20. Other hardware

20.1 VESA Power Savings Protocol (DPMS) monitors

Support for power savings is included in the Linux kernel. Just use setterm to enable support.

20.2 Joysticks

• Joystick driver
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/console/joystick-0.8.0.tgz
• Joystick driver (module)
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/console/joyfixed.tgz

20.3 Video capture boards / Frame Grabbers

• Data Translation DT 2851 Frame Grabber
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/dt2851-2.01.tar.gz
• Data Translation 3155
  http://krusty.eecs.umich.edu/people/ncowan/linux/welcome.html
• Diamond DTV2000 (based on BT848)
  
• Dipix XPG1000/FPG
  http://www.thp.Uni-Koeln.DE/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html
• Epix Silicon Video MUX series of video frame grabbing boards
  http://www.ssc.com/lj/issue13/npc13c.html
• FAST Screen Machine II
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/ScreenMachineII.2.0.tgz
• Hauppage Wincast TV PCI (based on BT848)
  http://www.thp.Uni-Koeln.DE/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html
• ImageNation Cortex I
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/cortex.drv.1.1.tgz
• ImageNation CX100
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/cxdrv-0.86.tar.gz
• ImageNation PX500 (being worked on). Ask for current status
  rubini@linux.it
• Imaging Technology Inc. IC-PCI frame grabber board
  ftp://gandalf.expmech.ing.tu-bs.de/pub/driver/icpci-0.2.0.tar.gz
• Matrox Meteor
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/meteor-1.4a.tgz
• Miro PCTV (based on BT848)
  http://www.thp.Uni-Koeln.DE/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html
• MuTech MV1000 PCI
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/mv1000drv-0.33.tgz
• Pro Movie Studio
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/PMS-grabber.3.0.tgz
• Quanta WinVision B&W video capture card
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/fgrabber-1.0.tgz
• Quickcam
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/qcam-0.7c-5.tar.gz
• Sensus 700
  http://www.robots.com/s700.htm
• Smart Video Recorder III (based on BT848)
  http://www.thp.Uni-Koeln.DE/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html
• STB TV PCI Television Tuner (based on BT848)
  http://www.thp.Uni-Koeln.DE/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html
• Video Blaster, Rombo Media Pro+
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/vid_src-0.6.tgz
• VT1500 TV cards
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/vt1500-1.0.9.tar.gz

20.4 UPS

• APC SmartUPS
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/ups/apcd-0.5.tar.gz
• APC-BackUPS 400/600, APC-SmartUPS SU700/1400RM
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/ups/apcupsd-2.2.tar.gz
• UPS's with RS-232 monitoring port (genpower package)
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/ups/genpower-1.0.1.tgz
• A daemon to shut down and up computers connected to ups's. It's network aware and allows server- and client-mode
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/ups/powerd-2.0.tar.gz
• various other UPS's are supported, read the UPS HOWTO

20.5 Data acquisition

The Linux Lab Project site collects drivers for hardware dealing with data acquisition, they also maintain some mailing lists dealing with the subject. I have no experience with data acquisition so please check the site for more details.

• Linux Lab Project
  http://www.llp.fu-berlin.de/

• CED 1401
• DBCC CAMAC
• IEEE-488 (GPIB, HPIB) boards
• Keithley DAS-1200
• National Instruments AT-MIO-16F / Lab-PC+

• Analog Devices RTI-800/815 ADC/DAC board
  contact Paul Gortmaker < gpg109@anu.edu.au>

20.6 Miscellaneous

• Mattel Powerglove
  
• AIMS Labs RadioTrack FM radio card
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/sound/radio/radiotrack-1.1.tgz
• Reveal FM Radio card
  ftp://magoo.uwsuper.edu/docs/radio.html
• Videotext cards
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/videoteXt-0.6.tar.gz