On Topic: Cheapest Asterisk USB Key? (was: Re: [asterisk-users]Off Topic: Open Source USB Softphone)

[Stelios Koroneos]

>
> 	Here's a flipside of this subject: what is the absolute
> cheapest Linux
> device that can be connected to a PC's USB port? That has just enough
> power for a minimal Asterisk server running on it. The Asterisk just
> maintains a CDR database on its Flash memory, which it periodically
> submits over the PC's network connection with an HTTP hit on a remote
> full-service Asterisk server? No call handling, DSP or anything really
> number crunching, no telephony terminal or other services. The
> lowest-performance device that plugs into the USB, with its own Linux
> instance. In OEM quantity, under $50? Under $100?
>

When you say "devices" do you mean an off the self device or a module you
can use to build a custom device ?
In the first case there are a lot of "fisrt generation" routers coming into
the market at very low prices
for example
http://www.wirelesslan.gr/product_info.php?cPath=127&products_id=866
http://www.wirelesslan.gr/product_info.php?products_id=670

If you are looking for a SoC type device there are several although, the
100$ range looks more realistic

There are several devices that could be used.
DimmPC comes in my mind - http://www.amctechcorp.com/dimmpci/index.html
Digi's Connectcore
http://www.digi.com/products/embeddedsolutions/connectcore9u.jsp

Check Linux devices for a larger list
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8498487406.html


Hope it helps

Stelios



Stelios S. Koroneos
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