"Hmmm...does anyone else think that the stated range seems a little optimistic on 2.4 Ghz? Normally this sort of range is associated with with 400 Mhz dragonlink or similar transmitters/receivers. "

"Hi Tom,
 
Equally I didn't mean to discourage you, I just wanted to convey my experience with both. Also I think you'd be surprised at the cost of the COMs being sold now, you can get them for around 3 x the cost of a beagleboard so not as expensive…"

"I'd agree with you Roberto. I've used an IGEPv2 (beagleboard clone) board before and it is painful having to recompile everything specifically for it. I eventually got an Atom COM which has definitely simplified development. With it I have…"