Rather than the beagleboard and other related systems, I'm now recommending the Trimslice (http://trimslice.com/web/) heavily. Picked one up a couple months ago and I absolutely love it. It's become my go-to ARM dev box.
If you're a complete noob like me and still have difficulty reading electronics diagram, or sketchy on how transistors work, then get a cheap hackable arduino until you're ready for the more adventurous stuff.
HD video might be out of reach, but you can output to TV (see gameduino). Processing is limited, but you can ship processing to a server via ethernet (see nanode). Storage is limited, but you can have SD card shields (or use a remote server). Or how about radio control (see nanode RF http://http://nanode.eu/)?
Plus an arduino might be a nice companion with a Pi/Beaglebord/Trimslice for remote sensors or remote control. or maybe Lilipad arduino for wearable computing apps.
Very slick indeed! Do you know anything like this but more "customizable" (e.g. build to order)? Essentially I want something like Pi but with more RAM and HDD.
If you're a complete noob like me and still have difficulty reading electronics diagram, or sketchy on how transistors work, then get a cheap hackable arduino until you're ready for the more adventurous stuff.
HD video might be out of reach, but you can output to TV (see gameduino). Processing is limited, but you can ship processing to a server via ethernet (see nanode). Storage is limited, but you can have SD card shields (or use a remote server). Or how about radio control (see nanode RF http://http://nanode.eu/)?
Plus an arduino might be a nice companion with a Pi/Beaglebord/Trimslice for remote sensors or remote control. or maybe Lilipad arduino for wearable computing apps.