Posted previously under - Black Box Interface wish list

[zoneblue]

HI Guys,

I have ross's newmodbus running on my web dev server, which is a 2year old dual core atom so it draws 19W (that's well due for a rebuild (waiting for silvermount)). Given this is as much as the fridge ive ordered a cubieboard, and will run in on that for now.  However it got me thinking about the pending release of the battery monitor addon and how the black box idea would be ideal for every classic owner that doesnt have access to a inverter or flexnet based monitoring system.

Options :

- arm dev board with a case

- ready made hackable version of above, eg mele
http://dx.com/p/mele-a2000-1080p-android-2-3-network-multi-media-player-w-sata-usb-hdmi-lan-vga-wifi-4gb-131566

- cheap tablet, over wifi, or ethernet over usb

For my 2c browser viewable is enough. Or if people wanted a small LCD or something like that, i guess there'd be options. rPi folk would know.

All sorts of options, but mele does seem like a cheap easy solution to me.

Im happy to share my UI code, when its done, but those of [us] interested could, like, cooperate.