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Gumstix is a trade name for a very small computer product line, which is a motherboard-and-daughtercard alternative to SBCs (Single-board computer) based on Intel XScale processors (200MHz and 400MHz). RAM memory is 64 MB. It has the Linux operating system pre-installed and the motherboards measure just 80mm x 20mm x 6.3mm. A range of daughtercards are available which can extend the I/O function of the system in a wide range of possible ways. I/O options (via daughtercards) include synchronous and asynchronous serial, USB, Ethernet, Bluetooth™ and Wifi wireless interfaces.

Computers

Gumstix has two computer product lines: netstix and waysmalls.

netstix

The netstix computers provide 10/100MBit ethernet connected computers with compact flash for storage and wifi expansion.

waysmalls

The waysmall computers have usb and serial connectivty with MMC storage capability.

Motherboards

The gumstix line features two main motherboards: connex, and basix. Both motherboards feature an Intel XScale® PXA255 processor running at 200Mhz or 400Mhz as well as 64MB of SDRAM, the 2.6 Linux kernel and a userspace toolkit based on the uclibc C library with the Busybox utilities. The software is a full-blown Linux environment and a huge range of Linux applications can run on the device.

To all motherboards, expansion cards can be connected via an onboard 60-pin Hirose I/O header or, on the connex, via a 92-pin bus header. Both the basix and the connex feature an Infineon Bluetooth™ Module as an option and draw less than 250mA @4V at 400MHz without Bluetooth while running and less than 50mA while idling, waiting for input.

connex

The connex motherboard features on-board 16MB strataflash, an onboard 60-pin Hirose I/O header, a 92-pin bus header for connecting additional expansion cards and Infineon Bluetooth™ as an option.

basix

The basix motherboard features 4MB strataflash, an onboard 60-pin Hirose I/O header, an onboard MMC slot and Infineon Bluetooth™ as an option. Basix-xm extends the 4MB of flash to 16MB.

Expansion Boards

The gumstix is designed for flexibility of function with a range of cards which can be connected to the motherboard for modular expansion. Some cards provide simple I/O transceivers, while others provide more complex functions:

GPS
Audio
Servo motor controllers
Analog to digital converters
General-purpose digital I/O
10/100 Ethernet
10/100 Ethernet with MMC
dual 10/100 Ethernet
WLAN 802.11(b)/(g)
Compact flash
MMC/SD/SDIO
Robotics
Robotics with audio

For more, click here.

Software Development Kit

The gumstix SDK is available here, at no charge and without requiring gumstix hardware.

External links

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-'''Gumstix''' is a trade name for a very small computer product line, which is a motherboard-and-daughtercard alternative to SBCs ([[Single-board computer]]) based on [[Intel XScale]] processors (200MHz and 400MHz). RAM memory is 64 MB. It has the [[Linux]] operating system pre-installed and the motherboards measure just 80mm x 20mm x 6.3mm. A range of daughtercards are available which can extend the I/O function of the system in a wide range of possible ways. I/O options (via daughtercards) include [[synchronous]] and [[asynchronous serial]], [[USB]], [[Ethernet]] and/or wireless interfaces
+'''Gumstix''' is a trade name for a very small computer product line, which is a motherboard-and-daughtercard alternative to SBCs ([[Single-board computer]]) based on [[Intel XScale]] processors (200MHz and 400MHz). RAM memory is 64 MB. It has the [[Linux]] operating system pre-installed and the motherboards measure just 80mm x 20mm x 6.3mm. A range of daughtercards are available which can extend the I/O function of the system in a wide range of possible ways. I/O options (via daughtercards) include [[synchronous]] and [[asynchronous serial]], [[USB]], [[Ethernet]], [[Bluetooth]]™ and [[Wifi]] wireless interfaces.
 ==Computers==