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Gumstix Setup |
| 12/17/2007 |
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| Well I ordered my Gumstix about 18 days ago. It will arive tomarrow so more then. |
| 12/18/2007 |
Well my Gumstix Verdex motherboard and Robostix arrived today. They are small. It arrived broken... which I later fixed. The kernel was corrupted. When I tried to login as root only random characters showed up. I re- flashed it with the U-boot and now it works. I still have not figured out how to get the compiled files onto it. The documentation on the Wiki is not that clear. Here are some pictures. I used the LV24-33 board because it has a RS-232 level changer build in.       |
| 12/19/2007 |
OK... Still having trouble adding files to the Gumstix motherboard. I decided to recompile and replace the file system and kernel. Some one said this happened to them after they re flashed it so hopefully this will fix it. Also I noticed that using copy/paste with cKermit, the program to use the serial connection,causes problems so just type it in. |
| 12/19/2007 |
| I fixed the problem. I had to install the package lrzsz on Ubuntu. Now I can use the command rz to get the files to the Gumstix computer. I ran my first "hello world" program. More tomorrow. |
| 12/24/2007 |
It's almost Christmas! I fried my Robostix. I was trying to connect the PxA_S serial port to the Atmel and I shorted it. The regulator for the Atmel fried. Luckily they are only $1.50 and should be easy to replace. I am just happy that the Gumstix computer is OK. I can still use the computer but not the Atmel.  |
| 12/28/2007 |
| I have not done much with my Gumstix as I am sill waiting for the regulator. I did however find out that it was not broken before but in the newer versions of the kernel for the Verdex boards there is LCD support enabled by default. The Robostix uses some of those pins to control regulators so after disabling the LCD it works great now. More information on this change and how to disable the LCD can be found here. |
| 1/12/2007 |
| I finally got the regulator. The Robostix is now working great. I have an I2C boot-loader on it and a little program I made to fade the LEDs built on the board. Also I have tested a servo program and it works great. Earlier this week I received my other package from Gumstix, that I ordered a month ago. I now have the 4.3" touch screen LCD, the ConsoleLCD-Vx, and the NetWifiMicroSD FCC card. I can now talk to the Gumstix computer over wireless Internet, SSH. For the Robostix I was powering it through a USB cable from my computer with a .1" header but the ConsoleLCD-Vx only has a power jack. Lucky I had a Samsung charger for my old phone that outputs 5v at 1A, it looks strangely like the one Gumstix sells. I only used it for the plug though, I cut it off and added a .1" header to it. My Gumstix board is defective. On Monday I am going to return it. When it boots up I get countless CRC errors. The errors cause files to vanish, makes me unable to change the password, and just mess things up. Here you can see the boot errors.    
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| 1/14/07 |
I now have a test program for the Samsung LCD sold by Gumstix. It goes through all 262,144 colors that the screen can display. The program is available here.Also see here for information on how to use it. |