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 Touch screens

The Metro-X X-server is supporting the following touch screen:

• Carrol Touch serial touch screen. http://www.carrolltouch.com

20.3 Joysticks

Joystick support is in the latest XFree86 distributions (3.3.x) and in kernel versions 2.1.xx. For older kernels the links below are usefull.

• 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

20.4 Video capture boards / Frame Grabbers

• Data Translation DT2803
  
• Data Translation DT2851 Frame Grabber
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/dt2851-2.01.tar.gz
• Data Translation DT3155
  http://krusty.eecs.umich.edu/people/ncowan/linux/welcome.html
• Diamond DTV2000 (based on BT848)
  
• Dipix XPG1000/FPG/PPMAPA (based on TI C40 DSP). Most add-on cards are supported.
  http://www.thp.Uni-Koeln.DE/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html
• Epix SVM
  
• 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
• Imaging Technology ITI/IC-PCI
  ftp://ftp.gom-online.de/pub/IC-PCI/icpci-0.3.2.tar.gz
• 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
• Matrox PIP-1024
  http://www.powerup.com.au/~sobeyp/pip_tar.gz
• 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
• MuTech MV200
  http://www.powerup.com.au/~sobeyp/mu_tar.gz
• Philips PCA10TV (not in production anymore)
  ftp://ftp.il.ft.hse.nl/pub/tv1000/pctv1000.02.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

20.5 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

20.6 Multifunction boards

• Pro Audio Spectrum 16 SCSI / Sound interface card

20.7 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>

20.8 Watchdog timer interfaces

• ICS WDT500-P ( http://www.indcomp.src.com/products/data/html/wdt500-p.html)
• ICS WDT501-P (with and without fan tachometer) ( http://www.indcomp.src.com/products/data/html/wdt500-p.html)

20.9 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