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This is a project suggested by Marco Zennaro of ICTP Trieste to build a PingER monitoring host based on an inexpensive embedded Linux platform. If successful one could consider using these in production reducing the costs (they draw about 5W of 120V DC power compared to typically over 100W for a deskside computer or 20W for a laptop) for monitoring sites to procure and support such monitoring hosts. This could be very valuable for sites in developing countries.
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