Creating a new ARM/AVR platform

[Jacob Mansfield]

We're moving more into the region of information that I cannot disclose, but I will do my best to answer

On 29 Feb 2012, at 17:26, Liam Proven wrote:

> On 29 February 2012 17:18, Jacob Mansfield <cyberjacob at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> The product is designed to monitor the conditions in a server room, and
>> report data back to a monitoring server at our HQ. it will also use relays
>> to control devices over a proprietary protocol we have developed.
> 
> Environmental conditions, or network/traffic conditions, or server
> load conditions, or some combination thereof?
all of the above

>> The product will be Mains powered.
> 
> OK - rack mount or some small device that attaches to the side of a
> rack or sits on top or something? Wired into the network backbone, its
> own network, wireless, telephone line logging, what?
Rack mount, wired into the network via ethernet and our proprietary communication system, accessed via RS232/serial

>> Convention and fan-based cooling will be used. the device will always be
>> in a climate-controled environment.
> 
> I am guessing that if it's monitoring environmental conditions, such
> as temperature, then it needs to be able to cope with sudden drastic
> rises in temp and so on because that's precisely what it needs to
> alert the sysadmins about?
The device will focus more on server load and power usage

> 
>> What software and hardware will you need to accomplish this?
>> 
>> We hope to use linux with our custom-built monitoring software
> 
> OK, well, so far, this sounds like something you could just use
> ordinary PC Linux on an ultra-small-form-factor PC to do.
> 
> Here's such a device that I reviewed a few years ago:
> http://www.reghardware.com/2009/05/12/review_desktop_pc_linutop_2/
> 
>> The hardware and monitoring system will be proprietary, however the linux
>> integration will be released as open source in conjunction with the GNU GPL.
> 
> OK. You do need to decide GPL2 or 3, or LGPL, Affero GPL etc.
> 
>> We are currently considering using COTS hardware with a cutom-developed
>> add-in module for the advanced features.
> 
> Does this use a standard interface, such as USB or PCI-E? If so, I
> don't think you need to do any custom engineering, porting or
> anything.
 			JACOB MANSFIELD / Lead Developer
Blue Sapphire Media
email:  Jacob at bluesapphiremedia.co.uk
skype:  jacob.mansfield 

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