Flash media playing embedded pc?

Hi,
I'm new to embedded pcs but I've been pointed in this direction for what I
would like to achieve.. 

I'm looking to mount a small pc that can maybe xpe and some moderately
heavy flash (swf) for a mobile display.  Basically it would be ideal to
mount the machine via VESA mount..

I've seen the ebox 4xxx series but I'm not sure this unit will have enough
juice to run my flash...
http://www.wdlsystems.com/modperl/view_services.cgi?r=detail&prod_num=1EBX43H&aisle_id=1041

Any advice or help would so much appreciated.


Cheers
-Peter

On Jan 16, 5:05 pm, "flashstar" <pe...@flashstar.ca> wrote:

> I've seen the ebox 4xxx series but I'm not sure this unit will have enoug=
h
> juice to run my flash...http://www.wdlsystems.com/modperl/view_services.c=
gi?r=3Ddetail=A1=C7_num...

That processor is borderline... Depends on the screen resolution you
intend to use.
Having had a similar issue to solve recently, I'd suggest using one of
the Intel Atom motherboards and build your own system around that. It
might be most efficient if you just buy an Atom-based netbook and hack
it.

flashstar wrote:
> I'm new to embedded pcs but I've been pointed in this
> direction for what I would like to achieve..
> 
> I'm looking to mount a small pc that can maybe xpe and
> some moderately heavy flash (swf) for a mobile display.
> Basically it would be ideal to mount the machine via VESA
> mount..
> 
> I've seen the ebox 4xxx series but I'm not sure this unit
> will have enough juice to run my flash... 
> http://www.wdlsystems.com/modperl/view_services.cgi?r=detail&prod_num=1EBX43H&aisle_id=1041
> 
> 
> Any advice or help would so much appreciated.

I've run FlashLite/DirectFB/Linux on a Freescale iMX31
PDK board with an 800x480 touch-screen. When the GUI
boys tried to do fancy fades, things got very sluggish.
Otherwise, it seems to be fairly acceptable. However,
IMHO Action Script seems like a bad choice for an
embedded programming language. YMMV

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