[time-nuts] An embedded NTP server

[Bob Camp]

Hi

That's the point I've been trying to make for about a month now. At some point, for a hobby project, the cost of the CPU becomes irrelevant. In my book, once the CPU goes below the price of lunch at McDonalds, it really doesn't matter much.

Bob

On Jan 2, 2013, at 7:36 PM, Joseph Gray <jgray at zianet.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk at phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
>> --------
>> Actually, the OS is not important, floating point support is.
> 
> That is one reason that the recent crop of inexpensive ARM Cortex M4
> experimenter boards is quite interesting. I picked up two of the TI
> Stellaris Launchpads on preorder for $5 each and also snagged a free
> STM32F3 board (both are Cortex M4). I haven't gotten to them yet, but
> I have projects in mind (always too many projects and not enough
> time).
> 
> I just finished reading a book that described the STM Cortex line in
> detail. All I can say is "wow". What you get for the money is quite
> impressive.
> 
> Joe Gray
> W5JG
> 
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