Difference between revisions of "Gumstix"
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| + | The gumstix [http://www.gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=210 motherboard] has a 600MHz Marvell XScale processor, 128MB of RAM, and 32MB of flash. | ||
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| − | The | + | The 80 pin expansion socket is attached to a [http://www.gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=207 network interface card] for TCP/IP networking. |
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| − | The 60 pin expansion socket has a [http://gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=184 breakout-vx] card to allow access to the I2C signals, serial ports, and various other GPIO possibilities. | + | The 60 pin expansion socket has a [http://www.gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=184 breakout-vx] card to allow access to the I2C signals, serial ports, and various other GPIO possibilities. |
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| − | + | Additionally, [http://www.gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=148 4V power adapters] and screw and spacer [http://www.gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=161 kits] are needed. | |
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| − | [http://www.gumstix.com | ||
[http://docwiki.gumstix.org/Main_Page Gumstix Documentation Wiki]<br/> | [http://docwiki.gumstix.org/Main_Page Gumstix Documentation Wiki]<br/> | ||
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====I2C installation==== | ====I2C installation==== | ||
Revision as of 00:26, 12 September 2009
Hardware
The gumstix motherboard has a 600MHz Marvell XScale processor, 128MB of RAM, and 32MB of flash.
The 80 pin expansion socket is attached to a network interface card for TCP/IP networking.
The 60 pin expansion socket has a breakout-vx card to allow access to the I2C signals, serial ports, and various other GPIO possibilities.
Additionally, 4V power adapters and screw and spacer kits are needed.
Software
I2C installation
cgi-bin programs
Boa Webserver is the webserver on the Gumstix.
cgicc is the C++ library used for handling web scripts.
Buildroot is the system used to build the root image for the gumstix.
Tutorials
I2C Linux from userspace.
[http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialC++CGI.html libcgicc
Misc
Setting the date
The busybox date -s accepts a very limited format. Use it from another Linux box as follows:
ssh root@134.50.203.56 "echo date -s `date +%m%d%H%M%Y`"