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The Gumstix Overo - a miniature X Window System platformThe Gumstix Overo - a miniature X Window System platformPosted Nov 13, 2008 9:20 UTC (Thu) by nhippi (subscriber, #34640)In reply to: The Gumstix Overo - a miniature X Window System platform by zooko Parent article: The Gumstix Overo - a miniature X Window System platform
http://www.gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?pro...
149$
However, you'll want the 59$ summit expansion board which has all the connectors. For many purposes that's quite attractive combination - you can use the overo + summit for development and for deployment have your own expansion board with just the connectors (and extra chips) you need.
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The Gumstix Overo - a miniature X Window System platform Posted Nov 13, 2008 10:53 UTC (Thu) by kleptog (subscriber, #1183) [Link]
Quite cool indeed, now I just need to think of something I can use it for, so I have an excuse to buy one :)
The Gumstix Overo - a miniature X Window System platform Posted Nov 13, 2008 12:26 UTC (Thu) by rvfh (subscriber, #31018) [Link]
For my own project, I like the analog/digital I/Os, but find it a shame that there is no network (wired) connection...
Board + summit + ethernet probably brings the price closer to $250, which start being a bit dear.
The Gumstix Overo - a miniature X Window System platform Posted Nov 14, 2008 7:41 UTC (Fri) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]
Well if you want somehting cheap then find a old P3 at the salvation army or something like that. :) It'll run circles around this and the price will range from free to 50 dollars.
With the gumstix you can take the device, slap a lithium-polymer battery (or any RC car battery pack) to it and let the sucker run for weeks in your backpack. Doing such things as a mobile personal webserver, bluetooth sniper, gps tracking device, or whatever else you can dream up and slap into a USB port.
I took a long hard look at the old gumstix stuff do do what I wanted, which was a combination mobile wireless file server, gps tracker, and mp3 player, but they didn't quite have the level of processing power or I/O options (USB options and also internal limitations) to really pull it off. But with the Omap 3 series.. this opens up a whole new land of computer geekiness.
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With S-video and DVI options you could turn any body's television or monitor into a add-hoc Linux workstation.
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Another thing I would like to see is a 10inch netbook formfactor with the ARM system embedded behind the screen and the entire mass of the laptop under the keyboard be a fairly large lifepo4 battery, or whatever.
This thing would run for days and days without a recharge. These newer ARM systems make the old Geode stuff used in things like the OLPC seem like ancient, slow, and energy wasteful technology.
The Gumstix Overo - a miniature X Window System platform Posted Nov 14, 2008 8:10 UTC (Fri) by rvfh (subscriber, #31018) [Link]
You may have been heard...
The Gumstix Overo - a miniature X Window System platform Posted Nov 14, 2008 13:13 UTC (Fri) by deleteme (guest, #49633) [Link] You can build something like that for $100 with wifi.
The Gumstix Overo - a miniature X Window System platform Posted Dec 3, 2008 5:32 UTC (Wed) by HalfMoon (guest, #3211) [Link] WRT54G is a MIPS beast, not ARM. While there is an official Arduino I think the Freeduino family is more interesting (like the Sanguino, much more capacity; or the BBB, which is extremely breadboard-friendly) ... unless you have a hard time programming an AVR8 microcontroller with GCC and want some handholding via those not-really-C tools. If you can do MS-Windows, and have e.g. an AVR Dragon, Atmel's AVR studio gives you a great symbolic debugger. Note that if you're a hardware hacker, one issue with Overo (or any OMAP3 board) is likely to be its use of 1.8V I/O interfaces instead of more common 3.3V. That's good for battery operation, and if you have no fear of designing a board, then it's just something to remember.
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