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* Answer the question: "What do you want the machine to do?" TASKS | * Answer the question: "What do you want the machine to do?" TASKS | ||
− | + | ** burn CD/DVDs, | |
+ | ** work with a touchscreen, | ||
+ | ** connect to WiFi, and | ||
+ | ** runs the kiosk software. | ||
* What OS do you want to use? | * What OS do you want to use? | ||
* What kind of hardware is supported for that OS? | * What kind of hardware is supported for that OS? | ||
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* Install OS | * Install OS | ||
* Test machine hardware (benchmark if necessary) | * Test machine hardware (benchmark if necessary) | ||
− | * Software dev and testing for TASKS | + | * Software dev and testing for TASKS |
+ | ** burn CD/DVDs, | ||
+ | ** work with a touchscreen, | ||
+ | ** connect to WiFi, and | ||
+ | ** runs the kiosk software. | ||
Revision as of 16:22, 9 October 2008
Agenda:
- Answer the question: "What do you want the machine to do?" TASKS
- burn CD/DVDs,
- work with a touchscreen,
- connect to WiFi, and
- runs the kiosk software.
- What OS do you want to use?
- What kind of hardware is supported for that OS?
- Determine all component properties you'll need: hard drive size, CPU
speed, e.g.
- Comparison shop components (document shopping process with links)
- Order components
- Build machine
- Install OS
- Test machine hardware (benchmark if necessary)
- Software dev and testing for TASKS
- burn CD/DVDs,
- work with a touchscreen,
- connect to WiFi, and
- runs the kiosk software.
Members:
- Dr. Kaufhold - johnk_2k AT hotmail DOT com
- Mr. Bui - paul_bui AT apsva DOT us
- Alex Lindeman - alex AT hectogon DOT net
- Marc Portis - marcportis AT gmail DOT com
- Sam Passaglia - scpassaglia AT gmail DOT com
- Theresa Tran
- Harrison Streeter
Ideas
Supplies to acquire (for prototype):
- Touchscreen
- Cheapest or most reliable?
- Compatible with the OS?
- 2 of the same type
- New, refurbished or used?
- CD/DVD burner
Design
- Software?
- Which distro of Linux to run?
- Compatibility with the hardware
- Touchscreen
- Network adapter (esp. wifi)
- Reliability
- Uptime
- Lifespan
- Warranties
- Hardware specs
- Reliability
- Motherboard type
- CPU speed
- Amount of RAM
- Hard drive size
- Power supply
- Form factor
- Cooling
- Size of touchscreen
- Dimensions
- Blueprint of kiosk
- What to do if we can't get a touchscreen? fallback: trackball mouse in kiosk?
Content
- What should we distribute?