Re: gEDA-user: Copper-free area in footprint

[Dave McGuire <mcguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On May 4, 2010, at 7:19 PM, kai-martin knaak wrote:
> > Well, I plan to use my own vehicle tracking module with SIM508
>
> Just skipped through the hardware specification ---> Wow! What a  
> wealth of
> features in such a tiny package. GPS, GSM and a TCP/IP stack, too.  
> This is
> true technology magic.
>
> My bike was stolen today at work. On the way home by foot I  
> daydreamed I had
> a way to localize it. A device that would wake up in the middle of  
> the night
> and check if it is at one of a number of "safe" places. If not, it  
> would
> send an SMS with its current position to my cell phone...
> This might be the hardware to actually make it come true. This  
> little SIM508
> complimented with a little processor, a battery and a sim card  
> would make
> for a pretty small package. Maybe it fits in a bulky backlight. ;-)

  Wow, that does sound like a great idea.

  I'm sorry to hear about your bike.  I hope you're eventually able  
to break the fingers of the perpetrator.

           -Dave
>


--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL



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