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``direct'' RS-232 vs. RS-232 via USB vs. PPS decoding cards

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Mark Sims
Tue, Feb 14, 2017 5:34 PM

Beware of Atom based devices...  Many of the Atom chips have a problem where a couple of the critical clock output signals have a design problem and they start failing after around 18 months.  This problem just became public in the last month or so when Cisco warned of impending failures in a lot their routers.


There is a whole class of low power mother boards targeted at the embedded

market.  A few of them have multiple Ethernets - goof for building firewalls.
I haven't found any low cost ones.
http://www.mini-box.com/Atom

Beware of Atom based devices... Many of the Atom chips have a problem where a couple of the critical clock output signals have a design problem and they start failing after around 18 months. This problem just became public in the last month or so when Cisco warned of impending failures in a lot their routers. ----------------------- > There is a whole class of low power mother boards targeted at the embedded market. A few of them have multiple Ethernets - goof for building firewalls. I haven't found any low cost ones. http://www.mini-box.com/Atom