An embedded system engineer in the United States has created his own business card that can run Linux.
They are shared during formal introductions as a convenience for retrieving contact information.
He also noted that electronic business cards have limited functions.
Georges business card is a complete, minimal ARM computer running my customized Linux firmware built with Buildroot.
So, how to get the card running?
The bottom left corner of the business card has a USB port that can be plugged into a computer.
All of these features are packed on a very small 8MB flash chip.
This leaves a lot of space for the virtual flash drive.
It also contains a writable home directory just in case anyone wants to save some data on the card.
This can also be saved on the flash chip, which is properly wear levelled with UBI.
The processor is an Allwinner F1C100 and it includes both RAM and CPU in a single package.
However, this pricing does not include shipping.
While Georges Linux-powered business card may sound cool, the project was not a smooth sailing one though.
He has detailed the challenges faced by him while making the business card in his blog post.
source: www.techworm.net
