cyfinity » powerbrick http://www.cyfinity.com If it's broke, fix it Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:23:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Marvell SheevaPlug: Linux Powerbrick http://www.cyfinity.com/2009/02/marvell-sheevaplug-linux-powerbrick/ http://www.cyfinity.com/2009/02/marvell-sheevaplug-linux-powerbrick/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:57:00 +0000 ninjaneer http://www.cyfinity.com/?p=687 Marvell of the USA have announced a sub $100 (projected sub $50!) computer built into a ‘power-brick’ or ‘wall wart’.

sheevaplug-devkit

Bascially, the device is the size of a regular plug-in power adaptor and does just that; it plugs into the mains socket and runs. It’s power consumption is supposedly about 5 Watts.

  • 1.2Ghz ARM CPU
  • 512MB RAM
  • 512MB Flash storage
  • Gigabit wired ethernet
  • USB 2.0 socket
  • SDIO Expansion

Marvell already claim linux distributions to be running on the device and the possibilities for utilisation seem endless.

The $99 “development kit” is effectively a pre-release model and I’m really tempted to order one in to see what I can make of it.

Unfortunately, Slashdot got hold of this before I did so you will be able to see the Marvell SheevaPlug over at Linux Devices when their server stops smoking ;)

You also be able to order the SheevaPlug devkit directly from Marvell

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