the 60W solar array).
It will be a remote APRS I-Gate as soon as I get a TNC (or USB soundcard 
so I can run Soundmodem) for it.
Good fun devices to play with, and they are everywhere. Check your ADSL 
modem/router or your 802.11 gear for possible examples ;-)

Steve.



On 12/13/2010 12:02 PM, Andrew Errington wrote:
> On Mon, December 13, 2010 09:39, James Cameron wrote:
>    
>> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:55:47AM +1100, Steve wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> I've been following the power thread and can't remember if anyone's
>>> mentioned all those devices that use the Marvell ARM chipset.
>>>        
>> I agree, they are cool.  As one of our engineers said, it's the first
>> time he hasn't burned the chip manufacturer's logo into his fingers during
>> thermal testing.
>>      
> This guy would beg to differ:
>
> http://1wt.eu/articles/guruplug-slow-heater/
>
> (It's the Guruplug- the successor to the SheevaPlug).
>
> A
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