Small may be beautiful but minute is hot

OK, here’s a hot product: A Linux-based computer slightly larger than an RJ45 connector housing an ARM7 CPU at 55 MHz running uClinux kernel 2.4.27 and Busybox 1.0 with a 10/100 Mbit half/full duplex Ethernet and a serial port that runs up to 230,400 baud. The picotux 100 from Kleinhenz Elektronik GmbH is a remarkable device priced at 99 euros. The slightly larger picotux 112 (actually a picotux 100 mounted on a PCB) and slightly more expensive (119 euros) will soon have power over Ethernet (PoE). No idea what we could use it for but we want one.