> DaveH wrote:
>
> G4 should give even better compression.
> It requies a bit more memory to
> decompress since you need to use the
> previous line as a reference line.
>
Yeah - I looked at G4 - it does about 25%
to 50% better compression on pictures
that look like PCBs.
I was however planning on using an atmel
with only 8K of ram.
If I had to put any external chips on
the thing to make it meet the specs I
will probably just say bugger it. Get
an ARM, put oddles of RAM run ∗nix on
it and FTP the file stragiht to it.
When the cat (or goat) gets too big to
skin wih a knife - you resort to high
explosives.