Bug Labs
Posted on February 7th, 2008
Ok, so this is pretty much the epitome of geekiness, but I so want one. The BUGbase ‘Hiro P’ Edition for $299. It’s a modular open source computer/gadget system with a Java-based development kit. The base unit specs look like this:
ARM1136JF-S-based microprocessor 1 USB 2.0 HS host interface/4 hub port connections 1 USB OTG HS interface 4 UART serial links 4 channel SPI interface I2C (400 kbits) interface/4 channels I2S interface/2 channels Smart LCD interface Camera sensor interface Micro memory card interface MPEG4 hardware encoding/decoding Hardware graphic acceleration 10/100 Ethernet MAC and more...
No wireless, but coming and at cost when released to early adopters. The first four modules (due Q1/2008 are a GPS, a 2MP camera, a motion detection/accelerometor unit and a 320×240 touch sensitive color LCD display.
Much more including more specs, pictures and screenshots of the dev kit at Bug Labs. Their Bug Blogger entries also have a lot of information on what they’ve got going on and some of the thinking behind things.
Link sent from my even geekier brother E.