Hero is right. This project would be difficult and expensive.
Besides that:
In my opinion it is not very satisfying to build a 200$ SATA2USB bridge that does the same as a 20$ Adapter from ebay. Invent something new. ;)
Theoretically you would need an SiI5923 Storage Processor, an USB3250 PHY...
Ethernet+OpSys:
I suggest the pretty cheap IMCU7100 by WIZnet.
Around 5.30$ for the chip to use in the custom board you indent to build.
Around 49$ for a really cool IMCU7100EVB DevBoard with IMCU7100.
RFID:
Option 1:
Use the Eureka EUR211K4910 RFID Starter Kit by AVONWOOD for around 130$...
0. Think.
1. Buy an Arduino from http://www.rs-components.com/arduino/index.html.
2. Buy an Arduino LCD Shield like this => http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1206025987
2.1 RTFM!
3. Install Linux on Arduino.
4. Install MySQL database.
5. Install a compiler for Arduino.
6. Think...
I think that you need to build it entirely yourself to use it as you final project.
If not I would recommend the Mulle-Platform available at: http://staff.www.ltu.se/~jench/mulle.html
A sample DIY Setup could be the following:
MainHardware:
Renesas M16C uController (M16C/6C for full USB2.0...
Hi folks,
first of all I would like to say that you have some really smart project designs on your forum. Congrats! Very very nice forum! ;) *thumbsUp*
Maybe it is not the best way to start posting to a new forum, but I have a (maybe) really stupid question. (Please excuse me if it is to...