If so, no probs. Not the Prop Tool but SimpleIDE for Prop development in C/C++ and Spin/PASM. Runs on a RaspberryPi so why not there? Same with Eclipse.
Dragging it down to the shop floor and expecting to plug it into anything with a serial port might be an issue. Does a Chromebook have a USB host port? Does that work with Ubuntu installed?
Edit: Seems it has some USB ports. So this is all possible. I think I have to get one and find out.
Given that it runs Linux and has a USB host port then you have a choice of serial terminal programs, including the one built into SimpleIDE. I think I need one of those Chromebooks.
I've had a Google Chromebook for almost 2 years now. I got it free at one of the Chicago Android meetings that was held at the Chicago Google office. They gave out over a hundred there that night.
I'm not real well versed on Linux so I don't know a lot about the inner workings of the unit. Funny- I was actually looking for a terminal program a while back to see if I could run it on the machine and by searching the internet it sounds like it's not doable in its stock form. You can "root" the device and run your own version of Linux or even Windows I'm told.
If anyone has any Linux commands they'd like me to try on it I'd be happy to.
I basically use it for browsing the net and using the Google Docs thing. It actually works very well. Boots up in a flash. Open the lid and it's ready to go. It has a Verizon cellular modem that Google included a 2 year subscription to (limited data- don't remember the limit) but it is enough to check email , etc.
Edit- The USB port is rather limited in what it will do. It will find a mouse or memory stick but that seems to be it.
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Jeff
Could this be the same thing as a chromebook, only smaller,and $100 less? ($199 + $30 versus $349)
http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/22/googler-loads-ubuntu-on-an-arm-based-samsung-chromebook/
If so, no probs. Not the Prop Tool but SimpleIDE for Prop development in C/C++ and Spin/PASM. Runs on a RaspberryPi so why not there? Same with Eclipse.
Dragging it down to the shop floor and expecting to plug it into anything with a serial port might be an issue. Does a Chromebook have a USB host port? Does that work with Ubuntu installed?
Edit: Seems it has some USB ports. So this is all possible. I think I have to get one and find out.
I'm not real well versed on Linux so I don't know a lot about the inner workings of the unit. Funny- I was actually looking for a terminal program a while back to see if I could run it on the machine and by searching the internet it sounds like it's not doable in its stock form. You can "root" the device and run your own version of Linux or even Windows I'm told.
If anyone has any Linux commands they'd like me to try on it I'd be happy to.
I basically use it for browsing the net and using the Google Docs thing. It actually works very well. Boots up in a flash. Open the lid and it's ready to go. It has a Verizon cellular modem that Google included a 2 year subscription to (limited data- don't remember the limit) but it is enough to check email , etc.
Edit- The USB port is rather limited in what it will do. It will find a mouse or memory stick but that seems to be it.