[hpsdr] Any suggestions for small, passive, 12V PC for HPSDR?

[Shirley Márquez Dúlcey]

There has been an explosion of small form factor PCs, both as
barebones systems (the manufacturer provides case, motherboard, power
supply, and CPU, you provide everything else) and as complete systems
(including RAM, SSD, and a Windows install). They generally use
external power bricks, so it is possible to feed DC into them instead.
(The voltage may vary.) The ones based on the Intel Atom are mostly
fanless and consume under 15 watts; there are also ones that use Intel
Core i3 or i5 processors that have fans and consume a bit more power
(but are also faster). You should be able to come up with something
that will suit your needs. Have a look on Newegg for "mini PCs" to get
an idea of what is available.

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 10:02 PM, James Malone <wa3lbi at me.com> wrote:
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>> On Jul 17, 2015, at 5:03 AM, pa5bw <pa5bw at xs4all.nl> wrote:
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>> I use the ANAN-200D in a scientific measurement project and we need to make the receiver autonomous of the mains. We have chosen 12 VDC batteries and want to operate everything from them in a stand-alone box. The project is going well, but the selected PC (a Ragnarok HTPC of DreamState Technologies aka KodiNow in Toronto) was beautiful, but maybe too good to be true. I ordered June 2 and even spoke with the DreamState guy several times on the phone, received an order form with "paid" on it, all seemed well, but nothing is even dispatched as of now (July 17). A lot of prompt promises on emails and phone calls of sending tracking information, but it stays with promises. Since this week he does not answer my calls and mails anymore. So I will proceed to reclaim my money via my creditcard company.
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>> That puts me in a spot though, as I had hoped to put this nice compact, passively cooled, 15 Watt power consumption PC in a watertight box with receiver and batteries to use in the field, but I stand here empty-handed, and with 6 weeks less time on my hands. Does anyone of you know a good alternative, which is 12 VDC in, compact, passively cooled and running HPSDR on a breeze?
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>> Thanks in advance,
>> Ben PE5B (email pe5b at xs4all.nl)
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