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Originally Posted by Racer x
You have a lot of faith in the electronics.
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More or less mandated by the budget constraints. For example we can get
4 pressure sensors for $13 incl. S&H[*], because we can have the USB-Whacker do the processing and the tablet do the displaying.
Speaking of tablets, a device branded
Zepad just got delivered way ahead of schedule. It has slightly better features than expected, e.g. Android 2.2 and 4GB of flash. Although we'll need neither as we're most likely going to run Linux with our custom motorcycle dashboard software, which together shouldn't require more than a few hundred MB. Ethernet adapter, stylus pen and Sennheiser MX500 earbuds are the included accessories. No cables for the two USB ports, though.
As for appearances, I would have preferred all of the plastic to be black instead of part silver and the home-button makes the up-to-an-inch-wide bezels in landscape view slightly asymmetric, but maybe I'm being a little too picky.
[*]The following IC is good for up to 44psi of pressure:
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/...code=MPXH6300A