Plug Computers

A 'Plug' Computer?

A small form factor, full fledged, ARM based computer enclosed in a Power Plug or Adapter The name 'plug' also = plug and play Small, and bare minimum components The term was coined by Marvell

Why?
Low Power Consumption just 4-6w Always on Cheap Compact Powered by Marvell embedded Gigahertz Class Processors Connects directly to the network Housed in a small enclosure, plugs directly into an AC outlet Built in debug support Open platform Wide range of I/O Interfaces

What's inside

The specifications of the initial Sheevaplug Development Kit

Marvell Sheeva ARM Processor running @ 1.2 GHz
512 MB of DDR2 RAM 512 MB of NAND Storage Multiple USB ports Gigabit ethernet 1000 Mbps SDIO interface for SD Memory Cards A JTAG interface

The Software
Uses uBoot Bootloader for embedded devices Initializes the hardware Executes the kernel & OS Uses Linux based Operating System Debian, Ubuntu and so on Basically any OS which supports ARM architecure Install 25000+ packages

Accessing the Plug

Remote GUI Shell / Command Line Access Also has serial console Web Interface

Applications

File and media servers Personal cloud Torrent, file downloader Download Box Weather monitoring Surveillance Web servers Asterisk / VOIP servers Health monitoring Home automation Etc The possible applications are endless

Plug Devices

Many commercially available plug computer devices

SheevaPlug
GuruPlug DreamPlug Seagate Dockstar / GoFlex Net Iomega iConnect PogoPlug

References

http://www.marvell.com/solutions/plug-computers/ http://computingplugs.com/index.php/Main_Page http://www.plugcomputer.org/

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