WL Freedom Toaster Project

Agenda:

• Answer the question: "What do you want the machine to do?" TASKS

A. burn CD/DVDs, B. work with a touchscreen, C. connect to WiFi, and D. 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 A. burn CD/DVDs, B. work with a touchscreen, C. connect to WiFi, and D. 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?